Pötzleinsdorfer Friedhof
The cemetery Pötzleinsdorf is a cemetery in the 18th Viennese district of Währing . The cemetery was laid out in 1785 and is one of the smallest urban cemeteries in Vienna.
location
The Pötzleinsdorf cemetery is located in the east of Währing in the Pötzleinsdorf district , on the border with Neustift am Walde ( Döbling district ). The cemetery grounds are in the middle of a residential area at Starkfriedgasse 67. The cemetery covers an area of 5,544 square meters and houses 725 grave sites. This makes it one of the smallest urban cemeteries in Vienna.
history
Pötzleinsdorf originally belonged to the parish Währing. In 1783 Pötzleinsdorf was raised to local chaplaincy and parceled out by Währing. In 1784, the Lower Austrian provincial government approved the purchase of a piece of land for the construction of a cemetery on the "Hochenwarten" vineyard. In 1784, due to the “well-known poverty” of the population, the community applied for the cost of the enclosure to be covered by the religious fund . Due to the low number of burials, the community was initially recommended to continue to bury the dead in Währing. In response to the difficult transport routes during the winter and the fact that eleven people died in 1784, the municipality of Pötzleinsdorf finally received its own cemetery in 1785.
The owner of the Pötzleinsdorf estate, Johann Heinrich Freiherr von Geymüller , was given permission to build a family crypt by the Vienna Archbishop's Consistory in 1823. For this purpose, Geymüller donated reasons to expand the cemetery and financed the replacement of the damaged planking with a picket fence . After another expansion in 1865, the plan led to further enlargement and the construction of tombs in 1876, leading to protests among the population, who spoke out in favor of relocating the cemetery. Nevertheless, the cemetery was expanded by 2,972 square meters in 1906, and has already reached its final size. In the course of the expansion, the enclosure wall in the area of the old cemetery area was renewed. In 1906 the city senate approved the construction of a morgue.
The most striking building in the cemetery was built in 1888 by the Hauschka family. It is a large burial chapel with double onion domes and Rococo style elements. There is also a large, neo-Gothic crypt belonging to the Jacob Lohner family with relief depictions of the birth of Jesus and the entombment in the Pötzleinsdorfer cemetery.
A wrought iron memorial cross was erected in 1919 for the victims of the First World War from Pötzleinsdorf. However, the cemetery was no longer occupied in 1923. It was not until 1937 that part of the cemetery was allowed to be repopulated. In 1952 the allocation of new and abandoned graves was again prohibited. A municipal council resolution from 1953 also provided for the closure of the cemetery and nine other cemeteries until 1975. Nevertheless, in 1957 the allocation of fallen graves was approved. For these graves, however, the right of use was to expire in 1975. However, this reallocation was stopped again in 1965. After the blocking period had been postponed by ten years in 1975, a referendum in 1980 overturned the law. The blocking decision was lifted by the local council in September 1980. As a result, the funeral hall was redesigned in 1982/83 according to plans by the architect Erich Boltenstern and provided with a canopy.
Graves of important personalities
Graves dedicated to honor
As of November 2016, the Pötzleinsdorfer Friedhof had eight honorary graves .
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Hedwig Bleibtreu | 1868-1958 | actress |
| Friedrich Krenn | 1887-1964 | Chamber singer |
| Eduard Ritter von Liszt | 1817-1879 | General Procurator, Uncle of Franz Liszt |
| Aladar Pecht | 1898-1961 | City director, inventor of the parking meter |
| Reinhard Priessnitz | 1945–1985 | Lyric poet |
| Moritz Schlick | 1882-1936 | philosopher |
| Oskar Simony | 1852-1915 | Mathematician and physicist, lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences |
| Moriz Walter | 1813-1882 | Pastor of Pötzleinsdorf |
Graves of other personalities
Other important personalities who are buried at the Pötzleinsdorfer Friedhof:
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Ernst Bartolomey | 1943-1996 | violinist |
| Franz Bartolomey | 1865-1920 | Clarinetist |
| Otto Hromatka | 1905-1999 | Chemist |
| Eduard Liszt | 1867-1961 | Legal scholar, cousin of Franz Liszt |
| Jakob Lohner | 1821-1892 | Entrepreneur |
| Ludwig Lohner | 1858-1925 | Car manufacturers ( Lohnerwerke ) |
| Uli Märkle | 1938-2005 | music producer |
| Albert Massiczek | 1916-2001 | author |
| Max Paulsen | 1876-1956 | actor |
| Carl Prohaska | 1869-1927 | composer |
| Thomas F. Salzer | 1912-2008 | Industrialist and publisher |
| Friedrich Schmiedel | 1906-1979 | actor |
| Julius Schuster | 1921-1995 | jurist |
| Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven | 1883-1962 | Art historian, librarian |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedhof Pötzleinsdorf ( 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
- ↑ Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the Pötzleinsdorf cemetery , November 2016 (PDF, accessed on December 29, 2017; 69 kB)
- ↑ Grave site G 106 (grave expired and repealed)
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 ° 14 ′ 38.6 ″ N , 16 ° 18 ′ 32 ″ E