Grief for Ingolstadt's Alt mayor Peter Schnell: Farewell to the Münster

Grief for Ingolstadt's Alt mayor Peter Schnell: Farewell to the Münster

In a moving farewell, Ingolstadt said on Saturday, November 9, 2024, saying goodbye to his former mayor Peter Schnell. The funeral service took place at 9:00 a.m. in the majestic Liebfrauenmünster and was celebrated by cathedral priest Bernhard Oswald. The atmosphere was moving when the sounds of the youth chamber choir and the motet choir under the direction of Eva-Maria Atzerodt, accompanied by Münsterorganist Christoph Hämmerl and musicians of the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, musically framed the funeral service.

top -class speakers honor Peter Schnell

The funeral speeches were held by prominent personalities, including Mayor Christian Scharpf, Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and the former Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer. The Evangelical Dean Gabriele Schwarz also spoke on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and paid tribute to the life's work of the deceased.

After the moving service, the burial of old OB quickly took place in the West Cemetery in Ingolstadt. The city and its citizens mourn for a man who was at the top of the city for many years and left countless traces. His inheritance will live on in the hearts of people.