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A Jacobite Gazetteer - Bavaria
Munich - Frauenkirche |
The Cathedral of Munich (also called the Liebfrauendom) is located at Frauenplatz 1. In 1921 the remains of Queen Mary IV and III (died 1919) and of her husband King Ludwig III of Bavaria were laid to rest in the crypt. Also buried here are the remains of five of their children: Prince Karl (died 1927), Prince Wolfgang (died 1895), Princess Hildegard (died 1948), and the infants Princess Notburga (died 1883) and Princess Dietlinde (died 1889). The entrance to the crypt is from the ambulatory immediately behind the high altar. Immediately to the left of the entrance are a group of six wall tablets, five with inscriptions 1; there are no sarcophagi. |
On the perpendicular wall immediately to the right of these tablets is a bronze plaque with a German inscription surmounted by the arms of the House of Wittelsbach and the arms of the House of Habsburg: 2
In 1995 Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, Archbishop of Munich-Freising, celebrated a pontifical mass here in thanksgiving for the ninetieth birthday of King Albert. 2 Telephone: 089.2900820. Notes 1 On the top right tablet is the following German inscription:
On the top left tablet is the following German inscription:
On the middle left tablet is the following German inscription:
On the middle right tablet is the following German inscription:
On the bottom left tablet is the following German inscription:
There is no inscription on the bottom right tablet; presumably this space was left for the remains of Princess Helmtrud, which were instead buried at Wildenwart. 2 At the lower left corner, the plaque is inscribed, "GUSS F. v. MILLER" ("cast [by] F. von Miller"). Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller (1842-1929) was Director of the Kunstakademie München (Munich Academy of Arts) and a noted bronze caster. At the lower right corner, the plaque is inscribed, "mod. ERNST GEIGER" ("designed [by] Ernst Geiger") This is perhaps the Swiss artist of that name who lived from 1876 to 1965. 2 "Wir brauchen ihn nicht - aber schön wär's, ihn zu haben", Berliner Zeitung Mai 4, 1995. All images © Noel S. McFerran 2003. This page is maintained by Noel S. McFerran (noel.mcferran@rogers.com) and was last updated November 1, 2003. |
