Requiem in the Frauenkirche: Farewell to Hubert Aiwanger

The Pontifical Requiem for Hubert Aiwanger begins in the Cathedral of Our Lady.

Hubert Aiwanger's coffin stands before the beginning of the pontifical requiem in the Frauenkirche.

The Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger, who died suddenly, will be honored today with a major act of mourning in Munich's Liebfrauendom. At 10:30 a.m. there will be a pontifical requiem led by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, immediately followed by an act of mourning.

Prime Minister Markus Söder, State Parliament President Ilse Aigner (both CSU) and Free Voters parliamentary group leader Florian Streibl, among others, want to speak there. Söder then invites you to a funeral reception in honor of Aiwanger at the Munich Residence. The funeral will take place at a later date in his home country.

Numerous wreaths are lined up in front of the Frauenkirche on the cathedral square.

Hundreds of invited guests are expected to attend the funeral. But ordinary citizens also generally have access to the Frauenkirche - according to the Archbishop's Ordinariate, there is space for up to 1,100 people in total.

To commemorate Hubert Aiwanger, a picture of Aiwanger, a candle and a flower arrangement with mourning ribbon have been placed in the Bavarian State Parliament on the square of the Economics Minister.

Prime Minister Söder had ordered mourning flags for the day of the memorial service.

Aiwanger, who was federal and state leader of the Free Voters, was found lifeless in a hotel room in Berlin on Wednesday last week. He was 55 years old. Aiwanger leaves behind his partner, Regensburg district administrator Tanja Schweiger (Free Voters), and two sons.