After visiting the last two graves, we now turn our attention to the hill towards the small Gothic chapel. There, we easily spot a towering wrought-iron grave cross on a massive sandstone pedestal. It marks the resting place of the architect Herrmann Willebrand. This gravesite, too, was almost forgotten, like many others. Ironically, the act of an apparently disturbed individual shortly after the reunification drew attention back to it.

After several other grave monuments, including Willebrand's stone, were overturned overnight at the cemetery on Obotritenring, a discussion began in the media on how to raise funds to prevent further destruction of worthy gravestones. This action was successful, and the monument was restored. Throughout his life, Herrmann Willebrand was one of those people who did not like to push himself into the foreground. Instead, he quietly carried out his work with a sense of duty.

He was born on March 16, 1816, as the son of a pastor in Melz near Röbel. From 1835 to 1838, he attended the Berlin Building School and received a solid education under his teachers Stier and Stüler. After passing his examination as a Mecklenburg building surveyor in 1839, he took over the revision of the construction plans and the execution of the emerging arsenal as an assistant to the then court architect Georg Adolf Demmler. When Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II took office, he commissioned Demmler to expand the old Schwerin Castle into his representative princely residence. Demmler chose Herrmann Willebrand as his closest collaborator for this task. Both embarked on a study trip to the Loire to draw inspiration from various castles for the future design of Schwerin Castle. However, the first designs submitted by Demmler for the renovation did not meet the approval of the Grand Duke. Plans by Johann Gottfried Semper and Friedrich August Stüler were also not accepted. Eventually, the court decided to proceed with revised plans by Demmler. It has never been entirely clear to what extent Herrmann Willebrand's artistic ideas influenced the project. Willebrand himself apparently did not express himself definitively on this matter, displaying tactful modesty.

The completion of the castle renovation was undoubtedly the greatest challenge Herrmann Willebrand had to face. But his later achievements also testify to a high level of artistic skill and design talent. Although they are considerably smaller in scale, their architectural mastery is unmistakable. Under Willebrand's direction, projects such as the Fridericianum Gymnasium on Pfaffenteich, the conversion of the Neustädtisches Palais on today's Puschkinstraße, the Jägerhof, and the Gestütshof in Raben Steinfeld were completed, as well as projects in Ludwigslust, Rostock, and other locations. Willebrand's Victory Column on the Alten Garten commemorates the fallen Mecklenburgers in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. It is crowned by the Megalopolis, a female figure symbolizing the great land of Mecklenburg, sculpted by Gustav Adolf Friedrich Willgohs. One of Willebrand's outstanding achievements is also the completion of the Museum am Alten Garten. Originally initiated by Demmler as a new castle, the project was halted after the sudden death of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich, despite the completion of the foundations. Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II eventually commissioned Willebrand to build a new museum above the existing foundations. The museum was opened in 1882, with Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schlie as its first director. Architect Willebrand was awarded the title of Oberhofbaurat. In his later years, the master lived in seclusion, avoiding public attention. He passed away at a ripe old age on June 10, 1899, in Schwerin.