Mausoleum der Freiherren von Kap-herr
The Mausoleum der Freiherren von Kap-herr stands on Krähenhügel, south of Lockwitz in Dresden, with views across the upper Elbe Valley. Its sandstone façade follows the form of a classical Greek temple. Built between 1871 and 1872, the burial place was commissioned by Baron Carl Johann von Kap-herr.
Dresden architect Bernhard Schreiber designed it in the Semper-Nicolai tradition. The sandstone-vaulted crypt holds 48 burial chambers, linking the building’s architecture directly with the Kap-herr family’s history. Baron Hermann Christian von Kap-herr received the first burial in 1877. After the family’s dispossession and deportation in 1945, vandalism and looting damaged the building.
A fence secured the mausoleum in 1994. The mausoleum and surrounding Krähenwald returned to the descendants in 2005, with restoration finishing three years later. The restored building stands as a cultural monument in Dresden. From the hillside, clear days open views towards the Fernsehturm Pillnitz, Keppschloss, and mountains of Saxon Switzerland.
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