Tombs of the House of Hesse on the Rosenhöhe Darmstadt
The collective term graves of the House of Hesse on the Rosenhöhe Darmstadt includes those burial sites of the grand ducal family of Hessen-Darmstadt , which were laid out in the 19th and 20th centuries in different areas of the historical Rosenhöhe Park in the east of Darmstadt .
The old mausoleum was built in 1826 for a daughter of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine Luise who died prematurely and who had chosen the Rosenhöhe as the burial site for her child. After the completion of the New Mausoleum in 1910, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig had the coffins of the Grand Dukes and their family members re-arranged. They were transferred from the princely crypt of Darmstadt's city church to Rosenhöhe, where the coffins of his parents and siblings were transferred to the New Mausoleum, while the coffins of the former rulers of the Grand Duchy and their family members were moved to the Old Mausoleum. The coffins of the landgraves and their family members remained in the town church. Some of the relatives of the last Grand Duke who died after the end of the monarchy were also buried on the Rosenhöhe, but in earth graves.
Old mausoleum
The old mausoleum was built in 1826 according to plans by Georg Moller in the style of a small Greek temple and was given its present shape from 1869 to 1870 following a reconstruction according to plans by Heinrich Wagner , who added two symmetrical side wings to the original building. Today it contains twelve coffins and serves as the burial place of:
- Princess Elisabeth (1821–1826) - daughter of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine Luise
- Grand Duchess Luise (1761–1829) - wife of Grand Duke Ludwig I.
- Grand Duke Ludwig I. (1753-1830) - son of Landgrave Ludwig IX. (Hessen-Darmstadt)
- Grand Duchess Wilhelmine Luise (1788–1836) - wife of Grand Duke Ludwig II.
- Grand Duke Ludwig II (1777–1848) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig I and Grand Duchess Luise
- Prince Emil (1790–1856) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig I and Grand Duchess Luise
- Prince Georg (1780–1856) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig I and Grand Duchess Luise
- Grand Duke Ludwig III. (1806–1877) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig II and Grand Duchess Wilhelmine Luise
- Prince Karl (1809–1877) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig II and Grand Duchess Wilhelmine Luise
- Princess Elisabeth (1815–1885) - wife of Prince Karl
- Prince Wilhelm (1845–1900) - son of Prince Karl and Princess Elisabeth
- Prince Heinrich (1838–1900) - son of Prince Karl and Princess Elisabeth
New mausoleum
Not far from the Old Mausoleum is the New Mausoleum , which was built from 1905 to 1910 according to plans by Karl Hofmann for the parents and siblings of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig , the design of which is based on the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna . Here are buried:
- Prince Friedrich (1870–1873) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Grand Duchess Alice
- Princess Marie (1874–1878) - daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Grand Duchess Alice
- Grand Duchess Alice (1843–1878) - wife of Grand Duke Ludwig IV.
- Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1837-1892) - son of Prince Karl and Princess Elisabeth
Graves of the Ernst Ludwigs family
At some distance from the New Mausoleum there are three grave complexes in which some members of the House of Hessen-Darmstadt from the family of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig who died in the 20th century are buried:
In an earth grave, which is adorned by an angel figure with outspread wings, which was created by the sculptor Ludwig Habich , rests:
- Princess Elisabeth (1895–1903) - daughter of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand Duchess Eleonore
The last Grand Duke of Hesse, who died in 1937, and the dead from his family in the 1937 air accident in Ostend are buried in a large communal grave marked with a high sandstone cross :
- Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1868–1937) - son of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Grand Duchess Alice
- Grand Duchess Eleonore (1871–1937) - wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig
- Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1906–1937) - son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand Duchess Eleonore
- Hereditary Grand Duchess Cäcilie (1911–1937) - wife of Georg Donatus
- Prince Ludwig (1931–1937) - son of Georg Donatus and Cäcilie
- Prince Alexander (1933–1937) - son of Georg Donatus and Cäcilie
Apart from this common grave, the following was buried:
- Princess Johanna (1936–1939) - daughter of Georg Donatus and Cäcilie , adopted by Ludwig and Margaret after the 1937 plane crash
Another earth grave contains the remains of:
- Prince Ludwig (1908–1968) - son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand Duchess Eleonore
- Princess Margaret (1913–1997) - wife of Prince Ludwig
The graves of the members of the grand ducal family who died in the 20th century have been tended to since the city of Darmstadt took over the Rosenhöhe Park .
See also
literature
- Manfred Knodt : The regents of Hessen-Darmstadt. Schlapp, Darmstadt 1977, ISBN 3-87704-004-7 .
- Manfred Knodt: Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine. His life and his time. Schlapp, Darmstadt 1978, ISBN 3-87704-006-3 .
Web links
- Graves of the grand ducal family
- Park Rosenhöhe Darmstadt
- The resting place on the Rosenhöhe
- Presentation on the New Mausoleum
- Park and rose garden Rosenhöhe
- Rosenhöhe Darmstadt
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sabine Welsch, Stadtlexikon Darmstadt: Mausoleums ( online )
- ↑ * The resting place on the Rosenhöhe
- ↑ Princely graves as a hit with the public in: FAZ of October 6, 2011, page 51
- ↑ Gravesites of the grand ducal family - Stadtlexikon Darmstadt
- ↑ Knodt, pp. 398-411.