When Kurt and Anna-Maria Spennesberger heard the news about former pope Benedict XVI’s death, they immediately got into their car and drove 200 kilometres to the former pontiff’s southern German birth town Marktl.
MARKTL, Germany –
Renate and Dane Cupic, 58 and 68, also travelled to Marktl from Austria, about 15 kilometres away, on hearing about Benedict’s demise.The small town in the southern region of Bavaria, with a population of around 2,800, is synonymous with Benedict. Benedict has always kept in touch with Bavaria — where he taught at the university in the town of Regensburg between 1969 and 1977, and returned regularly to visit his brother, the leader of the cathedral choir.
One parishioner paying her respects, Hilde Eisenhut, reflected on “a link with him — he was Bavarian — I did my confirmation with him,” the 61-year-old recounted.
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