Mayerling

Mayerling is a village in the Vienna Woods , belonging to the municipal district of Alland , Baden County , Lower Austria , located 24 kilometers from Vienna . Meyerling became notorious after the double suicide of the Austro-Hungarian crown prince Rudolph and his mistress Baroness Maria von Evens .

Village
Mayerling
Mayerling
A country	Austria
Federal land	Lower austria
County	Baden (Borough)
History and Geography
First mention	1136 year
Square	1.98 km²
Center height	326 m
Timezone	UTC + 2
Population
Population	233 people ( 2018 )
Official language	Deutsch
Digital identifiers
Postcode

The first mention of Mayerling dates back to 1136 . It is believed that it was founded by the monks of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey . Now there are about 50 houses in the village, the population is 140 people (according to 2001 data). In addition to the village itself, Mayerling includes a castle, the Marienhof hotel and other premises belonging to the monastery.

Mayerling Memorial Church and Carmelite Monastery

The main attraction of the town is Mayerling Castle. It was founded in 1550 and also belonged to the Heiligenkreuz Monastery. In 1886, Crown Prince Rudolph acquired the castle in Mayerling and turned it into his personal hunting lodge.

The altar of the church in Mayerling

January 30, 1889 in this castle, Rudolph and Maria Evenings were found shot dead. The circumstances of the tragic incident were carefully hidden from the Austrian people. After the incident, the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph orders the construction of a church in Mayerling. It was erected directly on the spot where the Crown Prince’s bedroom was located, and her altar was on the spot of the bed on which Rudolph and Maria Vechera shot themselves. The church was given into the care of the Carmelite nuns of the Franciscan monastic order ^[1] . Now, in addition to the church, the Mayerling memorial complex includes a hospital, a museum and other rooms belonging to the nuns. The museum constantly operates an exposition dedicated to the Crown Prince and his last day in particular. One of the museum's exhibits is the original sarcophagus of Maria von Evenings. To hide the event, shameful for the Habsburg dynasty , at one time the body of Mary Vechery was secretly taken out of Mayerling Castle and buried in the cemetery of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Now Maria’s grave is also looked after by Carmelites ^[2] .