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Leipzig (Germany): View from the Thomaskirche Churchyard (Bach Statue, Bachmuseum, etc.)
The Bach monument (1908) is by Carl Seffner. The anatomist Wilhelm His served as a consultant when Bach’s skull was identified during the removal of Bach’s remains from the old cemetery of Johanniskirche (Church of St. John) into that church’s interior. An older monument to Bach (1843), promoted by the composer Mendelssohn, is located in the greenbelt to the west of the churchyard.
Bach’s remains have traveled considerably. His grave is now in the choir space of the Thomaskirche. He was first buried (1750) in the old cemetery of the Johanniskirche, and remained there until 1900. Then his remains were transferred to a sarcophagus under the altar inside that church. The newer grave remained undamaged in the heavy bombing attack in December of 1943 that struck the church so heavily that it was later torn down completely and its site converted to a meadow. On July 28, 1949, Bach’s remains were then transferred to the Thomaskirche.