Herzgruft
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The Herzgruft is the chamber protecting 54 urn
s containing the hearts of deceased members of the Habsburg
dynasty. It is a small room off St. George's Chapel of the Augustinerkirche
church located within the Hofburg complex in downtown Vienna
, Austria
. Herzgruft means "heart crypt" in German
.
The first heart (that of King Ferdinand IV of the Romans) was placed in the Augustinerkirche on 10 July 1654, and the last (that of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
) on 8 March 1878.
The bodies of all but three of those whose hearts are here are in the Imperial Crypt a few blocks away.
Daughter of Ferdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias. Buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Emperor Maximilian II
. Husband of Empress Anna. Buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eldest son of Archduke Charles II of Styria. Buried in the Grazer Dom, Graz
.
Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III. Founder of this Herzgruft. Buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Ferdinand II. Named at age 13 to take over his uncle Leopold's renounced see of Halberstaedt (when he became 22, this was confirmed by the Pope) and later became also Bishop of Olomouc, Bishop of Breslau, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. Buried in tomb 115 in the Imperial Crypt.
Niece, cousine and first wife of Emperor Leopold I at age 15. Buried in tomb 20 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III. Foundress of the Order of the Starry Cross
(the Sternkreuzorden). Buried in tomb 19 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I and wife of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
. Buried in tomb 28 in the Imperial Crypt.
Twelve-year old daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 25 of the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 16 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III and father of Emperors Joseph I and Karl IV. Buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 35 in the Imperial Crypt.
Younger son of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 40 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Karl VI. and sister of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 39 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Prince Charles of Lorraine and Archduchess Maria Anna. Buried in tomb 47 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife (1708) of Emperor Karl VI and mother of Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 36 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephen and Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen and Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt.
Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Husband of Empress Maria Theresa, Buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI,→Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband (1736) Emperor Franz I Stephen. Buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Caroline. Buried in tomb 66 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Empress Maria Theresia. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife of Emperor Leopold II and mother of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia Caroline. Buried in tomb 95 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth son of Emperor Leopold II and Empress Maria Ludovika. Buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Empress Maria Ludovika. Buried in tomb 65 in the Imperial Crypt.
Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. and wife of Duke Albert of Teschen. The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the nave of this Augustinerkirche
church. Buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 87 in the Imperial Crypt.
Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia. Archbishop of Cologne. Buried in tomb 118 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 79 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily. First wife (1790) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 84 in the Imperial Crypt.
In the lower row (from left to right):
Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in St. Vitus Cathedral
in Prague.
Fourth son of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 105 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second wife (1790) at age 18 of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 60 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 69 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 71 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 107 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third wife (1808) at age 20 of 40-year old cousin Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 58 in the Imperial Crypt.
Husband of Archduchess Maria Christina. Buried in tomb 111 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant son of Archduke Karl. Buried in tomb 125 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Napoléon Bonaparte and Empress Maria Louise (daughter of Emperor Franz II.) Buried in Les Invalides
in Paris
.
Eldest son of Emperor Leopold II. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 57 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eighth son of Emperor Leopold II. Last Grand Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights
before Napoleon suppressed it outside of the Habsburg lands. Buried in tomb 103 in the Imperial Crypt.
Duke of Teschen, third son of Emperor Leopold II. Adopted son of his aunt Archduchess Maria Christina. and Albert of Saxony-Teschen. Buried in tomb 122 of the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton. Buried in tomb 102 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant first son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand. Buried in tomb 68 in the Imperial Crypt.
Unmarried 54-year old daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 82 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 129 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eleventh son of Emperor Leopold II. Buried in tomb 104 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second wife (1821) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Buried in tomb 86 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 130 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 62 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Emperor Franz II. and father of Emperor Franz Josef. Buried in tomb 135 in the Imperial Crypt.
Urn
An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered, that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. "Knife urns" placed on pedestals flanking a dining-room sideboard were an English innovation for high-style dining rooms of the late 1760s...
s containing the hearts of deceased members of the Habsburg
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
dynasty. It is a small room off St. George's Chapel of the Augustinerkirche
Augustinerkirche
The Augustinian Church in Vienna is a parish church located on Josefsplatz, next to the Hofburg, the winter palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna. Originally built in the 14th century as the parish church of the imperial court of the Habsburgs, the harmonious Gothic interior was added in the...
church located within the Hofburg complex in downtown Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Herzgruft means "heart crypt" in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
.
The first heart (that of King Ferdinand IV of the Romans) was placed in the Augustinerkirche on 10 July 1654, and the last (that of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria from the House of Habsburg was father of two emperors as well as the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak of World War I, and the greatgrandfather of the last Habsburg...
) on 8 March 1878.
The bodies of all but three of those whose hearts are here are in the Imperial Crypt a few blocks away.
Hearts inurned here
In the upper row, arranged in sequence of death date (from left to right):Daughter of Ferdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias. Buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Emperor Maximilian II
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian II was king of Bohemia and king of the Romans from 1562, king of Hungary and Croatia from 1563, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from 1564 until his death...
