While exploring the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm World Heritage Site, a Doric domed building may attract your attention. Then, you have found the former mausoleum of the Dukes of Anhalt in Dessau-Roßlau. [German]
Category: Cemeteries
Historic Cemetery in Weimar
The Historic Cemetery (Historische Friedhof) is part of the World Heritage Site titled Classical Weimar. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rests here in the Ducal Vault (Fürstengruft). [German]
St. Peter’s Cemetery in Salzburg
The cemetery of St. Peter (Petersfriedhof) is not only one of the oldest cemeteries of Salzburg but was also a set in the American movie ‘Sound of Music’. The small windows along the rock are part of the so-called catacombs.
Sebastian Cemetery (Salzburg)
The Sebastian Cemetery (Sebastiansfriedhof) dates back to the end of the 16th century. It was built in the style of an Italian campo santo. You find here the graves of Mozart’s widow and Paracelsus, founder of the discipline of toxicology. [German]
K.u.k. Naval Cemetery in Pula
The port of Pula was the main base of the Austro-Hungarian Navy until 1918. An impressive trace to this time forms the K.u.k. Naval Cemetery of Pula. The place in today’s Stoja district dates back to 1862. [German]
Kassengewölbe Mausoleum in Weimar
The original mausoleum was built as a family grave for Chamberlain Christoph Jenichsen, in 1715. The name Kassengewölbe refers to the Landschaftskassendirektorium (provincial treasury), which became the owner of this place in 1742. Friedrich Schiller is one of the most famous persons who found their final resting place here. [German]
Grave of Hedwig and August Trapp in Pula
While walking along the tombs at the Austro-Hungarian naval cemetery in Pula, I came across the graves of Hedwig and August Trapp. They were der parents of Baron von Trapp. Fans of “Sound of Music” may know this name. Baron von Trapp was the father of the singing Trapp family. Christopher Plummer played him in the movie.