Caroline Christine Walter died of tuberculosis aged
17 in 1867 and was buried in the Old Cemetery in Freiburg.
Her sister Selma commissioned a
sculptor to carve a gravestone in her likeness. Caroline is depicted as
if she fell asleep reading
in her own bed.
After the flowers from her funeral had wilted, her sister noticed with
each visit that fresh flowers were always on the grave. After months and
even years, she never learned who was leaving the flowers, which still
appear 150 years on. Caroline had never told her sister of a boyfriend
and there are a number of theories; a tutor who fell in love with her, a
secret girlfriend, even a vampire. After I took these photos, I looked
back over my shoulder to see two little girls on bikes looking around to
see if they were being watched, then adding a fresh bouquet and
pedalling away at speed.
scavengedluxury
