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Central Cemetery Main Entrance (Gate 2)

Central Cemetery Main Entrance (Gate 2)

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Central Cemetery Main Entrance (Gate 2)

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Lower Belvedere Palace – Heroes' Square loop from Stephansplatz

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2. Falco's Grave – Beethoven's Grave loop from Präsidentengruft

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3. Vienna Central Cemetery – Central Cemetery Gate 3️⃣ loop from Kledering

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Christine 🚶‍♀️ 📷 🌏

June 4, 2021

The decision to build the 36 arcaded crypts was made in 1879, and just two years later, in 1881, the complex, a brick structure in the Neo-Renaissance style, was completed. This rapid completion is likely due to the fact that the construction was financed entirely by private funds. Consequently, the affluent, aristocratic bourgeoisie of the Ringstrasse era chose to be buried here. The Old Arcades flank the main axis, approximately 100 meters from the main entrance, Gate 2. The crypt complex accommodates 36 burial sites.

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Paul

October 26, 2021

Vienna Central Cemetery "was opened in 1874"
The Vienna Central Cemetery was opened in 1874 and, with an area of almost two and a half square kilometers and around 330,000 graves with around three million deceased, is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. In the course of its history, it has been expanded seven times, most recently in 1921. At the time it opened, it was considered the largest in Europe. According to the buried, this is still the case today, but the four square kilometers of Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg and Brookwood Cemetery near London are larger in terms of area.[1] The Central Cemetery is one of the special sights of the city of Vienna due to its many graves of honor, the Art Nouveau buildings and the extensive area.
The "Josephine Reforms" decreed by Emperor Joseph II in 1784 had a lasting impact on the Viennese burial system. Cemeteries within the line wall, the course of which corresponded to today's belt, had to be abandoned. Instead, five "communal cemeteries" were established outside the lines, the Sankt Marxer Friedhof, the Hundsturm Cemetery, the Matzleinsdorfer Friedhof, the Währinger Friedhof and the Schmelzer Friedhof. The burials themselves were to be designed as sparingly and functionally as possible. Shaft graves and reusable folding coffins are just two examples of the austerity measures decreed by the emperor. Some of these reforms had to be withdrawn because of too much resistance from the population, but the principle of the “communal cemeteries” being banned from the city remained.
Around the middle of the 19th century, when Vienna's population – and thus the number of dead – was growing steadily, it was already foreseeable that the “communal cemeteries” in the suburbs would reach the limits of their capacity. In addition, there was an effort to close these cemeteries as soon as possible in the interests of expanding urban development. In 1863, the Vienna City Council decided to establish a central cemetery, far outside the city and so large that its capacity would never or only in the distant future reach its limits. At the same time, the Church's sole responsibility for burial sites was abolished; this paved the way for a community-administered (and financed) cemetery.
Source/Text: Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Zentralfriedhof

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Hunderunde

October 31, 2021

The cemetery, a special place. You have to see, experience and feel.

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Central Cemetery Main Entrance (Gate 2)

1. Lower Belvedere Palace – Heroes' Square loop from Stephansplatz

2. Falco's Grave – Beethoven's Grave loop from Präsidentengruft

3. Vienna Central Cemetery – Central Cemetery Gate 3️⃣ loop from Kledering

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