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Kapuzinergruft
The burial place of the Habsburgs in Vienna
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Description
The Imperial Crypt is located under the Capuchin Church and is intended for members of the former Austrian dynasty of Habsburg.
Burial has been in the crypt since 1633. 149 Habsburgs, including 12 emperors and 19 empresses and queens, found their final resting place there. The magnificent double sarcophagus for Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Franz I Stephan of Lorraine, is the work of Balthasar Ferdinand Moll. The plain coffin of her son Joseph II stands in stark contrast to this. The last emperor to be buried here was Franz Joseph I (1916). The sarcophagi of Empress Elisabeth and Crown Prince Rudolf are also 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 still take place in the Imperial Crypt: In 1989, Zita, the last Austrian empress, was buried here. And on July 16, 2011, her eldest son, the former crown prince and European politician Otto Habsburg, found his last resting place here together with his wife Regina.
Admission per person: EUR 8,50
Children up to 18 years: EUR 5,-
Code: WIENXKA EIN
Admission including guided tour: EUR 12,-
Children up to 18 years: EUR 8,50
Code: WIENXKA FUH
Burial has been in the crypt since 1633. 149 Habsburgs, including 12 emperors and 19 empresses and queens, found their final resting place there. The magnificent double sarcophagus for Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Franz I Stephan of Lorraine, is the work of Balthasar Ferdinand Moll. The plain coffin of her son Joseph II stands in stark contrast to this. The last emperor to be buried here was Franz Joseph I (1916). The sarcophagi of Empress Elisabeth and Crown Prince Rudolf are also 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 still take place in the Imperial Crypt: In 1989, Zita, the last Austrian empress, was buried here. And on July 16, 2011, her eldest son, the former crown prince and European politician Otto Habsburg, found his last resting place here together with his wife Regina.
Admission per person: EUR 8,50
Children up to 18 years: EUR 5,-
Code: WIENXKA EIN
Admission including guided tour: EUR 12,-
Children up to 18 years: EUR 8,50
Code: WIENXKA FUH