Find A Grave - Sachsen-Anhalt

Adelheid I b. May, 977 d. January 14, 1043
German Nobility. The daughter of Emperor Otto II of the Holy Roman Empire and Empress Theophano, she was given to the monastery of Gandersheim Abbey in Lower Saxony until she was 6 years old. She was then brought to the monastery in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, where her aunt Mathilde was the Abbess. Duke Heinrich II "The Quarrelsome" kidnapped her because she would have succeeded her brother Otto III if something would...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: Crypt
Adelheid II b. 1045 d. January 11, 1096
German Nobility. She was the oldest daughter of Emperor Heinrich III the Pious of the Holy Roman Empire and his second wife, Empress Agnes of Poitou. Her mother, who acted as regent for her son (the heir to the throne), designated her as successor of Abbess Beatrix, Adelheid's half sister. She became Abbess in Gandersheim, Saxony in 1061, and became Abbess in Quedlinburg, Saxony, three years later. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: Crypt
Beatrix b. 1037 d. July 13, 1061
German Royalty. Abbess in Quedlinburg. Only daughter of Emperor Heinrich III. and his first wife Gunnhilde daughter of King Knud II "the Great". Her father designated her in January 1043 to succeed Abbess Adelheid I. regardless of the fact that the nuns there had the right to elect their Abbess. On June 24. 1044 she was ordained Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: Crypt
Blondi d. April 29, 1945
Blondi (sometimes called Blonda) was a female Alsatian (German Shepherd) that belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during most of his life as German Chancellor (1933-1945). As the Soviet Army closed in on Hitler's bunker in Berlin, Hitler and some of his staff planned suicide by cyanide poisoning. However, Hitler was mistrustful of the poison capsules that had been supplied by SS Chief Himmler (whom he now saw as a traitor), so he ordered his personal doctor Werner Hasse to try one of the...[Read More]
Unmarked site, Klausenerstrasse, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Boelcke, Oswald b. May 19, 1891 d. October 28, 1916
Boelcke was most likely the world's first flying ace and was the first fighter pilot to be awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Pour le Merite. Boelcke was the first to devise air combat tactics which in turn gave him the title of "Father of Air Fighting Tactics" which are still used today. One of the youngest ever appointed Hauptman (Captain), he was an exceptional leader and was given command of his own squadron in which he was also able to choose his own pilots. One new pilot he...[Read More]
Ehrenfriedhof, Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Edith of Wessex b. 910 d. January 26, 946
English and German Royalty. Born Eadgyth, the daughter of Eadward I, King of Wessex and Queen Aelflaed. Sometime between 925 and 930 she married Otto I von Sachson, Holy Roman Emperor, who was considered by many historians to be the founder of the Holy Roman Empire. The couple had at least four surviving children including their youngest who would become Otto II. She died young, and was buried at the Cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany. (Bio by: Iola)
Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Katharina, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Luther, Martin b. November 10, 1483 d. February 18, 1546
Religious Leader, principal figure in the 16th Century "Reformation" of the Christian churches in Europe, Professor, Author, Bible translator.
Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: Center of church, below wooden pulpit, about two meters down
Mathilde b. 955 d. February 7, 999
German Royalty. Abbess in Quedlinburg. Only daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. and Empress Adelheid. In 968, only 13 years old, she was ordained as Abbess of Quedlinburg and succeeded her Grandmother Mathilde von Ringelheim as Abbess. She developed into a very powerful woman. She accompanied Otto II. on his campaigns in Italy and acted as Otto III. deputy in Germany. During her time as Abbess the Emperors supported the monastery and granted it great privileges. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: Crypt
Melanchthon, Philipp b. February 16, 1497 d. April 19, 1560
Educator, Theologian. Born by the name of Philipp Schwarzerdt, after his father’s death he moved with his grandmother Elisabeth to Pforzheim, where he attended the Latin school. There he met Elisabeth’s brother the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, who influenced his work. It was Reuchlin who suggested Phillipp to change his last name to the Greek equivalent “Melanchthon”. In 1509 he joined the University of Heidelberg where he studied philosophy, rhetoric and astronomy. In 1512 he went to Tübingen...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Muller (Müller), Wilhelm b. October 7, 1794 d. October 1, 1827
Poet. His finest verse infused folk-like settings and simplicity with a romantic spirit. Müller's lyric cycles "Die schöne Müllerin" ("The Lovely Mill Girl", 1820) and "Die Winterreise" ("Winter Journey", 1823) were made famous by Franz Schubert's musical settings. Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller was born in Dessau, Germany, the son of a tailor. His classical studies in Berlin were interrupted by a year's military...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Historischer Friedhof I, Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Mühe, Ulrich b. June 20, 1953 d. July 22, 2007
