Zentralfriedhof
Situated in the district of Simmering, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230-244, Vienna 1110, Austria, the Zentralfriedhof is the largest and most famous cemetery among Vienna, Austria's nearly 50 cemeteries. Opened in 1874, this enormous cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometers with 3.3 million interred here. It is also one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. The church in the center of the cemetery is named Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche. In addition to the Catholic section, there is a Protestant cemetery, a small Russian Orthodox burial area, and two Jewish cemeteries. Although the older of the two, established in 1863, was destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht, around 60,000 graves still remain intact. Prominent burials here include those of the Rothschild family and that of the author Arthur Schnitzler. The second Jewish cemetery was built in 1917 and is still in use today. Also interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as Beethoven or Schubert who were moved there in 1888.
Notables interred at the Zentralfriedhof (selection) Guido von List (1848-1919) 19th century mystic Germanic & Runic revivalistLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composerLudwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), physicist/mathematicianJohannes Brahms (1833-1897), composerAnton Dominik Fernkorn (1813-1878), sculptorAlexander Girardi (1850-1918), actorChristoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), composerKarl Goldmark (1830-1915), composerTheophilos von Hansen (1813-1891), architectJohann Ritter von Herbeck (1831-1877), composerJohann Hans Hoelzel "Falco" (1957-1998), musicianCurd Jürgens (1912-1982), actorThomas Klestil (1932-2004), the president of Austria (1992-2004)Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), statesmanJoseph Lanner (1801-1843), composerLotte Lehmann (1888-1976), opera singerSiegfried Marcus (1831-1898), automobile pioneerHelen Odilon (1865-1939), actorGeorg Wilhelm Pabst (1885-1967), film directorHelmut Qualtinger (1928-1986), actorKarl Renner (1870-1950), statesmanLéonie Rysanek (1926-1998), opera singerAntonio Salieri (1750-1825), composerArthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), writerArnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), composerFranz Schubert (1797-1828), composerMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000), architectAlma Seidler (1899-1977), actressRobert Stolz (1880-1975), composerEduard Strauss (1835-1916), composerJohann Strauss I (1804-1849), composerJohann Strauss II (1825-1899), composerJosef Strauss (1827-1870), composerFranz von Suppé (1819-1895), composerFriedrich Torberg (1908-1979), writerFranz Werfel (1890-1945), poetAnton Wildgans (1881-1932), poetFritz Wotruba (1907-1975), sculptor
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