Bavaria to hold requiem and state funeral for Aiwanger on Saturday

Bavaria will hold a requiem and state funeral for its late deputy premier and economy minister Hubert Aiwanger in Munich on Saturday, BR reported. The service will begin at 10.30 a.m. with a solemn Catholic funeral Mass at the Frauenkirche, a church in Munich, followed by the state funeral there at noon.

At 1.30 p.m., Minister-President Markus Söder will host a reception at the Residenz. Senior political and association representatives are expected to attend. Details of Aiwanger’s burial have not been announced. His partner, Tanja Schweiger, said it would take place “at home” after the state funeral. Aiwanger lived in Rahstorf, a locality within Rottenburg an der Laaber in Lower Bavaria.

Aiwanger, 55, died suddenly last Wednesday. He had cancelled plans to open an office for his party, the Free Voters, in Berlin for health reasons and was later found unresponsive in his hotel room. The preliminary autopsy found no evidence of foul play.

Schweiger thanked the public for what she described as an overwhelming outpouring of sympathy. A condolence book is available at the town hall in Rottenburg an der Laaber through Thursday.