Louisen Mausoleum Ludwigslust

The Louisen Mausoleum in Ludwigslust Palace Park., © Gabriele Skorupski — ©© Gabriele Skorupski

Historical Buildings

The Louisen Mausoleum, which Duke Friedrich Franz I had built for Duchess Luise, who died in 1808, is located in Ludwigslust Palace Park. The neoclassical building was erected between 1809 and 1810. In addition to Duchess Luise, eight other members of the ducal family are buried there.

The Louisen Mausoleum was built in 1810 to designs by court architect Johann Christian Georg Barka in Ludwigslust Palace Park - with its 127 hectares the largest landscape park in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Duke Friedrich Franz I had his wife Luise buried in it. Classicist architectural forms combined with Egyptian style elements characterize the appearance of the building. In the course of the remodeling of 1861, the building received two lions and the gable cross in the entrance area.
In 2000, the Louisen Mausoleum was renovated and restored. In addition to extensive work on the walls and roof, the sandstone sculptures of the lions and the two high reliefs with Egyptian sphinxes were restored. The palace park is open to visitors all year round.

Sphinx figure in gable, © Gabriele Skorupski — ©© Gabriele Skorupski

The Louisen Mausoleum., © Gabriele Skorupski — ©© Gabriele Skorupski

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Louise-Mausoleum Ludwigslust

Schlossfreiheit
19288 Ludwigslust

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http://www.museum-schwerin.de

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