Zentralfriedhof

Situated in the district of Simmering, the Zentralfriedhof is the largest and most famous cemetery in Vienna.

It was opened in 1874 and deceased notables such as Beethoven or Schubert were moved there in 1888.

Notables interred at the Zentralfriedhof include

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composer
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), mathematician/physician
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), 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
• Curt Jurgens (1912-1982), actor
• Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), statesman
• Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), composer
• Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), opera singer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer
• 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
• Fritz Wotruba (1907-1975), sculptor

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