Mausoleum Lange, Family mausoleum in Lehe, Bremerhaven, Germany

Mausoleum Lange is a sandstone burial monument featuring a central round structure surrounded by four porticoes, with an underground crypt area and a prayer room containing freestanding columns. The interior contains eight ground-level burial niches designed to hold different family members.

Carl Lange, who built the first dry dock in Bremerhaven between 1837 and 1840, commissioned this mausoleum around 1885 for his family. The structure was created during an era when successful industrialists built such elaborate burial monuments as signs of their wealth and importance.

The name Rahusen, added to the entrance portico's beam in 1946, marks the sale to Reinhard Rahusen, whose iron firm Hermann Rahusen supplied ship equipment and machine tools in Bremerhaven until 1987. The building stands on Friedhof Lehe III, opened in 1868, where leading citizens bought large central plots at the cemetery's founding.

The monument underwent complete restoration between 2018 and 2019, making it accessible in good condition for visits. Plan time for a quiet viewing and remember this is a religious site within the cemetery grounds.

The interior is topped by a flat dome with a round opening, an oculus, above eight niches set in a base zone; a small window sits above the entrance. The dome rests on columns forming a tambour. The building was restored in 2018/19 after years of decay.