Exterior of the Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna.

Ludwig van Beethoven's grave.

Johannes Brahms's grave.

Franz Schubert's grave.

Arnold Schoenberg's grave.

Ludwig Boltzmann's grave.

Franz Werfel's grave.

Situated in the district of Simmering, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230-244, Vienna 1110, Austria, the Zentralfriedhof is the largest and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 966 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 966 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1263 KB) Ludwig van Beethovens grave, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1263 KB) Ludwig van Beethovens grave, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – died 26 March 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1216 KB) Grave of Johannes Brahms, composer, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1216 KB) Grave of Johannes Brahms, composer, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1355 KB) Grave of Franz Schubert, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1355 KB) Grave of Franz Schubert, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer, considered the last master of the Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical Romanticism. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1041 KB) Grave of Arnold Schoenberg, composer, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1041 KB) Grave of Arnold Schoenberg, composer, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Arnold Schoenberg, Los Angeles, 1948 For the American music critic and journalist, see Harold Charles Schonberg. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 973 KB) Grave of Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 973 KB) Grave of Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist, Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria. ... Ludwig Boltzmann Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for the invention of statistical mechanics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1500 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1500 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Franz Werfel (September 10, 1890 - August 26, 1945) was a German language novelist, playwright, and poet. ... Simmering is 11th district of Vienna, Austria. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ...

Opened in 1874, this enormous cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometres with 3.3 million interred here. It is also one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

The church in the centre 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. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Die Kristallnacht, also known as die Reichskristallnacht (literally Imperial Crystal Night), die Pogromnacht and in English as the Night of Broken Glass, was a massive nationwide pogrom in Germany and Austria on the night of November 9, 1938 (including early hours of the following day). ... Rothschild Coat of Arms The Mayer Amschel Rothschild family is a successful banking and finance dynasty of German Jewish origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austro-Hungarian and British governments. ... Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Also interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as Beethoven or Schubert who were moved there in 1888. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – died 26 March 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. ... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer, considered the last master of the Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical Romanticism. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

The musician Wolfgang Ambros honours the Zentralfriedhof in his song "Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof" ("Long live the Zentralfriedhof") in 1975. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Notables interred at the Zentralfriedhof (selection)

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) composer
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist/mathematician
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857), piano teacher and composer
• Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813–1878), sculptor
• Alexander Girardi (1850–1918), actor
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), composer
• Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), composer
• Theophilos von Hansen (1813–1891), architect
• Johann Ritter von Herbeck (1831–1877), composer
• Falco aka Johann Hans Hoelzel (1957-1998), rock singer
• Curd Jürgens (1912–1982), actor
• Thomas Klestil (1932–2004), the president of Austria (1992-2004)
• Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990), statesman
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), writer
• Joseph Lanner (1801–1843), composer
• Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), opera singer
• Guido von List (1848–1919) 19th-century mystic Germanic and Runic revivalist
• Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect
• Siegfried Marcus (1831–1898), automobile pioneer
• Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), World War II Luftwaffe pilot
• Helen Odilon (1865–1939), actor
• Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885–1967), film director
• Helmut Qualtinger (1928–1986), actor
• Karl Renner (1870–1950), statesman
• Léonie Rysanek (1926–1998), opera singer
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), composer
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), writer
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), architect
• Alma Seidler (1899–1977), actress
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975), composer
• Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), composer
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), composer
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), composer
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer
• Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), composer
• Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), writer
• Franz Werfel (1890–1945), poet
• Anton Wildgans (1881–1932), poet
• Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), composer
• Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975), sculptor

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See also

• List of famous cemeteries

This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...

External links

• Unofficial website
• Official website (in German)