. Husband of Empress Anna. Buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eldest son of Archduke Charles II of Styria. Buried in the Grazer Dom, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
.
Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III. Founder of this Herzgruft. Buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Ferdinand II. Named at age 13 to take over his uncle Leopold's renounced see of Halberstaedt (when he became 22, this was confirmed by the Pope) and later became also Bishop of Olomouc, Bishop of Breslau, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. Buried in tomb 115 in the Imperial Crypt.
Niece, cousine and first wife of Emperor Leopold I at age 15. Buried in tomb 20 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III. Foundress of the Order of the Starry Cross
Order of the Starry Cross
The Order of the Starry Cross was founded by Eleanora Gonzaga of Mantua, dowager empress of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1668. This all female order was confirmed by Pope Clement IX, June 28, 1668, and was placed under the spiritual management of the Prince Bishop of Vienna...
(the Sternkreuzorden). Buried in tomb 19 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I and wife of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II , also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last Governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg...
. Buried in tomb 28 in the Imperial Crypt.
Twelve-year old daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 25 of the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 16 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III and father of Emperors Joseph I and Karl IV. Buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 35 in the Imperial Crypt.
Younger son of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 40 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I. Buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Karl VI. and sister of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 39 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Prince Charles of Lorraine and Archduchess Maria Anna. Buried in tomb 47 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife (1708) of Emperor Karl VI and mother of Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 36 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephen and Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen and Empress Maria Theresa. Buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt.
Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Husband of Empress Maria Theresa, Buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI,→Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband (1736) Emperor Franz I Stephen. Buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Caroline. Buried in tomb 66 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Empress Maria Theresia. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife of Emperor Leopold II and mother of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia Caroline. Buried in tomb 95 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth son of Emperor Leopold II and Empress Maria Ludovika. Buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Empress Maria Ludovika. Buried in tomb 65 in the Imperial Crypt.
Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. and wife of Duke Albert of Teschen. The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the nave of this Augustinerkirche
Augustinerkirche
The Augustinian Church in Vienna is a parish church located on Josefsplatz, next to the Hofburg, the winter palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna. Originally built in the 14th century as the parish church of the imperial court of the Habsburgs, the harmonious Gothic interior was added in the...
church. Buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 87 in the Imperial Crypt.
Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia. Archbishop of Cologne. Buried in tomb 118 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 79 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily. First wife (1790) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg and Grand Duke of Würzburg .-Biography:Ferdinand was born in Florence, Tuscany, into the...
. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 84 in the Imperial Crypt.
In the lower row (from left to right):
Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral
Saint Vitus' Cathedral is as a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral...
in Prague.
Fourth son of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 105 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second wife (1790) at age 18 of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 60 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 69 in the Imperial Crypt.
Fourth son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 71 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia. Buried in tomb 107 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third wife (1808) at age 20 of 40-year old cousin Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 58 in the Imperial Crypt.
Husband of Archduchess Maria Christina. Buried in tomb 111 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant son of Archduke Karl. Buried in tomb 125 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Napoléon Bonaparte and Empress Maria Louise (daughter of Emperor Franz II.) Buried in Les Invalides
Les Invalides
Les Invalides , officially known as L'Hôtel national des Invalides , is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Eldest son of Emperor Leopold II. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 57 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eighth son of Emperor Leopold II. Last Grand Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem , commonly the Teutonic Order , is a German medieval military order, in modern times a purely religious Catholic order...
before Napoleon suppressed it outside of the Habsburg lands. Buried in tomb 103 in the Imperial Crypt.
Duke of Teschen, third son of Emperor Leopold II. Adopted son of his aunt Archduchess Maria Christina. and Albert of Saxony-Teschen. Buried in tomb 122 of the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton. Buried in tomb 102 in the Imperial Crypt.
Infant first son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand. Buried in tomb 68 in the Imperial Crypt.
Unmarried 54-year old daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia Carolina. Buried in tomb 82 in the Imperial Crypt.
Wife of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 129 in the Imperial Crypt.
Eleventh son of Emperor Leopold II. Buried in tomb 104 in the Imperial Crypt.
Second wife (1821) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Buried in tomb 86 in the Imperial Crypt.
Daughter of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 130 in the Imperial Crypt.
Son of Emperor Franz II. Buried in tomb 62 in the Imperial Crypt.
Third son of Emperor Franz II. and father of Emperor Franz Josef. Buried in tomb 135 in the Imperial Crypt.
See also
- Ducal Crypt for the traditional burial place of the Habsburg viscera.
- Heart-burialHeart-burialHeart-burial is a type of burial in which the heart is interred apart from the body. This is a very ancient practice, and the special reverence shown towards the heart is doubtless due to its early association with the soul, affections, courage and conscience of man.In medieval Europe heart-burial...
- Imperial Crypt for the traditional burial place of the Habsburg bodies.
External links
- Official Website (in German)