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Family Crypt and Mummies of Schloss Sommersdorf
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Family Crypt and Mummies of Schloss Sommersdorf
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Family Crypt and Mummies of Schloss Sommersdorf
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Rainer & Petra
September 7, 2021
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The castle has been owned by the von Crailsheim family for 471 years (as of 2021). As good Christians, the deceased lords and ladies of the castle as well as some guests received their final resting place in their own crypt.
On their search for the spy, the French found, among others, the Swedish Colonel Ritter von Holz, a relative of the Crailsheims, who had rested in full uniform in a heavy oak coffin since the Thirty Years' War. Looters stole his uniform skirt soon after the coffin was closed. Today he only wears his heavy leather riding boots.
On their search for the spy, the French found, among others, the Swedish Colonel Ritter von Holz, a relative of the Crailsheims, who had rested in full uniform in a heavy oak coffin since the Thirty Years' War. Looters stole his uniform skirt soon after the coffin was closed. Today he only wears his heavy leather riding boots.
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