New mausoleum
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 New mausoleum (2009) |
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| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Karl Hofmann |
| Client | Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig |
| Architectural style | Neo-Romance |
| Construction year | 1905-1910 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '38.4 " N , 8 ° 40' 41.3" E |
The New Mausoleum is a building in the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt . It belongs to the group of burial sites belonging to the House of Hesse in this park .
building
history
The New Mausoleum, not far from the Old Mausoleum , had Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig built as a burial place for his parents. The mausoleum , designed in the neo-Romanesque style, was built between 1905 and 1910 according to plans by the architect Professor Karl Hofmann . After its completion, the coffins of all grand dukes and their family members were transferred from the princely crypt of the Darmstadt city church to the Rosenhöhe and a new installation was carried out. Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig had his parents and siblings reburied in the New Mausoleum, and the coffins of the former rulers of the Grand Duchy and their family members were brought to the Old Mausoleum. The coffins of the landgraves and their family members remained in the princely crypt of the city church.
architecture
Hofmann based his planning on the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna . He designed the New Mausoleum with a cruciform floor plan and a tower in the center. The sloping roofs are covered with monk-and-nun tiles - following the southern example . The remarkable details of the structure include:
- the typical Romanesque round arches in the facade
- with biblical motifs ornate bronze - Gate
- the cross on the spire, reminiscent of a Russian icon
Burials
The New Mausoleum is the burial place of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig's parents and his siblings. Rest here:
- 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
Reclining figures
The life-size marble statue on the sarcophagus of the Grand Duchess shows Alice Marie in her arms; it comes from the sculptor Boehm from London .
The sculptor Ludwig Habich designed the figure of Ludwig IV.
The sculptor Augusto Varnesi designed the children's sculptures .
Picture gallery
New mausoleum (2009)
New mausoleum (2009)
New mausoleum (2015)
literature
- Günter Fries and others (arrangement): City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 396.
