Waidhofen an der Thaya cemetery
The Waidhofen an der Thaya cemetery is located in two parts on Moritz Schadekgasse in the municipality of Waidhofen an der Thaya in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria .
history
The previous cemetery on the site of the current hospital was consecrated in 1620. The cemetery was expanded in 1719 and 1783 and closed in 1904.
In 1870/1879 the cemetery described here was built on the road to Wohlfahrts . In 1892 he received an extension with the Jewish cemetery Waidhofen an der Thaya with an access path across the street.
graveyard
In the initial eastern section there is a funeral hall with a historicist gable facade from the late 19th century.
In the newer part there is a cemetery chapel from 1881 as a neo-Gothic church building with a five-eighth closure and a facade tower. The tower shows itself through a uniform structure with wall pillars and crowning pointed arched windows with an octagonal attachment and a gable spire. The interior of the chapel shows a star ridge vault in the main yoke. The altar is a gable - altarpiece and displays the image resurrection of Franz Mayerhofer.
In the cemetery there is the tomb of the Barons von Gudenus with a late historical aedicula from 1892.
literature
- Waidhofen an der Thaya, Friedhof, In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . P. 1225.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 34.8 ″ N , 15 ° 17 ′ 4.2 ″ E