Kapuzinergruft - Definition and Overview

Since 1633, the significant members of the Habsburg family have been buried in the so-called Kapuziner or Kaisergruft (Imperial crypt) in Vienna. Twelve Emperors, 15 Empresses and around 100 Archdukes lie here, carefully guarded by Capuchin monks. The first room contains Emperor Matthias, founder of the crypt, and his wife, Anna, in rather simple sarcophagi. The most recent arrival is Zita, Austria's last Empress, who died in 1989 in exile. A total of 138 bodies can be found here.

Some members of the Habsburg buried in the Kaizergruft include:

• Amalia Wilhelmina
• Ferdinand I
• Ferdinand III
• Ferdinand IV
• Franz I. Stefan
• Franz II
• Franz Josef
• Elisabeth Eugenie Amalie “Sissi”
• Ferdinand Maximillian
• Maria Theresia
• Crown Prince Rudolf
• Zita
• Joseph I
• Joseph II
• Leopold I
• Leopold II
• Margarete Theresia
• Maria Louise

External link

• The floorplan (http://www.kaisergruft.at/kaisergruft/gruft1.htm)