10th Leibniz burial site

He had chosen the inscription OSSA LEIBNITII—“the remains of Leibniz”—himself. That is all that appears on the simple tombstone on the south side in front of the church’s sanctuary in Calenberger Neustadt, and even those two words were not added until 1790. The grave had long been forgotten and was only rediscovered during the church’s renovation from 1902 to 1904. The portrait of Leibniz next to the grave was created in 2007 by the Hanover-based artist Prof. Rolf-Hermann Geller. On the northern wall of the gallery, one can see the epitaph of the court preacher David Ruprecht Erythropel. He delivered the sermon at Leibniz’s funeral in 1716. All court officials were also invited to this ceremony, though none of them attended.