Tehdyt toimenpiteet
History in a Cemetery
The oldest headstone stands over the grave of Johannes Weckström, a treasurer-at-war, who built Tuomarinkylä Manor in the 18th century and gave the church a valuable set of silver Communion vessels.
Next to the church stands the mausoleum of the Cronstedt family containing
the remains of Vice-Admiral Carl Olof Cronstedt, commander of Suomenlinna
Fortress and owner of Herttoniemi Manor. Close by, the entrance of the Ullner
family mausoleum is distinguished by a marble sculpture of an open
book.
The von Wendt family mausoleum dates from the middle of the 19th
century. The first body interred in the mausoleum was that of Anna Natalia
von Wendt, who died while her husband, Lieutenant-General Alexander Jakob von
Wendt, was serving in Hungary during a war.
A more recent tradition is represented by the so-called memorial
grove, in use since 1982, where the ashes of the deceased are interred
without an urn. At the request of the next-of-kin an engraved plate bearing
the name of the departed one may be attached to a name wall, which was
designed by the architect Tuula Taponen.
The latest work of art in the cemetery, designed by the sculptor Arvo
Siikamäki, is the memorial stone from 2001. The ground immediately adjacent
to the stone is meant to be a place of remembrance for those who want to lay
a bouquet of flowers or light a candle in the memory of loved ones buried
elsewhere.
