Vienna - Central Cemetery Zentralfriedhof
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Vienna's Central Cemetery was opened in 1874. It is the largest cemetery in Austria, with an area of 2.5 sq.km/1 sq.mi. The massive Main Gate was designed in 1905 by Max Hegele (1873- 1945), with reliefs by Georg Leisek and Anselm Zinsler. Hegele also built in 1907-10 the Karl- Lueger-Kirche, the Art Nouveau-style church in the center of the cemetery.
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A detailed plan of the cemetery and of the "graves of honor" can be obtained at Gate 2.
Among the many notable persons laid to rest here are the following musicians: Beethoven, Brahms, Gluck, Mozart (commemorative grave; he is actually buried in St Marx Cemetery), Schubert, Johann Strauss (the Elder and the Younger), von Suppé and Wolf.
On the other side of Simmeringer Hauptstrasse, opposite the Main Gate, lies the crematorium designed in 1922 by Clemens Holzmeister. It is situated where Emperor Maximilian's summer palace used to stand.
Address:
Central Cemetery, Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 234, A-1110 Wien, Austria
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Transit: S-Bahn: Zentralfriedhof (S7); Tram: 71.
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