Codice albumGBB-F-005258

Image IDGBB-F-005258-0000

1900 ca, HANNOVER, GERMANY : The Open Grave (Geöffnetes Grab, Opened Grave) or Burst Grave (Gesprengtes Grab). Is a tomb in Hanover in the Gartenfriedhof Denkmal in the Warmbüchenviertel Strasse, near the Aegidientorplatz Square and one of the landmarks of the city of Hanover. Is the tomb of Henriette Juliane Caroline von Rüling (1756 - 1782), dead for TBC tubercolosis, the wife of the Hanoverian state secretary Georg Ernst von Rüling and daughter of Georg Wilhelm von Willich, Vice President of the Higher Appeals Court. It bears the following inscription: " May this tomb bought for eternity never be opened ". But over the years, a birch tree has sprouted in the plinth and, growing ever larger, lifted the heavy tombstone. At the beginning of 2010, a worker in the Grünkolonne (the parks and gardens agency of the city), without warning or even civic approval cut the tree down for "safety reasons", which naturally prompted much protests. In partnership with the state historic trust a "proper restoration of the historic tomb" has been announced.

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