Leylands old Cemetery & Chapel

Today I finally had the chance to visit a nearby cemetery and a church ruin. Shamefully I have to admit, that the village where it is situated is just a couple of kilometers away, but I never made it to just stop there. This morning I did and encountered a little paradise, both beautiful and spooky at the same time. And it became a post over at the Diary.
The model for Leyland's old cemetery and chapel is the ruin of Nietleben's old church at the Granau site near Halle Saale. As the wikipedia-article is only available in German, I collect some parts here in English: the settlement called 'Granau' was destroyed by Swedish troops during the 30 years war and though the place wasn't rebuilt, the church was in 1654  as a simple Baroque Hall. The altar was at the west front and there was no baptistery. In 1886 the church was abandoned because of a new Protestant church in the village of Nietleben. Since then the church decays. For example author and historian Baron Siegmar of Schultze-Gallera is buried at the Granau cemetery. More pictures are available here. I made several, because the atmosphere was so great, but will probably use them in the diary, not here...