A row of so-called portal crypts (Portalgruften), which are typical of the Mainz main cemetery. Above ground, they consist of a barred portal that is supported at the back. A steep staircase leads through a usually barred door in the portal wall to the crypt below. This can be clearly seen in the second crypt from the right, where the lawyer Stephan Metz (*12.11.1789 in Mainz †18.11.1850 ibidem) is buried. Metz was mayor of the city twice, from 1834 to 1836 and from 1838 to 1841.
Crypt of the J. Schmitt family in the Mainz main cemetery.
Pietà in the tomb of the Heidelberger family. As nobody ever wants to be photographed by me, I’m my own model as usual. I used the flashes to compensate the strong contrasts.
Pietà in spring on a crossroads in the main cemetery in Mainz. HDR with a shift lens to acquire the image without converging lines.
Reuter-Riffel crypt on the upper crypt path of Mainz main cemetery.