Ottensen mausoleum
The Ottensen mausoleum is a private mausoleum in the Ottensen district of the Lindhorst community in the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony .
history
The mausoleum was built in 1952 by the Jewish brickworks owner Oskar Philippsohn , a Theresienstadt survivor, near his home for himself and his family using bricks from his own production. In 1960 his evangelical wife Karoline Philippsohn, née. Wenthe , whose brother Wilhelm Wenthe was buried in 1963 . In 1964 the brickworks that Oskar Philippsohn's grandson had taken over went bankrupt. In addition to other property, the house with the mausoleum on the property had to be sold. After that, no more burial was possible in the building. The builder, who died in 1966, was buried in Hanover.
In the following years the mausoleum fell into disrepair and was overgrown by the surrounding trees and bushes. In 2009, the Lindhorst community council decided to excavate and remediate the area with the help of EU funds. The measure has now been largely implemented (June 2015). The planned replanting of the site is still pending.
Building
The mausoleum is, perhaps based on the Fürstenmausoleum Stadthagen , a heptagonal central building . It has a tent roof . The design language is neo-Romanesque . A small entrance hall with a gable roof is in front . Above the gable is an iron star of David bearing a cross , apparently a symbol of the interreligious marriage of the son of Philip. A view of the coffins of the two buried is possible through the window.
Web links
- The mausoleum in Ottensen (Achim Mensching, Ottensen)
- Clear cutting for beauty , Schaumburger Nachrichten , November 26, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Name spelling according to information board ; other sources write Philippson
- ↑ The mausoleum is to be repaired with EU money , Schaumburger Wochenblatt, November 25, 2009
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 12.2 " N , 9 ° 18 ′ 8" E