Graveyards in Vienna
Vienna’s graveyards are especially quiescent and refined, such as the Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof), the second-largest graveyard in Europe
The graveyard’s enormous dimensions are not its only remarkable aspect; the numerous artfully designed graves and crypts are equally extraordinary. Vienna’s Central Cemetery is the final resting place of many artists, composers and intellectuals. With its buildings designed by well-known architects such as Otto Wagner and Alfred Loos, the cemetery features such enormous dimensions that even car traffic is permitted (for a fee). Nowadays, the cemetery is divided into different denominational zones: Catholic, Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, Orthodox and Protestant. In order to make the initially reviled cemetery more popular, Vienna’s municipality erected numerous honorary graves, for luminaries such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, among others.
Most of Vienna’s cemeteries are open during the daytime; only access to Jewish cemeteries in Vienna is occasionally restricted.Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof)
The Central Cemetery in Vienna opened in 1874 and is the final resting place for more than 3 million bodies. It counts among the world’s largest cemeteries and is interdenominational. Honorary graves include Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Arthur Schnitzler, Friedrich Torberg, the Presidents’ Crypt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms and many others.
