Kaisergruft / Kapuzinergruft

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The imperial crypt is located under the Capuchin Church and is intended for members of the former Austrian dynasty Habsburg.

Sarcophagi of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) and Crown Prince Rudolf

Burials have been taking place in the crypt since 1633. 149 Habsburgs, including 12 emperors and 19 empresses and queens, have found their final resting place there. The magnificent double sarcophagus for Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Franz Stephan I of Lorraine, is the work of Balthasar Ferdinand Moll.

In stark contrast is the plain coffin of her son Joseph II, the last emperor to be buried here being Franz Joseph I (1916). The sarcophagi of Empress Elisabeth and Crown Prince Rudolf are also found in the crypt, which is looked after by the Capuchins. The hearts of the Habsburgs were buried from 1654 to 1878 in the heart crypt in the Augustinian Church.

Burials are still held in the Imperial Crypt today: in 1989 Zita, the last Austrian empress, was buried here. And on 16 July 2011 her eldest son, the former Crown Prince and European politician Otto Habsburg, together with his wife Regina, found their final resting place here.

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