Lainzer cemetery
The cemetery Lainz is a small municipal cemetery in the 13th Vienna district , Hietzing .
location
The Lainzer Friedhof is located southwest of the district center in the Lainz district . The narrow, almost hidden cemetery area on the Küniglberg is flanked to the west by the tall ORF center, the headquarters of the state radio and television company, and to the east by a residential complex. The entrance is on the narrow side in the south, in Würzburggasse 28, right next to the entrance to the ORF site. The northern narrow side is bounded by the Elisabethallee.
The cemetery covers an area of 7,248 square meters and has 993 grave sites. This makes it one of the smallest urban cemeteries in Vienna.
history
The old Lainzer cemetery
A chapel was built in Lainz between 1421 and 1428, and a new church was built in the village in 1736 , which was consecrated in 1746. The cemetery built next to the church was surrounded by a wall in 1736 when the new building was built. In 1758 a wooden death chamber was built, and in 1771 and 1794/95 the cemetery was expanded. In the course of the reorganization of the parish structure by Joseph II , Lainz was raised to a local chaplaincy by Speising in 1783 and parish out of Penzing. In 1876 the cemetery was closed by the district authority of Sechshaus and in 1892 the abandonment and clearing of the area was determined. In 1897 the area was converted into a garden with a children's playground.
The new Lainzer cemetery
On the Küniglberg, on the back of the Stranzenberg, the new, common local cemetery for Lainz and Speising was built in 1876. The first funeral took place in June 1876. In 1905, the cemetery covered an area of 4,568 square meters, the enclosure wall was reconstructed in 1912. The Vienna City Council decided on April 6, 1923 that no new grave sites could be allocated from May 1st. The lock on the cemetery was lifted in 1934, however, and new burials were allowed until December 31, 1960.
The old morgue was then demolished in 1936 and replaced by a brick-built mortuary with a bell tower according to the plans of the architect Karl Ehn . The funeral hall had a funeral room, a service room, a burial chamber and two toilets and was consecrated on January 18, 1937. In September 1938 it was again decreed that no new grave sites were allocated and only grave sites that had already been allocated could be used for burials. The harmonium of the funeral hall was moved to the Vienna Central Cemetery in 1940 due to the low use of the cemetery . From 1940–1945, the Küniglberg anti-aircraft barracks were located on today's ORF site, right next to the cemetery.
After the Second World War, the funeral hall and wooden fence were renewed. After a municipal council resolution, the Lainzer Friedhof was designated for closure along with other cemeteries in 1965. The cemeteries should only be allowed to be occupied until the end of 1975. The funeral hall was nevertheless renovated in 1970 and provided with a front wall altar. The suspension was postponed ten years in 1975.
In 1980 the population of Vienna voted against the closure of the cemeteries in a referendum ; the blocking decision was therefore lifted by the municipal council in the same year. The recession of fallen graves in 1982/1983 created space for new grave sites. The cemetery chapel, designed in 1936, was renovated in 1998 and redesigned according to plans by the architect Christof Riccabona .
Well-known buried personalities
Graves dedicated to honor
The Lainzer Friedhof has three honorary graves , mostly referred to as honorary graves .
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Ehn | 1884-1959 | Architect of the Karl-Marx-Hof (Group 3, No. 162) |
| Oskar Laske | 1874-1951 | Architect, painter and graphic artist (Group 3, No. 170) |
| Sir Karl Popper | 1902-1994 | Philosopher ennobled in England (Group 2, No. 7) |
Graves of other personalities
Other important personalities buried here:
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Davy | 1924-2003 | Actor and director, u. a. for the ORF (Group 4, No. 200) |
| Oskar Laske | 1842-1911 | Master builder, father of the architect and painter of the same name (Group 6, No. 113) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedhof Lainz ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Friedhöfe Wien GmbH, accessed on November 30, 2008
literature
- Werner T. Bauer: Wiener Friedhofsführer. Exact description of all burial sites together with a history of the Viennese burial system . Falter Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85439-335-0 .
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 35 ″ N , 16 ° 17 ′ 32 ″ E