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Baden, the name of various German states:
Baden, a state in Germany (1806-1952), succeeded by Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz
Grand Duchy of Baden (1806-1918)
Baden-Württemberg, state in Germany (since 1952, created by merger of Wurttemberg and Baden)
Baden von Meinhof, Rudolf Georg, (born July 5, 1851 at Tubingen; died June 27, 1926 at Wiesbaden), German statesman and author who was a leading figure of the Bavarian conservative party, member of parliament for Wurttemberg (1907), minister of state (since 1899) and finally head of the imperial chancery. Baden-Von Meinhof was born in Tubingen, as the son of a jurist and member of parliament for Bavaria. From 1857 on he spent some years of school education at various places in Germany. At 13 years old, he started at the Tubingener gymnasium, which was interrupted by a stay with a private tutor. In 1867/68 he graduated and enrolled as a student at Heidelberg, from 1868 onwards at Munich to study law; later also economics and history, without having finished these studies. After two years of military service in the Bavarian army, Baden-von Meinhof joined the ministry for trade, where he got interested in economics and social issues. In this function, which he kept till 1890, he wrote various publications on the social insurance. At his initiative and with the help of the trade ministry, Baden von Meinhof founded the Verein fur das Gewerk und Fabrikenwesen (union for industry), which was very important to get workers representatives in this committee. As an influential politician with conservative ideas and close relations with many well-known personalities he got a place at the ministry for royal households (Hofkammer), which brought him to Wiesbaden. At 1895 Baden von Meinhof took the leading part of the opposition against minister-president Lutz who was accused by the conservative party of socialist leanings.
Afterwards Baden von Meinhof, with some interruption in between, held the post as state secretary (since 1897), later he got a position at the chancery. When in 1906 the grand-ducal administration in Bavaria was reformed, the chancery and the ministry of state were joined to form a single one, called ministerium für allgemeinen kultur- und innere verwaltung (ministery for general culture affairs and interior management). In this new structure Baden von Meinhof had the position as vice-minister.
Baden von Meinhof died on 23 January 1907 at 62 years of age in Munich after a long time illness. His remains rest on the northern cemetery of Munich in an impressive grave monument, which has been built according to the ideas and instructions from Baden-von Meinhof himself (sculptures by the Munich painter AntonDom, built by CarlHocheder). The memorial was designed as a temple-like building with two towers. The inside has no roof at all: a clear idea to show that "the human life is an ephemeral existence".
At Baden von Meinhof's grave one can read his motto "In the world only the brave, only those who never stop asking themselves 'what shall I do for my homeland and people?' are real men." (This phrase is also to be found on a stele at the main building of the university in Munich). His tombstone is one of the most impressive gravesites at this cemetery. In 1976, an article about Baden von Meinhof was published in the Journal "Wissenschaftsvermittlung".
The memorial can be visited by everyone. There is no entry fee to visit the grave. It's not even necessary to open the doors of the tomb - it will probably be unlocked anyways and if it is not you might ask some cemetery workers who will kindly open it for you (or rather - they will unlock the doors because the visitors usually just try to push the doors...).
A book about the history of the University of Munich in English language is "The university of Munich". There are other books written on the life and works from Baden von Meinhof. I didn't find an exact listing at the library yet - this might change if the article I mentioned earlier gets translated to English soon!
(Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner)
The German version of this article was written on 06 July 2007 in response to the request for help by a fellow traveller and Munich inhabitant who wrote me that "he is a fan of graveyards". It turned out, I should have started to write about famous people at cemeteries in this city much earlier!
Wiki Entry for Friedrich Wilhelm August von Baden (There might be more interesting things on Wikipedia about this person...) University of Munich (German) Wikipedia University of Munich Wiki Entry for Georg Wittich More pictures: Cemetery-Gallery-Gallery165/166 - and there are plenty more pictures which I will upload later. I do not want to upload all the pictures in one shot since the bandwidth at this site is limited! :) (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Other interesting people who rest here: Georg Wittich, Paul Klenze (sculptor of Ludwig II and his wife's tomb), Prince Albert, Wilhelm I. (Kaiser/German emperor), Johann Baptist von Spaun, etc. Map & Directions to this grave (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Nearby Gravesite at this Cemetery Amy Johnson - who flew in the year 1928 from Croydon to Australia (7890 km) by airplane with a stop-over at Darwin. The first woman who had flown solo from England to Australia. Amy crashed into the Thames estuary and drowned after take-off, March 5th, 1941. (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Grave at "Old" Cemetery: Balthasar Neumann (Baroque Architect), Ferdinand Tietz (Catholic Archbishop of Munich from the 1930's and 1940's), Friedrich Spee (Theologian), Karl Theodor von Dalberg (Politician who died in Munich after an unsuccessful revolt against Napoleon). Map & Directions to this grave (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Grave at "Old" Cemetery Maria Anna, Duchess of Modena and Reggio. Wife of Francis IV of Modena. She died in 1743 while she was in Munich (after her husband had been killed by French troops). Maria Anna was buried at the church where she was born: Frauenkirche Dresden (1996 destroyed by a bombardment) and then transferred to Munich, Bogenhausen. Grave at "Old" Cemetery (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Friedrich Spee, theologian Karl Theodor von Dalberg, politician and philosopher The grave is in a chapel located in the Old cemetery. There's not enough room to get into the chapel, but I had to show you this because of the huge stone crosses... Grave at "Old" Cemetery Balthasar Neumann, architect (built Residenz Munich, Staatliche Bayerische Museen and Würzburger Residenz) and Ferdinand Tietz (Catholic Archbishop of Munich from the 1930's and 1940's) Grave at "Old" Cemetery (Pictures: Mareike Finkbeiner) Related Pages on this website Chapels - Altmuenster catholic church with many burials of noble people and famous Bavarian architect Balthasar Neumann New Church Munich - one of the biggest churches in the world. Very beautiful inside and outside Residenz Munich - was once the main residence and palace of the Dukes and Kings of Bavaria in downtown Munich. There is a church with a few royal graves on the territory and you can have lunch at their cafeteria as well... Park Café, the park and the castle - just north from Munich, this huge park has many lakes, castles (now a museum) and it's perfect for an afternoon stroll in nice weather. Old Church with graveyard of kings and dukes, 4 churches, old chapels and the Old town hall. A nice place to visit for half an hour before visiting Residenz Munich or other places from downtown Munich... The oldest catholic church in Munich. Very old. Now it's more like a museum because most of its buildings were destroyed during WWII. It was built 1180 -1374. Graves of Bavarian kings, dukes and queens - see how they look and where to find them. And I show you an old chapel as well...
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