Let us continue our walk in the old cemetery. However, before we leave section 4a towards Neuer Weg, our attention is drawn to a massive sandstone tombstone. It marks the final resting place of Friedrich Carl Wex. Born on August 27, 1801, in Naumburg, he studied philology in Göttingen. Subsequently, in 1826, he began his teaching career at the Fürstenschule in Schulpforta, an institution that emerged from a former monastery school.

His appointment to the directorship of the Fürstenschule in Schwerin in 1833 could be seen as somewhat logical. In Schwerin, Duke Johann Albrecht the First had established a Fürstenschule in 1553, which had since continuously been housed in the wing of the Schwerin Cathedral. However, space constraints increasingly affected the orderly teaching process. Considerations for a new building were slow to materialize. However, under the leadership of Dr. phil. Friedrich Carl Wex, they received new impetus. Eventually, the construction of the new Fridericianum Gymnasium, located in today's August-Bebel-Straße at Pfaffenteich, began based on designs and under the supervision of Hermann Willebrand. Yet, Wex did not live to see the inauguration of the new gymnasium in 1870, having passed away on August 8, 1865, in Schwerin. The tombstone at his resting place eloquently speaks of the gratitude and admiration of colleagues and a large number of students to whom this school provided the tools for their further life journey. Among the students were also the writer and engineer Heinrich Seidel and the aforementioned Eduard Hobein. On August 4, 1853, the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Fürstenschule, the city of Schwerin bestowed upon Dr. Friedrich Carl Wex the honorary citizenship.