Louisen Mausoleum

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Louisen's Mausoleum (2008)
Location of the mausoleum (18) in the castle park

The Louisen Mausoleum is a listed mausoleum in the palace gardens of Schloss Ludwigslust . Erected for Duchess Luise , who died in 1808 , it subsequently served as a burial place for other members of the grand ducal house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

construction

Luise was the wife of Duke Friedrich Franz I. After her death on January 1st, 1808, Friedrich Franz I had her built a neoclassical mausoleum in 1809/1810. Compared to the Helenen-Paulownen-Mausoleum, it is simpler as a sparsely structured cube with lunette windows and has the basic shape of a rectangle. Five steps, on which two sandstone lions rest, lead to the front door. In the pediment there are two Egyptian sphinxes in high relief . The entrance is closed by an iron lattice door. In the architrave there is the dedication LOUISEN in gilded letters . A gilded Latin cross rises on the gable.

Johann Georg Barca's first commission from sovereign Friedrich Franz I was in 1808 to design the mausoleum for his late wife Louise in the palace gardens. Appointed court architect in 1808, he became master builder for the district of the ducal residence Ludwigslust in 1810.

In 1861 the building was redesigned and received the lions and the gable cross. Another renovation took place towards the end of the 19th century. Extensive restorations have been taking place since 2000.

Buried

In the Louisen Mausoleum are buried in chronological order of their death:

  1. Grand Duchess Luise († 1808)
  2. Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1821), son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I and Grand Duchess Luise; since 1899, previously in a burial chapel in St. Helena and Andreas (Ludwigslust)
  3. Karl August Christian zu Mecklenburg († 1833), son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I and Grand Duchess Luise
  4. Gustav (Wilhelm), Duke of Mecklenburg († 1851), son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I and Grand Duchess Luise
  5. Marie Luise, Duchess of Mecklenburg († 1887), daughter of Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg and Duchess Marie
  6. Josef, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1889), son of Duke Paul Friedrich and Duchess Marie
  7. Paul Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1904), son of Duke Paul Friedrich and Duchess Marie
  8. Paul Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1923)
  9. Marie, Duchess of Mecklenburg († 1929)

literature

  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. III. Volume: the district court districts of Hagenow, Wittenburg, Boizenburg, Lübenheen, Dömitz, Grabow, Ludwigslust, Neustadt, Crivitz, Brüel, Warin, Neubuckow, Kröpelin and Doberan. Schwerin 1899, p. 268

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Louisen mausoleum near State Palaces and Gardens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  2. ↑ Schlie (Lit.), p. 267, supplemented by Find a grave , accessed on January 6, 2013

Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 38.4 ″  N , 11 ° 29 ′ 6.5 ″  E