Grand Ducal Grave Chapel Karlsruhe
The Grand Ducal Baden grave chapel in the pheasant garden in Karlsruhe was built by Hermann Hemberger in 1889-1896 based on preliminary designs by Franz Baer and Friedrich Hemberger in the eastern part of Karlsruhe .
history
The clients were the Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden and his wife Luise of Prussia : the reason for this was the early death of their youngest son Ludwig Wilhelm . The parents wished to be able to commemorate him far from the noise of the city “in the seclusion of the deep forest peace”. Because until now the rulers of Baden had been buried in the castle church of St. Michael in Pforzheim or in the crypt of the Karlsruhe city church - places that the grand ducal couple could not visit without public attention.
The burial chapel is located in the Lärchenallee of the Hardtwald , on the edge of the pheasant garden between Adenauerring and Klosterweg, opposite the Hans-Dickmann-Kolleg. It is one of the most atmospheric monuments in Baden's history .
The exterior of the burial chapel, with its proportions and the deliberately high crossing tower , is oriented towards a distant view. Pinnacles , gargoyles and dragon figures, imaginative works by the Karlsruhe sculptor Sauer, adorn the building.
The light-flooded interior of the upper church is characterized by rows of columns standing on top of one another, the upper row of which is made of black, shimmering Labrador. They have sandstone consoles and a wooden barrel vault with ornate belt arches. Four angel heads made of light yellow limestone enliven the crossing. Decorative forms such as leaf friezes and leaf capitals can be found everywhere. Stone lizards hide in the leaves of the apse frieze. Hermann Volz furnished the upper church with magnificent marble graves for Prince Ludwig Wilhelm, Grand Duke Friedrich I and his wife Luise of Prussia.
Wide steps lead down from the upper church into the crypt . A bright and friendly room opens behind a two-part wrought-iron gate. In this there are 18 coffins; the last funeral was in 1952.
The Grand Ducal Sepulchral Chapel is one of the state's own monuments and is looked after by the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg . Since 2011, the upper church can be visited from April to October during the respective opening times. The crypt can only be visited as part of special tours.
List of those buried in the crypt
Sorted by year of death; The family members who died before 1888 were originally buried in the crypt of the Evangelical City Church in Karlsruhe and only transferred to the burial chapel as a result of the Second World War:
- Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden (1763–1830)
- Henriette von Baden (1833–1834), daughter of Prince Wilhelm
- Grand Duke Leopold of Baden (1790-1852)
- Grand Duke Ludwig II of Baden (1824-1858)
- Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1792-1859)
- Elisabeth Alexandrine von Württemberg (1802–1864), wife of Prince Wilhelm
- Sophie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1801–1865), wife of Grand Duke Leopold
- Prince Maximilian of Baden (1796–1882)
- Prince Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden (1865-1888)
- Princess Pauline Elisabeth of Baden (1835-1891)
- Prince William of Baden (1829-1897), by Salem transferred
- Prince Karl of Baden (1832–1906)
- Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (1826–1907)
- Rosalie Countess von Rhena, born Freiin von Beust (1845–1908), wife of Prince Karl
- Friedrich Graf von Rhena (1877–1908)
- Luise of Prussia (1838–1923), wife of Friedrich I.
- Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden (1857–1928)
- Hilda von Nassau (1864–1952), his wife
See also
literature
- Annegret Kalvelage: "Far away from the city gears". The burial place of the Grand Dukes of Baden. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg , 32nd year 2003, issue 3, pp. 218–221 ( PDF )
- Kurt Andermann : The grand ducal mausoleum in the pheasant garden. In: Residence in the Kaiserreich Karlsruhe around 1890. Karlsruhe 1990.
- Bodo Blenk: The Grand Ducal Grave Chapel in Karlsruhe. A contribution to the city's history , Hohenwestedt 1978.
Web links
- Official website of the Grand Ducal Sepulcher Chapel in Karlsruhe
- Grand Ducal Grave Chapel Karlsruhe in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
- Grand Ducal Sepulchral Chapel for the Open Monument Day 2012
- Friedhof-Karlsruhe.de: The grave chapel of the Grand Dukes of Baden (from the information center at the Karlsruhe main cemetery )
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 11.5 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 12.6 ″ E