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The Berlin Cathedral, also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in central Berlin.
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The Protestant Church of Peace is situated in the Marly Gardens on the Green Fence in the palace grounds of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany.
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Friedrich III, Emperor Mausoleum c.1900
 
Prince Alfred was the unhappy son of Affie Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the second son of Queen Victoria. According to rumours, Alfred shot himself with a revolver (though apparently he was suffering from syphilis) while the rest of the family was gathered for his parents’ 25th wedding anniversary celebration.

He survived and was looked after at Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha (Thuringia) for three days before being sent to the Martinsbrunn Sanatorium in Gratsch near Meran in the County of Tyrol (Austria-Hungary, now Italy). Alfred died there at 4:15 pm on 6 February 1899, aged 24 years. He was buried in the ducal mausoleum of the Friedhof am Glockenberg, Coburg, Bavaria (southern Germany).
 
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At Hohenzollern Castle there is a crypt and a cemetery where several members of the Family are buried.
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The first pics are showing the Crypt in the Berliner Dom which usually is open to the Public (at the moment it is renovated). Only the last pic show the cemetery at Hohenzollern Castle where Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie and several of his siblings are buried. It is however not open to the public
 
Kaiser Willem II will stay in his mosoleum Huis Doorn in the Netherlands. I don't know who is the owner of this House near Uttrecht ?
 
maria-olivia said:
Kaiser Willem II will stay in his mosoleum Huis Doorn in the Netherlands. I don't know who is the owner of this House near Uttrecht ?
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It belongs to the dutch State as they expropriated it after 1945.
 
Stefan said:
The first pics are showing the Crypt in the Berliner Dom which usually is open to the Public (at the moment it is renovated). Only the last pic show the cemetery at Hohenzollern Castle where Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie and several of his siblings are buried. It is however not open to the public
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There was a separate Hohenzollern Burial chapel at the back of Berlin Cathedral but this was blown up by the East German Government in 1975,the monuments and coffins thankfully were moved to the crypt of the cathedral.
Unlike the badly damaged Cathedral the chapel was unscathed following WWII.
Der Berliner Dom braucht eine neue Kirche - B.Z. – Die Stimme Berlins
 
An Ard Ri said:
There was a separate Hohenzollern Burial chapel at the back of Berlin Cathedral but this was blown up by the East German Government in 1975,the monuments and coffins thankfully were moved to the crypt of the cathedral.
Unlike the badly damaged Cathedral the chapel was unscathed following WWII.
Der Berliner Dom braucht eine neue Kirche - B.Z. – Die Stimme Berlins
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Thanks. Didn't about that burial Chapel. Have my doubts that it will be rebuild anytime soon, as at the moment the Crypt inside the Dom is undergoing bit renovations.
 
Stefan said:
Thanks. Didn't about that burial Chapel. Have my doubts that it will be rebuild anytime soon, as at the moment the Crypt inside the Dom is undergoing bit renovations.
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It was disgraceful that it was blown up and having survived the ravages of WWII.
 
maria-olivia said:
Kaiser Willem II will stay in his mosoleum Huis Doorn in the Netherlands. I don't know who is the owner of this House near Uttrecht ?
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I believe it was only meant as a temporary burial as his wish was to be returned to Germany ,ofcourse this never happened.
 
An Ard Ri said:
I believe it was only meant as a temporary burial as his wish was to be returned to Germany ,ofcourse this never happened.
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It was wish to return to Germany when it has become a monarchy again. And there to be buried between his two wives. As that is very unlikely to ever happen, he probably will stay there forever
 
The original Berlin Dom was the Collegiate Church of Our Lady, in Berlin and looked very different to the cathedral of today.
It became Lutheran in 1538 and later Calvinist and then Lutheran again.
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The Berlin Collegiate Church of Our Lady was renamed in 1608 as the The Supreme Parish Church and the college was dissolved .
The church was then demolished in 1740 and a new baroque church was built on the site which served until 1893.
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It was remodelled in a more classical style in 1830
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Grave of King Frederick II at Sanssouci.

Grave of Friedrich Wilhelm IV and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria in front of the altar in Church of Peace, Potsdam.

Crypt with the sarcophagi of Frederick William IV and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria below the altar in the Church of Peace, Potsdam.
 
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The Antique Temple is a small round temple in the west part of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Frederick the Great had the building constructed to house his collection of classical works of art, antique artifacts.
Since 1921 the Antique Temple has been used as a mausoleum for members of the House of Hohenzollern and is not open to the public.

Five members of the House of Hohenzollern are buried in the Antique Temple:
  • Empress Augusta Viktoria (born 22 October 1858; died 11 April 1921)
  • Prince Joachim of Prussia (born 17 December 1890; died 18 July 1920)
  • Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (born 4 July 1906; died 26 May 1940)
  • Prince Eitel Friederich of Prussia (born 7 July 1883; died 8 December 1942)
  • Hermine Reuss (17 December 1887 – 7 August 1947) was the second wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
More information: Antique Temple - Wikipedia

The Antique Temple after 1921.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, last German Emperor, was buried in a mausoleum upon the grounds of Huis Doorn, Netherlands, where he lived in exile.
 
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