Funeral service in Munich: Far more than 1,100 mourners bid farewell to Aiwanger
Just as sudden as the death of Hubert Aiwanger, is the great outpouring of sympathy. At the funeral service for the politician, the Frauenkirche cannot accommodate all the guests.
Bayern bid farewell to long-time Economics Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger in a funeral mass at the Munich Frauenkirche, ten days after his sudden death in Berlin at the age of 55. Over 1,100 mourners, many in traditional attire, attended the service, with Cardinal Reinhard Marx praising Aiwanger's life achievements and describing him as an "authentic Bavarian man".
Aiwanger's funeral mass was followed by a state memorial service, where speakers included Prime Minister Markus Söder and Free Voters' leader Florian Streibl. The burial will take place at a later date in Aiwanger's native Lower Bavaria.
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