Franz König [SEP] date of birth
Franz König
Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the second-oldest and longest-serving cardinal worldwide at the time of his death.
Early life and ministry.
König was born in Warth near Rabenstein, Lower Austria, as the oldest of the nine children of Franz and
the stone entrance gate and the sculptures by the Austrian Franz Finck on the bridge and along the moat all also date to this period. The sculptures embody the dukes' virtues and duties.
History Later life.
The ducal court relocated to Brunswick in 1753, leaving the castle empty. When Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was appointed librarian at the nearby Herzog August Library in 1770, the Duke assigned him some rooms on the first floor of the castle - he spent five years living in them. After marrying Eva König in 1776,