The entrails of the Habsburg Emperors were buried separately from their bodies from 1600 to 1872. The bodies were buried in the Kaisergruft (Imperial Crypt) of the Capuchin Church, their hearts were buried in urns in the Augustiner Church crypt, and their entrails were buried in copper urns in the crypt of St. Stephen's Cathedral. These copper urns contain the entrails of such famous Habsburg rulers as Ferdinand III, Leopold I, Karl VI, Maria Theresa, Maximilian.
The entrails of the Habsburg Emperors were buried separately from their bodies from 1600 to 1872. The bodies were buried in the Kaisergruft (Imperial Crypt) of the Capuchin Church, their hearts were buried in urns in the Augustiner Church crypt, and their entrails were buried in copper urns in the crypt of St. Stephen's Cathedral. These copper urns contain the entrails of such famous Habsburg rulers as Ferdinand III, Leopold I, Karl VI, Maria Theresa, Maximilian.
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