10th Leibniz burial site

He had chosen the inscription OSSA LEIBNITII - Leibniz's bones - himself. Nothing more is written on the simple gravestone on the south side in front of the chancel of the church in Calenberger Neustadt, and the two words were only added in 1790. The grave was forgotten for a long time and was only rediscovered when the church was renovated between 1902 and 1904. The portrait of Leibniz next to the tomb was created by Hanoverian artist Prof. Rolf-Hermann Geller in 2007. The epitaph of the court preacher David Ruprecht Erythropel can be seen on the northern gallery wall. He preached the sermon at Leibniz's funeral in 1716. All court officials were also invited to this ceremony, but none of them attended.