Find A Grave - Leipzig

Bach, Anna Magdalena b. September 22, 1701 d. February 22, 1760
Singer. The second wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She was born Anna Wilcken in Zeitz, Saxony, into a musical family. Little is known of her career as a vocalist but she certainly knew Bach professionally at Cothen, where he was Kapellmeister from 1717. They married in December 1721, a year and a half after the death of the composer's first wife, and settled in Leipzig in 1723. The couple had 13 children, six of whom lived to adulthood, including future composers Johann...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: [unmarked]
Bach, Johann Sebastian b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Cause of death: Stroke
Thomaskirche (Saint Thomas' Church), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: In front of the altar
Bach, Johann Sebastian [original burial site] b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Bach, Johann Sebastian b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Johanniskirche (Defunct), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: * Second burial site, crypt beneath the altar
Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott b. July 4, 1715 d. December 13, 1769
Poet. He was the teacher of Lessing and Goethe. He was born in Hainichen, Saxony. He studied theology at the University of Leipzig, but later changed to philosophy. In 1751 became a professor of philosophy and taught poetry and rhetoric at Leipzig. With his books, like "Fabeln und Erzählungen" (Fables and Tales) he tried to raise the moral character of the people. He was first buried at Alter Johannisfriedhof. In 1900 he was moved to the crypt of St. John's to rest beside [Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: In the middle of Section I.
Hoffmann, Georg Melchior b. 1679 d. October 6, 1715
Composer, Conductor. A gifted representative of German Baroque music. His style is notable for its imaginative scoring, strong melodies, and emotional directness. The cantata "Meine Seele rühmt und preist" (c. 1707) and the Mass in E Minor (1708) are probably his best known works. Hoffmann was born in Barenstein, Germany, and trained as a choirboy at the nearby Dresden Hofkapelle. In 1705 he succeeded Georg Philipp Telemann as organist and music director of Leipzig's Neukirche and Collegium...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Kanne, Anna Katharina b. August 22, 1746 d. April 20, 1810
Girlfriend of J. W. Goethe. Also known as 'Käthchen Schönkopf'. She met Goethe in 1766 in her fathers tavern and married Christian Kanne in 1770. Goethe made her famous through his play "Die Laune des Verliebten" (The Wayward Lover). (Bio by: Lutetia)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section IV.
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid b. November 21, 1877 d. April 9, 1933
Composer and Organist. He was born Siegfried Karg in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. Although he showed early musical talent, his family was poor and he was forced to study to become a school teacher. At 16 he rebelled against their wishes and spent the next three years as a wandering freelance musician. He was finally arrested for trying to obtain false identity papers, and sent back home. By 1897 he was studying at the Leipzig Conservatory, paying for his tuition by playing piano in beer...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Marbach, Johanna Rosalie b. March 4, 1805 d. October 12, 1837
Actress. Sister of Richard Wagner. Was the first to play Gretchen in Goethes "Faust." After her step-father Ludwig Geyer died she she earned the money for the family. She married the Leipziger Professor Oswald Marbach in 1836. She was buried on the North site of the cemetery. The headstone was moved during the 1990s to the current location. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section V.
Mattheuer, Wolfgang b. April 7, 1927 d. April 7, 2004
Painter, Sculptor, Graphic Artist. He studied in Leipzig at the Academy of Visual Arts. Between 1953 and 1974 he taught there and became member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR in 1978. He marched in the so-called "Montagsdemonstrationen" (Monday demonstrations) in Leipzig in 1989 that initiated the fall of the Government of the GDR. His sculpture "Mann mit Maske" ("Man with Mask") was placed at his grave in April 2005. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: middle of Section II.
Meyer, Hans b. March 22, 1858 d. July 5, 1929
Geographer, Mountaineer. He and Ludwig Purtscheller were the first to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, on Oct. 6. 1889. His father was the publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer. He studied history, botanic and germanistics on the universities of Leipzig and Berlin. He traveled Asia, North and South America and wrote several books about these travels. In 1884 he took over the science section of the Meyer publishing Company. In 1969 the government of Tanzania erected a memorial plate on the South side of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section III.
Nikisch, Arthur b. October 12, 1855 d. January 23, 1922
Conductor. The director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1895 until his death, he was noted for his interpretations of the mid-Romantic repertoire. In 1913 Nikisch made the first commercial recording of a complete symphony, Beethoven's Fifth. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section II
Seffner, Carl b. June 19, 1861 d. October 2, 1932
Sculptor. Student of Melchior zur Strassen. He is best known for his statues of Bach, Goethe and Emperor Maximilian I. in Leipzig. He did many portraits of artists, scientists and members of the Saxon Royal family. He became one of the most important German sculptors. He was also involved in identifying the skull of J. S. Bach in 1894. He studied art in Leipzig and Berlin. He traveled Italy between 1886 and 1888. He did several statues for graves on the cemetery. The statue of the flower girl...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section II
Sudhoff, Karl b. November 26, 1853 d. October 8, 1938
Medical Pioneer. He founded the first Institute for Medical History. He studied medicine in Erlangen and worked later as a doctor in Düsseldorf. From 1901 on he was president of the German Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Science. He studied the medieval medical literature, especially those by Paracelsus. He was called to the University of Leipzig in 1905 and was given free hand in the founding of the Institute. It was finally opened on April 1, 1906 and was renamed in 1938 into "...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Section II.
Trexler, Georg Max b. February 9, 1903 d. December 15, 1979
Composer. He studied economy at the University of Leipzig. During this time he met the Cantor of St. Thomas, Karl Straube. In 1930 he started his work as a choirmaster and organist at the St. Trinitatis church in Leipzig, where he worked for fourty years. In 1935 Karl Straube called him to the conservatory to teach organ playing and conducting. He was drafted in 1940 and saw the end of the war as an american prisoner of war. His compositions include pieces for children, Cantatas and mostly...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Woyzeck, Johann Christian b. January 3, 1780 d. August 27, 1824
Criminal. Key figure in a murder case that marked the first time in German legal history an insanity defense was used. Born into poverty in Leipzig, Woyzeck led an unsettled life, drifting through such professions as barber, soldier, tailor, bookbinder, and manservant. On June 13, 1821, he was arrested for the murder of his common-law wife, a 46 year-old widow named Woost, whom he had stabbed to death the night before in a fit of jealous rage. At his trial the defense argued that...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Unmarked
Wundt, Wilhelm Max b. August 16, 1832 d. August 31, 1920
Scientist. German psychologist, regarded as the father of experimental psychology. Born in Neckerau in Germany, he studied medicine at Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Berlin. In 1857, he was appointed dozent at Heidelberg, where he lectured on physiology. From 1858 to 1864 he studied the neurological and chemical stimulation of muscles. In 1864, he became an assistant professor at Heidelberg. Three years later, he started a course he called physiological psychology. His major work, the Principles of...[Read More] (Bio by: Apats)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

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