Mausoleum der Familie Zur Lippe-Biesterfeld - Königswinter, NRW, Germany
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argus1972
N 50° 41.617 E 007° 12.831
32U E 373846 N 5617276
Mausoleum of the family zur Lippe-Biesterfeld on the property of the abbey Heisterbach.
Waymark Code: WMWCBM
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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In 1820 Wilhelm Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (*15. April 1777; †8. Januar 1840) acquired the area within the monastery walls. He established an English park under inclusion of the ruin on the property.
In 1840 he instructed the construction of a mausoleum according to the model of a neo-Gothic forest chapel. The facade bases on draughts of the Cologne cathedral master builder E. F. Zwirner.
For the construction latite from Stenzelberg was used.
The mausoleum has a sharp gable on which a cross is located. Two slender towers are on the corners of the building which remind of the Cologne Cathedral. Above the door there is the coat of arms of the family zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.
Visiting Hours/Restrictions:
private property, but always open to public
Address:
Kloster Heisterbach
Königswinter, NRW Germany
Website: [Web Link]
History: Not listed
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