In the location's words:

The princely crypt was the final resting place of the princely family. Goethe's and Schiller's sarcophagi can also be seen here. The Fürstengruft is therefore one of the central places of remembrance of the classical and post-classical period.

As the successor to St. James' Cemetery, the new cemetery was consecrated in Weimar in 1818. Grand Duke Carl August had the royal crypt at the southern end of the cemetery built between 1823 and 1828. In 1835, the southern extension of the grounds was built above the crypt. The Russian Orthodox Chapel for the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, who came from Russia, was built on the south side of the royal crypt from 1860 to 1862 according to plans by senior building director Ferdinand Streichhan.

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