Mausoleum of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family

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The mausoleum of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family is located in a separate part of the cemetery in the small town of Langenburg in Baden-Württemberg . Despite its name, it is not a mausoleum in which members of the noble family have found their final resting place, but a chapel for the family's funeral services. The princely cemetery was built around the building after completion in 1909.

history

Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg commissioned the listed building in 1904 in memory of his wife Leopoldine von Baden, who died in 1903 . It was built according to plans by the Berlin architect August Bode between 1904 and 1909 on the site of the former palace garden on the road to Michelbach . The construction costs amounted to 44,000 marks. Immediately next to the princely cemetery was built from 1922 onwards.

Building description

Side view

The building has a square floor plan with a dome covering. It is designed as a decagon on the outside. In the entrance area there is a pillared vestibule, small turrets rise above the four corners. Bode had the mausoleum built based on models from northern Italy, such as the mausoleum of Galla Placidia . He clearly took up motifs from the early Christian sepulchral architecture from Ravenna both in the architecture and in the painting, which was completed by 1909 . The interior decoration goes back to plans by Hermann Schaper from Hanover. Julius Wehinger and Fritz Reichl were responsible for the execution.

Web links

Commons : Mausoleum of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Baden-Württemberg regional information system: Mausoleum (Michelbacher Strasse 51, Langenburg) . Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Wolf Deiseroth: Town center atlas Baden-Württemberg. City of Langenburg, City of Schrozberg. 1.1.2, Schwäbisch Hall district . Land surveying office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1996. p. 16.
  3. ^ A b C. Rümpler: Zeitschrift für Architektur und Ingenieurwesen , Volume 54. Hannover 1908. P. 126.
  4. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Volume 11, Part 1 Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1993. p. 454

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '7.9 "  N , 9 ° 51' 33"  E