# Mausoleum für Pauline von Nassau

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The Mausoleum für Pauline von Nassau stands in Wiesbaden as a historic burial place linked to the House of Nassau. Sandstone forms the mausoleum’s structure within Wiesbaden’s former Old Cemetery. Carl Boos designed the mausoleum in 1858, using Romanesque historicism as its architectural language. His architectural work in Wiesbaden also includes the Marktkirche. The burial place holds Duchess Pauline of Württemberg, her son, and her daughter-in-law, Countess Natalie von Merenberg. Duchess Pauline married Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau. She later lived in Wiesbaden, where her connection to the Nassau dynasty remains part of the site’s historical meaning. Her daughter Sophia later became Queen of Sweden. A 2007 renovation addressed graffiti, structural damage, and moss, preserving the sandstone mausoleum’s historical and architectural character. The former cemetery now serves as a recreational area. This setting connects a funerary monument with Wiesbaden’s public urban landscape.

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