Fangelsbachfriedhof- Grab des Dichtersohns

Fangelbachfriedhof is one of Stuttgart's historic cemeteries. It was built in 1823, then outside of the city, now a green oasis not far from the centre. It is still in use, the newer graves reflecting that 44% of Stuttgart's inhabitants have migration background.

One of the historic graves is that of the son of playwright/ poet/ philosopher Friedrich Schiller, with Goethe one of the greats of the so called Weimar Classic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
Schiller's dramas are played in German theatres to this day and they were widely used in Italian opera libretti of the 19th century (Verdi's I Masnadieri, Luisa Miller, Don Carlos, Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Donizettis Maria Stuarda among them)

The bones of Schiller's son were exhumed several years ago for DNA- testing to determine whether the skull in Weimar really was the poet's- it wasn't! There had been doubts very early on but the DNA testing finally brought definite proof. What really happened to Schiller's bones is still unknown.

Two links in German, the first one should be easy with a translator:

www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2009-11/schiller-kopf?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F

www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/geschichten-aus-der-gruft-raetsel-um-schillers-schaedel-double-a-551305.html

Some more historic graves in the notes:

piano manufacturer Schiedmayer/ parish priest Knapp/ industrialist- philantropist Gustav Siegle


painter Friedrich Ehregott Tiedemann / doctor Chr. Fried.Hedinger and wife Adelheid


SC50: History