Requiem for Carl Duke of Württemberg in Altshausen (video and text)

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Around 800 invited guests said goodbye to Carl Duke of Württemberg at a funeral service in Altshausen (Ravensburg district) on Saturday.  The Catholic Requiem was celebrated by Bishop Gebhard Fürst of Rottenburg. Among other things, he paid tribute to the charitable commitment of the deceased.  Around 800 invited guests came to the funeral ceremonies on Saturday, including Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister, Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Thomas Strobl (CDU), Health Minister, Manfred Lucha (Greens) and the former Prime Minister, Erwin Teufel (CDU).

"Carl Duke of Württemberg was simply a strong personality.  He was also extremely committed to charity", stated Prime Minister, Winfried Kretschmann There were also numerous members of the Bundestag from the region at the funeral service, including Benjamin Strasser (FDP), Axel Müller (CDU) and Agnieszka Brugger (Greens).  Many district administrators and mayors from the Lake Constance-Upper Swabia region also said goodbye to Carl Duke of Württemberg at the funeral ceremonies.  Among others, the Sigmaringion district administrator, Stefanie Bürkle (CDU), the Ravensburg district administrator, Harald Sievers (CDU), the Mayor of Ravensburg, Daniel Rapp (CDU), and the Mayor of Friedrichshafen, Andreas Brand (independent).

Aristocrats were also among the guests.  Among others, the Prince of Liechtenstein, Alois von und zu Liechtenstein, and his father Hans-Adam and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg came to Altshausen. After the funeral service, Carl Duke of Württemberg was buried with his immediate family in attendance in the family crypt in the Castle Church.  In Altshausen, relatives, representatives from politics, business, society and nobility said goodbye to Carl Duke of Württemberg.  

Only invited guests had access to the Castle Church during the funeral ceremonies.  The funeral service was broadcast live on a screen on the market square, directly in front of the castle.  About 250 people followed the funeral service there.  

Funeral procession with the coffin on Friday in Altshausen

The coffin of the deceased, lying on a carriage, was pulled by four horses from the Marbach Stud through the Altshauser Ried and the local community to the market square on Friday afternoon.  It was accompanied by various music bands and the Yellow Hussars, a civil guard from Altshausen. There was a minute's silence.  Hundreds of people took part in the funeral procession.  Carl Duke of Württemberg died on June 7th at the age of 85.

The Yellow Hussars

You can find an obituary for Carl Herzog von Württemberg by SWR reporter Dirk Polzin here (in German):

 

Carl Duke of Württemberg was born on 1 August 1936 in Friedrichshafen as the son of Philip II Albrecht Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Rosa. The head of the House of Württemberg lived until the end at Altshausen Castle and had been struggling with health problems for years