Stroll through Strasbourg

Inside the church there are several funerary monuments from the period 1130 to 1850, one of the most famous being the huge late baroque mausoleum from 1777 of Marshal Hermann Moritz of Saxony, a work of the Parisian sculptor Pigalle. Since the marshal was of Lutheran faith, he was not allowed to be buried in the French capital.

The marshal walks down the stairs to the coffin, which death opens. France tries to hold him back and Hercules mourns. The heraldic animals on the left represent the empires of Austria/ the eagle, Holland/ the lion and England the leopard.

Moritz of Saxony already enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, among his soldiers for his humanity and fairness, among the people for his victories - he was one of the few undefeated commanders of France, which made him a myth in his day.