The Mystery of Germany's Aristocratic Mummies

Very interesting article at Der Spiegel. I disagree, however, with the suggestion that, since they're mostly in Protestant areas, that it may be due to a fear of not being able to be resurrected if their bodies rotted. I'd just chalk it up to simple vanity combined with the fact that the wealthy had more control over church matters in Protestant areas.

Heilig-Grab-Kapelle, St. Michael's, Bamberg

Grave of Richard and Cosima Wagner, Beyreuth

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Tomb of Bishop Gundekar I, Eichstatt Cathedral

11th century.
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Slezak Family Graves, St. Laurentius' Church, Rottach-Egern, Bavaria

Operatic tenor Leo Slezak and his son, actor Walter Slezak.

Johanneskirche, Nuremberg

Jewish Cemetery, Roedelsee, Bavaria

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St. Georg's Church, Kraftshof, Nuremberg

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St. Martin's Church, Greding, Bavaria

Photos by Mathias Greding

Grave of Walther von der Vogelweide, Wuerzburg

Walther von der Vogelweide was a medieval German poet.

Alter Suedfriedhof, Munich

The painter Carl Spitzweg

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