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- The Imperial Crypt (German: Kaisergruft), also called the Capuchin Crypt (Kapuzinergruft), is a burial chamber beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria.
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Karl and Zita’s son Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria, requested that his heart be buried in the crypt of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma in Hungary. His body was interred in the Imperial Crypt at the Capuchin Church.
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Upon request, today’s visitors to the family crypt at Hohenberg are handed a large key in order to explore on their own the resting place where the subsequent generations of the family were also buried. The palace itself houses a substantial exhibition on the life of Franz Ferdinand and his family.
Oct 6, 2023 · Hélène de Lauzun. — October 6, 2023. The Capuchin crypt, or Habsburg necropolis (Kapuzinergruft or Kaisergruft), which houses the remains of the family that ruled the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, and Hungary for several centuries, is about to welcome the burial of Princess Yolande de Ligne.
The Imperial Crypt of the Habsburg family, known in German as the Kaisergruft, or Kapuzinergruft (Capuchin Crypt), lies beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria. The crypt contains the remains of 150 people.
The Imperial Crypt (German: Kaisergruft), also called the Capuchin Crypt (Kapuzinergruft), is a burial chamber beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1618 and dedicated in 1632, and located on the Neuer Markt square of the Innere Stadt, near the Hofburg Palace.
The Habsburgs are buried near Hofburg Palace in a crypt at a Capuchin church where there is still a cloister. The crypt is in the care of the monks from the cloister. Unlike any of the other burial sites I’ve visited, the church is small and is on a street with traffic, shops, and stores, restaurants, and cafes.
At his wife's death, the Royal Court decided she should not receive honors, and not be buried with the Archduke in the Capuchin Church Imperial Vaults in Vienna, the traditional place of entombment for the Hapsburgs.
