At the city bet between Greifswald on the Baltic Sea and Dresden on the 250th birthday of the artist Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) at the beginning of September, participants and onlookers in the city on the Elbe donated a total of 1,270 euros. The money will now go towards the restoration of two entrance portals to the Trinitatisfriedhof cemetery, where the famous Romantic master is buried. He used one of them as a motif in his painting "The Cemetery", which was created around 1825.
According to the city's marketing company, this means that its administration has reached its goal of raising a total of 15,000 euros for the project faster than expected, as a basis for municipal funding for the project. The sandstone portal drawn and painted by Friedrich is in great need of restoration. A total of almost 97,000 euros is needed for this and for another striking gate at the Feierhalle.
