Rauna cemetery was consecrated on 29 June 1773, when pastor Michael Wurm was in office. Land plots for the needs of the cemetery were gifted by the owner of Rauna Castle Manor – Count Grigory Orlov (1734\u20131783). Before that, the cemetery was situated next to Rauna Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several notable people have been buried at Rauna Cemetery and a considerable number of artistically valuable gravestones and metal crosses can be found there. One of the pioneers of modern pharmacy and the founders of modern bacteriology in Russia K\u0101rlis Kr\u0113sli\u0146\u0161 (1860-1929), whose memorial stone is made in Art Nouveau style by sculptor Gustavs \u0160\u0137ilters, is buried at Rauna Cemetery. The pastor of Rauna congregation, teacher and author of textbooks \u0100dams Jende (1861-1918) is buried at the cemetery. His memorial stone has been made by sculptor K\u0101rlis Zemdega. A merchant P\u0113teris Rim\u0161a (1853-1908), whose memorial stone was made by sculptor Gustavs \u0160\u0137ilters, is also buried at the cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first Rauna Lutheran congregation pastor, Latvian, Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Dzirne (1829 – 1896), Baltic German pastor Michael Wilhelm Wurm (1715-1795), the Head of C\u0113sis Teachers\u2019 Society, a teacher awarded with the Order of the Three Stars P\u0113teris Neijs (1862-1935), author of multiple Christian books and Rauna congregation pastor Arv\u012bds Treicis (1902-1944), who died during the World War II, physician of Rauna R\u016bdolfs Skaidrais (1882-1954) and his wife, physician, Elza Skaidr\u0101 (1900-1989), radio industrialist, founder of the factory “A.Aps\u012btis un E.\u017dukovskis” Aleksandrs Aps\u012btis (1907-1988), Rauna congregation school teacher and active social figure Eduards Auka (1871-1941), holder of the Military Order of L\u0101\u010dpl\u0113sis – Art\u016brs Milnis (1900-1941), P\u0113teris Sauti\u0146\u0161 (1891-1968), J\u0101nis Zvirbulis (1896-1938), decriptor of the handwritings of Rainis and Aspazija – Aina Leite (1922-2005), graphic artist, painter and the author of \u201cRaunas miniat\u016bras\u201d (Rauna Miniatures) Indulis Gurti\u0146\u0161 (1925 \u2013 1991), famous psychotherapist J\u0101nis Z\u0101l\u012btis (1933-2007), historian and researcher of Rauna history Sarma Ruska (1941-2010), biology scientist Milda Kr\u016bklande (1909-2002), sculptor Biruta Gr\u012bsle (1927 \u2013 2004) are also buried at the cemetery, as well as family graves of the owners of Bai\u017ekalns Manor Estate – Zuckerbecker family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The oldest grave cross found at the cemetery with flat decoration in flower shape at the tips of the cross has been installed for people, who died in 1825 – 1834. Several other artificially valuable forged metal objects – three large – 2-3 m high crosses, 118 crude iron crosses of different type, 14 crude iron benches, 5 crude iron lace fences, 7 crude iron chain fences, etc. In 2000, a monument for the victims of Red terror was installed at Rauna Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rauna cemetery was consecrated on 29 June 1773, when pastor Michael Wurm was in office. Land plots for the needs of the cemetery were gifted by the owner of Rauna Castle Manor – Count Grigory Orlov (1734\u20131783). Before that, the cemetery was situated next to Rauna Church. Several notable people have been buried at Rauna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n