Russian Orthodox Chapel, Weimar

Historischer Friedhof mit Russisch-Orthodoxer Kapelle

The Russian Orthodox Chapel is a funerary chapel built in

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

in 1860 for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. It was constructed in the Historical Cemetery behind the

Weimarer Fürstengruft The Klassik Stiftung Weimar (roughly "Weimar Classicism Foundation") is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. It owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art colle ...

, to which it is connected by an underground passage. Maria Pavlovna's coffin is located in the passage, with her husband Charles Frederick's coffin placed directly beside it. A spiral staircase leads to another underground connection to the Fürstengruft, though this is now closed by a metal plate. Churches in Weimar

Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Germany Church buildings with domes Germany–Russia relations Churches completed in 1860 1860 establishments in the German Confederation {{Germany-EO-church-stub