Goetzsche's mausoleum

Goetzsche's mausoleum, west and south side

South side, detail

The Goetzsche Mausoleum , also known as Grufthaus Gebhardt or Grufthaus Goetze , is a listed mausoleum in the old town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

The mausoleum is located in the street Marktkirchhof north of the Sankt-Benedikti-Kirche .

history

Mausoleum as the western end of the row of houses

It was built in 1726 for the late businessman Christoph Gebhardt . It was located on the north-western boundary of the churchyard of the Marktkirche, which, however, no longer exists in this function, so that it is now integrated into a row of residential buildings. In 1771 the mausoleum was renewed by the mayor Johann Andreas Goetze , who bought the mausoleum. In 1811 the wall that had previously surrounded the churchyard was torn down. The further occupancy of the inner-city cemeteries had been prohibited. The Goetzsche Mausoleum was the only grave complex in the former cemetery to be preserved.

architecture

The representative, massive burial house is built in the baroque style. Its design can be seen in the succession of the early Dresden baroque . The floor plan of the building made of sandstone blocks is square. There are pilasters at the corners . It is covered with a mansard hipped roof . There is a portal framed by columns on both the north and south sides, with the north walled up. Above the lintels , reliefs depicting coats of arms are incorporated, which are decorated with flowing acanthus leaves. Two grieving women sculptures are located above a curved architrave with a volute cornice . They frame an inscription cartouche with an urn. Particularly noteworthy is an artfully crafted wrought iron grille which closes the southern portal.

There is an aedicula on the west side . It contains an already clearly weathered group of figures depicting Kronos with mourners at an urn. The east side of the house is directly adjacent to the residential area.

On the south side of the mausoleum there are two information boards that briefly explain the history of the building. One of the boards dates from the year 2000. It indicates that the renovation of the building was made possible by a generous donation from a donor whose family roots were in Quedlinburg.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Quedlinburg

Web links

Commons : Goetzsche's Mausoleum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 734.
• Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 57.
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 177.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 26 "  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 31.7"  E