Funerary pyramid of Heinrich of Prussia
The tomb pyramid of Heinrich of Prussia is the tomb of Prince Heinrich of Prussia , which he erected himself in the form of a broken pyramid in the pleasure garden of Rheinsberg Castle.
history
In 1744 King Friedrich II gave Rheinsberg Castle to his younger brother Heinrich. Heinrich moved in with his wife Princess Wilhelmine of Hessen-Kassel in 1752 and lived there until his death. Between 1800 and 1801 he had court building officer Georg Wilhelm Steinert erect a grave in the form of a broken pyramid in which he was buried after his death in 1802. The French inscription on the walled-up entrance gate was written by Heinrich himself.
Inside the pyramid, Heinrich is buried in a pewter coffin with an inner coffin made of oak.
The shape of the pyramid with the broken tip is a replica of a wooden pyramid, the tomb of Virgil , which the building manager Karl Wilhelm Hennert erected in the palace gardens in 1771.
Although the prince had ordered the burial in a simple wooden coffin and the walling up of the pyramid in his will, he was still buried in a pewter ceremonial coffin. The inscription plate was moved to the back of the pyramid and the front was only closed by a grille so that visitors could see the coffin with a rusty helmet on top. Only after an attempted break-in into the grave was the slab moved forward again and the pyramid bricked up in 1854.
Today the pyramid belongs to the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg as part of the palace gardens .
inscription
Original text | German translation |
Jetté par sa naissance dans ce tourbillon de vaine fumée Tel est l'abrégé de la vie Passerby! L'eloge ou le blame né le 18 Janvier 1726.Décédé le 3 Août 1802. |
Thrown from his birth into this vortex of adulation, This is the short version of the life Walker! Praise and blame born on January 18, 1726.Died on August 3, 1802. |
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Heinrich Lange : The sarcophagus of Prince Heinrich of Prussia . In: The history of Berlin (ed.): Messages of the association for the history of Berlin . 98th volume, issue 3, July 2002, p. 379–388 ( diegeschichteberlins.de [accessed on August 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Michael Seiler : The castle park in Rheinsberg . In: Official Guide Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg . Potsdam 1998, p. 17, 20 .
- ^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . 1. Volume The County of Ruppin . Berlin 1862 ( projekt-gutenberg.org [accessed on August 2, 2018]).
Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '48.8 " N , 12 ° 53' 24.1" E