Cemetery (Ober-Sensbach)
The cemetery in Upper Sensbach , a district of Oberzent in Odenwaldkreis in Hesse , was built in the 17th century and stands as a cultural monument under monument protection .
description
Located in the forest on a ridge of Sensbacher height located, was the cemetery , according to the dated in its arched portal walled 1619th The construction of the chapel probably goes back to that time , which was rebuilt to its present form in 1744 following the inscription on the portal lintel . The chapel is made of rubble masonry and has a three-sided broken, east-facing Choir on. It is covered by a half-hip roof on which there is a high ridge turret with a pointed helmet. Access to the chapel is through a door in the west gable, which has a small canopy as protection from the weather.
Count Albrecht von Erbach-Fürstenau (1787-1851) and his wife Sophie Emilie Luise zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen (1788-1859) and two brothers of Count Adalbert , Elias († 1950) and Raimund († 1926) were buried in the cemetery. , buried. There is also the grave of Jürgen Ponto, who was murdered by the RAF in 1977 .
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen. Odenwaldkreis. Wiesbaden 1998, p. 677/78.
Web links
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cemetery with chapel In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
Individual evidence
- ↑ Significant graves in the idyll. In: Odenwälder Zeitung . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Jürgen Ponto is buried in Ober-Sensbach. In: Mannheimer Morgen . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 55.3 " N , 8 ° 59 ′ 31.3" E