Epitaph for Berchthold von Königsegg and Kunigunde von Zimmer

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Epitaph for Berchthold von Königsegg and Kunigunde von Zimmer

The epitaph for Berchthold von Königsegg and Kunigunde von Zimmer is in the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Aulendorf , a town in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

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The epitaph in the Renaissance style for Berchthold von Königsegg († 1607) and his wife Kunigunde von Zimmer († 1602) shows the two deceased praying under the cross. The scene is framed by pilasters with capitals on which the ancestral specimen with a total of 12 coats of arms of the ancestors is located. On the base of the epitaph, the grave testimony and the praise for the dead are recorded. The upper end of the epitaph is a medallion depicting the coronation of Mary , framed by angels.

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