Burial place of the Counts of Hesse (Elisabethkirche Marburg)
The burial place of the Counts of Hesse is in the Landgrave Choir , the southern arm of the Elisabethkirche in Marburg . It was used as a burial place from 1240 to 1509. The Landgrave Choir is not freely accessible.
Tombs
The landgrave choir contains high graves ( cenotaphs ) and wall epitaphs . The graves themselves are in the foundations below. All the landgraves buried here were direct descendants of Elisabeth of Thuringia , who died in 1231 and was canonized in 1235 . Her tomb is in the north choir.
The oldest tomb in the Landgrave Choir is that of Konrad von Thuringia . He was the brother-in-law of St. Elizabeth and played a key role in her canonization. Konrad ensured that the Teutonic Order was allowed to continue running Elisabeth's hospital and is considered one of the driving forces behind the construction of Elisabeth's Church. In 1239 he became Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, but died a year later on July 24, 1240 in Rome. His remains were transferred to Marburg and buried here. Whoever enters the Landgrave Choir sees his mark first.
The tombstones according to the numbering and identification by Friedrich Küch :
- 1. Konrad of Thuringia († 1240)
- 2. Adelheid of Braunschweig († 1274)
- 3. Henry the Younger († 1298)
- 4. Heinrich I († 1308)
- 5. Johann († 1311) and Adelheid von Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1311)
- 6. Adelheid von Ravensberg († 1335/39)
- Heinrich II. († 1376)
- Hermann II († 1413)
- 8. Margaret of Nuremberg († 1406)
- 9. Ludwig I († 1458)
- 10. Ludwig II. († 1471) and Mechthild von Württemberg († 1495)
- 11. Henry III. († 1483)
- 12. Anna von Katzenelnbogen († 1494)
- 13. William III. († 1500)
- 14. Jolantha of Lorraine († 1500)
- 13. Wilhelm II. († 1509)
- 16th and 17th Wilhelm I († 1515)
- 18th and 19th Anna of Mecklenburg († 1525)
- 20. Elisabeth von Rochlitz († 1557)
All tombs face east.
Altars
There are two altars in the Landgrave Choir:
- the altar of Saints Martin and George with a crowning statue of Saint Martin sharing his cloak;
- the altar of John the Baptist with scenes from the life of John, his birth, the baptism of Jesus, his martyrdom and the desecration and destruction of his tomb.
Both altars are by Ludwig Juppe and Johann von der Leyten .
literature
- Kristin Dohmen: Marburg. The Landgrafentumben in St. Elisabeth. In: This: Hamann's knight tombs. Reception and transformation of a French type. Dissertation, Trier 2000, pp. 40-65
Web links
- The Landgrave Choir (website of the Elisabeth Church)
Individual evidence
- ↑ marburg.de
- ^ Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies Kassel 1903, p. 161ff.
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 53.3 " N , 8 ° 46 ′ 12.6" E