Actor. Mühe is best remembered for his role in the Oscar-winning German film "Das Leben der Anderen" ("The Lives of Others")in 2005. Mühe also received the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards for his role in this film. A prestigious stage actor, Mühe appeared in Henry Ibsen's plays such as "Gespenster" and "Peer Gynt." His screen credits also include "Hälfte des Lebens"(1984), "Hard Days - Hard Nights" (1989), "Das Schloss" (1996) and "Amen" (2002). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Walbeck Friedhof, Walbeck bei Haldensleben, Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Neefe, Christian Gottlob b. February 5, 1748 d. January 26, 1798
Composer, Conductor, Organist, Teacher. He was probably the most important teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven, and the first to recognize his genius. Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Germany, the son of a tailor, and received musical training as a choirboy at the municipal school. At age 14 he came down with rickets, which permanently affected his bones and left him (as he admitted) a lifelong hypochondriac, convinced he was not...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Historischer Friedhof I, Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Nietzsche, Friedrich b. October 15, 1844 d. August 25, 1900
Philosoper. He was named after King Frederick William IV of Prussia, on whose forty-ninth birthday he was born. His father was a Lutheran pastor and former teacher. After his father's death in 1849, his family went to live with his maternal grandmother and two of his father's unmarried sisters in Naumburg. When his grandmother died in 1856, the family moved into their own house. While in Naumburg, young Friedrich had been making a name for himself as a bright student, particularly in the fields...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Röcken Churchyard, Rocken, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Otto I The Great b. November 23, 912 d. May 7, 973
Holy Roman Emperor. Born in 912 in Wallhausen, his parents where Henry I, King of the Romans (The Fowler) and Matilda of Ringelheim. He married Edith, the daughter of Edward I. (the Elder) in 930. They had a happy marriage and had six children. He succeeded his father as King in July 936, and was crowned in Aachen on August 7. He had to defend his kingship mainly against relatives that thought they had better reasons to be Henry’s successor. The fighting stopped in 954 when the Hungarians...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Katharina, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Christiane Eberhardine b. December 29, 1671 d. September 4, 1727
Nobility, Electress of Saxony and titular Queen of Poland. She was the eldest daughter of Margrave Christian Ernst of Bayreuth and Sophie von Württemberg and married Friedrich August von Sachsen in 1693. She gave birth to a son three years later who was named after the father. Hurt by her husbands unfaithfulness and by his convertion to Catholicism she left Dresden and lived in the Castles of Pretzsch and Torgau. Because of her Protestant beliefs she was never crowned Queen of Poland. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Stadtkirche Sankt Nikolaus, Pretzsch (Elbe), Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Von Clausewitz, Carl Gottfried b. June 1, 1780 d. November 16, 1831
Military Theorist, Author. One of the most influential military writers of all time, Clausewitz's work strove to comprehend how Napoleon had been such a successful commander and how he was eventually defeated. Clausewitz's conclusions, elucidated in his best-known book, "On War (Von Krieg)", can best be summed up in his well known dictum that war must be understood as a "continuation of politics by other means." (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Burg City Cemetery, Burg bei Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Von Hardenberg, Friedrich 'Novalis' b. May 2, 1772 d. March 25, 1801
Philosopher, Poet, Novelist. Full name Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr (Baron) von Hardenberg. He was the second of the eleven children of Heinrich Ulrich von Hardenberg and his wife Auguste. When his father became director of the government saltworks the family moved from the family estate at Oberwiederstedt to Weißenfels. In 1790 he began his studies of law at the University of Jena, where he befriended Friedrich Schiller. A year later he came to the University of Leipzig, where he...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Alter Friedhof (Stadtpark), Weissenfels, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Plot: look left at the entrance of the Park
Ziegler, Caspar b. September 15, 1621 d. April 17, 1690
Lawyer, poet and composer. He was born in Leipzig as son of the city council Caspar Ziegler and his wife Anna (née Walter, widow of Johann Kürsten). He studied at the university of Leipzig and went in January 1641 to the university of Wittenberg. He visited the philosophy lessons of August Buchner, Johannes Scharf and Johannes Sperling. When he returned to Wittenberg in 1643 his parents first pressured him to study theology. When it became clear that he was not suited for it, his father allowed...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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