Editing Empress Elisabeth of Austria (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Territet Elisabeth 01.JPG|thumb|Memorial statue in [[Territet]]]]

Upon her death, Franz Joseph founded the [[Order of Elizabeth]] in memory of her.

On the promenade in [[Territet]], Switzerland, there is a monument to the Empress created by [[Antonio Chiattone]] in 1902. This town is between [[Montreux]] and [[Chillon Castle|Château de Chillon]]; the inscription mentions her many visits to the area.<ref>Inscription: ''A la mémoire de sa majesté l'impératrice et reine Elisabeth en souvenir de ses nombreux séjours à Montreux''</ref> In the [[Volksgarten, Vienna|Volksgarten of Vienna]], there is an elaborate memorial monument featuring a seated statue of the Empress by [[Hans Bitterlich]], dedicated on 4 June 1907.

There are several statues of Empress Elisabeth in [[Slovakia]]: a bronze statue by [[Gyula Donáth]] from 1903 at the Bardejov spa in [[Bardejov]] and busts in [[Poltár]] and in [[Prešov]]. Other statues in her memory were erected in [[Salzburg]], in the garden of the former Hotel Strauch in [[Feldafing]] (where she used to stay on her later travels), in Budapest, in [[Funchal]]. Near the location of her assassination at [[Quay|Quai]] du Mont-Blanc on the shore of [[Lake Geneva]], there is a statue ''in memoriam'', created by [[Philip Jackson (sculptor)|Philip Jackson]] and dedicated in 1998 on the 100th anniversary of the assassination.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 September 2016 |title=In memoriam Elisabeth, Impératrice d'Autriche, Reine de Hongrie |url=https://statuesquo.blogspot.com/2016/09/in-memoriam-elisabeth-imperatrice.html |access-date=16 July 2019 |website=Statues Quo |language=fr}}</ref>{{multiple image
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A large number of chapels were named in her honour, connecting her to [[Saint Elisabeth]]. The Elizabeth Church in [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]] (now the Greek Catholic [[Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth, Lviv|Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth]]), was founded in 1903 by Emperor Franz Joseph in memory of Elisabeth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klijanienko |first1=Ania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTX-GwaZQNYC&pg=PA157 |title=Lemberg: das kulturelle Zentrum der Westukraine |date=2008 |publisher=Trescher Verlag |isbn=978-3-89794-130-4 |page=157 |language=de}}</ref> Various parks were named after her, such as the [[Empress Elisabeth Park]] in [[Merano]], [[South Tyrol]].

Various residences that Elisabeth frequented are preserved and open to the public, including her [[Hofburg]] apartment<ref>{{cite web |title=Imperial Apartments |url=https://www.hofburg-wien.at/en/about-the-location/imperial-apartments/ |website=hofburg-wien.at |publisher=Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH |access-date=17 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Schönbrunn Palace]] in Vienna, the [[Hermesvilla]] in the [[Vienna Woods]], the [[Kaiservilla|Imperial Villa]] in [[Bad Ischl]], the [[Achilleion (Corfu)|Achilleion]] on the [[Corfu|Island of Corfu]], and the [[Royal Palace of Gödöllő]] in Hungary. Her childhood family summer residence, [[Possenhofen Castle]], houses the Empress Elizabeth Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Empress Elizabeth Museum Possenhofen, Sisi Museum, Lake Starnberg, Bavaria |url=https://www.kaiserin-elisabeth-museum-ev.de/eng/ |website=kaiserin-elisabeth-museum-ev.de |publisher=Kaiserin Elisabeth Museum Possenhofen e.V. |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025033/https://www.kaiserin-elisabeth-museum-ev.de/eng/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:ElizabethOfHungary MatthiasChurch.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Elisabeth of Hungary sculpture in [[Matthias Church]], Budapest, Hungary|upright]]

Several sites in [[Hungary]] are named after her, such as two of [[Budapest]]'s districts, [[Erzsébetváros]] and [[Pesterzsébet]]. The [[Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest)|Elisabeth Bridge]] over the [[Elbe|Danube]] and connecting [[Buda]] with [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]], first constructed in 1903, was named after her. The Elisabeth Bridge connecting the towns [[Komárno]] in Slovakia and [[Komárom]] in Hungary (which used to be one town at the time when it was built in 1892), is named after the Empress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2016 |title=Z Komárna do Maďarska vybudujú asymetrický most |url=https://ekonomika.pravda.sk/ludia/clanok/400490-z-komarna-do-madarska-vybuduju-asymetricky-most/ |website=Pravda.sk}}</ref> The [[Empress Elisabeth Bridge]] over the [[Elbe]], opened in 1855, was named after her.<ref name="Děčín">{{cite web |date=27 August 2008 |title=Řetězový most |trans-title=Chain Bridge |url=http://www.decin.estranky.cz/clanky/decinke-pamatky/retezovy-most.html |access-date=27 June 2015 |publisher=Municipality of [[Děčín]] |language=cs}}</ref>

In the village [[Gastouri]], on the Greek island of Corfu, a fountain is named after Elisabeth. The Empress had donated the "Fountain under the Sycamores" for the locals. It was festively inaugurated in 1894 by the church dignitaries and later named "Elisabeth Fountain".<ref>Haderer, Stefan, ''Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece'', KDP Publishing, 2022, p. 150.</ref>

The Empress's specially built railway sleeping car is on display at the [[Vienna Technical Museum|Technical Museum]] in Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flight |url=https://www.hofburg-wien.at/en/about-the-location/sisi-museum/flight/ |access-date=19 January 2020 |website=hofburg-wien.at |language=en}}</ref> Empress Elisabeth and the [[Empress Elisabeth Railway]] ([[Western Railway (Austria)|Western Railway]]) named after her were recently selected as a main motif for a high value collector coin, the [[Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)#2008 coinage|Empress Elisabeth Western Railway commemorative coin]].

In 1998, [[Gerald Blanchard]] stole the [[A. E. Köchert|Köechert]] Diamond Pearl known as the Sisi Star, a 10-pointed star of diamonds fanning out around one enormous pearl from an exhibit at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna commemorating the 100th anniversary of her assassination. It was one of approximately 27 jewel-encrusted pieces designed and made by court jeweler Jakob Heinrich Köchert for her to wear in her hair,<ref name="auto">''Canadian police recover famed Star of Empress Sisi jewel'', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2007</ref> which appears in a portrait of her by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]].<ref>Bearman, Joshuah ''Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World's Most Ingenious Thief'', "Wired" Magazine, 22 March 2010</ref> Two versions of the stars were created: a second type without a pearl center, was designed by court jeweller Rozet & Fischmeister; some stars were given to ladies of the court. One set of 27 diamond stars was kept in the Imperial family and it is seen in a photograph that shows the dowry of Rudolf's daughter, [[Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria|Archduchess Elisabeth]], known as "Erzsi", on the occasion of her wedding to [[Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz]] in 1902. The Star was recovered by Canadian police in 2007 and eventually returned to Austria.<ref name="auto2">"Canadian police recover famed Star of Empress Sisi jewel", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 3 June 2007</ref> Although Blanchard possessed the priceless jewel, no one was ever formally charged with stealing it.<ref name="Bowers Bahney 20152">{{cite book |last=Bowers Bahney |first=Jennifer |title=Stealing Sisi's Star: How a Master Thief Nearly Got Away with Austria's Most Famous Jewel |publisher=McFarland & Co. |year=2015}}</ref>