Many people from Bad Berleburg had been saying goodbye to their Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg already during the weekend. Possibly one of the reasons why there were not that many people standing in front of the church where his funeral service was being held on Tuesday 21 March. According to the local newspaper “Westfälische Rundschau” […]
Photo: Tina Scheffler / Wittgenstein-Berleburg’sche Rentkammer
On Saturday and Sunday the people could say goodbye to Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who died suddenly on Monday 13 March 2017, in the chapel of Berleburg Castle in Bad Berleburg, Germany. The coffin was covered with the flag of the family Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and surrounded by wreaths, among others from staff and some local organisations. […]
Unexpectedly on Tuesday 14 March the following announcement was made by the private secretary of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Tommy M. Paulsen: Although he was 82, his death came rather suddenly. Richard-Casimir Karl August Robert Konstantin Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born on 29 October 1934 in Giessen, Germany, as eldest child and son of Fürst […]
