On Monday, 5 October at 11.30 am, Mayor Thomas Kütter will open the refurbished communal urn facility, known as the ‘Monopteros’, at the Municipal Cemetery, Reichenhainer Straße 104. The building, an architecturally significant rotunda situated not far from the entrance to the municipal crematorium, had been undergoing renovation since April following years of closure.
Media representatives are invited to attend.
During the renovation, the foundations were exposed, repaired and plastered both externally and internally; the steps were removed and relaid; and a drainage system was installed. In addition, the covers of the urn niches were removed and repositioned.
The main work involved removing and re-installing the upper coping ring, replacing various stones and renewing the joints, as well as carrying out roofing work on the upper coping ring. The small-stone and mosaic paving was removed and relaid. The restoration was carried out whilst preserving as much of the original structure as possible. Retouching was also carried out with great restraint.
The total cost of the project, including expert reports and planning, amounts to around 270,000 euros. 70 per cent of the costs are being funded by the Free State of Saxony through the Special Programme for the Preservation of Historic Monuments. Following the structural restoration of the Monopteros, plans are in place to enhance the design of the immediate surroundings. This is not expected to take place until the plants have been delivered in November 2026.
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