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ID: NGR-000791-P/851

Gravestone of Georg Schweichler

Ryga | Latvia
Cemetery at St Francis Church
ID: NGR-000791-P/851

Gravestone of Georg Schweichler

Ryga | Latvia
Burial place marked by a cross on a boulder pedestal. Cross with vertical beam terminating in a pyramid, bordered with a groove, on a plinth. On the front above the intersection of the arms and on the horizontal arm an engraved inscription (1). On the back above the intersection of the arms a panel with the eye of Providence in a triangle and a gloria, below an engraved inscription (2). Location of gravestone secondary.

Inscription:

(1) Hier ruhen / in Gott. / Georg Friedrich Schweichler, / geb. in Mittau den 23 Marz 1793, / gest. in Riga den 12. Mai 1862. //.
(2) Erbbegrabni[ss] der Familie Georg [...] / Schweichler //.

Time of origin:

1862-1865

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 06

Dimensions:

200 x 70 x 57 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), sandstone

Additional Information about materials:

cross - sandstone, plinth - granite

State of preservation:

cavities, chipping, schropowacenia, inscription partly obliterated

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

a gravestone probably transferred from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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