Hrobka rodiny Wetekampu / Wetekamp Mausoleum - Hlucín (North Moravia)
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Depicted beautiful Wetekamp Mausoleum (Hrobka rodiny Wetekampu), located in a small park (abolished cemetery) close to the main bus station, is one of architectural landmarks of town Hlucín.
Waymark Code: WMNRWV
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/27/2015
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Depicted beautiful Wetekamp Mausoleum (Hrobka rodiny Wetekampu), located in a small park (abolished cemetery) close to the main bus station, is one of architectural landmarks of town Hlucín.

The Wetekamp Mausoleum is a notable example of Empire Cemetery architecture. The exceptionality of this construction is enhanced by the fact that the Empire style is much less common in the Czech Republic than say Baroque and this fact further highlights just how exceptional and rare this artefact is. The monumental tomb represented the high social status of Wetekamp family. It was built in 1898 by Wilhelm Wetekamp, the RothschiId's chief accountant, who financially supervised the construction of the adjacent Evangelic church and also contributed his own money to the project. The central part, made of smooth sandstone blocks, is decorated by a massive entrance portico with an angeI’s head relief and wings on its top. The name of the family - FAMILIE WETEKAMP - is inscribed on the entablature. On the top of the bell-shaped roof is an allegorical statue with a laurel branch. The mausoleum, recorded in List of the immovable cultural monuments of the Czech Republic, is part of a former cemetery which was abolished in 1965.


Hrobka rodiny Wetekampovy je malou stavbou ctvercového pudorysu. Vnitrek mauzolea je zaklenut krížovou hrebínkovou klenbou s pilastrovým clenením sten. Fasády jsou zdobeny bosáží. Hlavní prucelí je završeno trojúhelníkovým štítem s velkou reliéfní hlavou andela. Na vrcholu kopulovité strechy je socha ženy s vavrínovou ratolestí.

Stavba je kamenná, zevne neomítnutá, stojí na parc. c. 183 v k.ú. Hlucín, poblíž evangelického kostela, na bývalém evangelickém hrbitove. Jako kulturní památka je evidovaná pod c. 41955/8-1374. Jedná se o príklad doznívající romantické snahy zámožných vrstev, které v 19. století chtely vyvolat iluzi moci nekdejší feudální trídy napodobováním historických staveb. [Czech Wikipedia]

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