Groß-Jedlersdorfer Friedhof
The Groß-Jedlersdorfer Friedhof is a cemetery in the 21st Viennese district of Floridsdorf .
location
The Groß-Jedlersdorfer Friedhof is located in the cadastral community Großjedlersdorf I in the Floridsdorf district, Strebersdorfer Straße 4. The cemetery is bordered by Jedlersdorfer Straße to the east and Strebersdorfer Straße to the south, and arable land borders the cemetery property in the north and west. The cemetery covers an area of 58,138 square meters and is home to 6,898 grave sites.
history
In the course of the elevation of Großjedlersdorf to its own parish in 1783, a cemetery was established in the community. However, after almost a hundred years, the cemetery turned out to be too small, which is why the community had a new cemetery built opposite the old cemetery on community property. The inauguration of the new cemetery took place on July 18, 1872. The area in 1905 comprised 4514 m² and 2000 m² of reserve space. It was reserved for the deceased of the former suburb of Groß-Jedlersdorf, but was only open to Catholics. Unassigned people who lived outside of Groß-Jedlersdorf were able to find their final resting place in the cemetery after a city council resolution of 1907 in return for an increase in the grave fee.
When the cemetery was expanded in 1918, 300 graves and six garden tombs were created. The existing grave digger house was renovated from 1919 to 1922. The war memorial commemorating those who fell in World War I was erected in 1920. Although the cemetery was expanded again in 1923 and 1928 and the construction of a new cemetery was approved in 1924, the abandonment of the cemetery was discussed in the 1920s. However, these plans were never implemented. Instead, an extension to the grave digger's house was built in 1937, the funeral hall was adapted and the enclosure renewed. After bombs in November 1944 severely damaged the cemetery facilities, the burials had to be stopped. Tanks pursued by Soviet airmen in the course of the Battle of Vienna in April 1945 caused further damage to the cemetery. The dead were buried in paper sacks and towels at the time.
After the Second World War , the damage to the cemetery was repaired and the company building was rebuilt between 1948 and 1949. The cemetery was expanded from 1950 to 1952 with a reserve area, at the same time the community ensured additional areas for future expansion through a reallocation. The enclosed area was enlarged between 1959 and 1962. Furthermore, fallen or neglected grave sites were made available for reallocation. The last cemetery expansion took place in 1967, with the expansion area being fenced in at the same time. The cemetery also received an urn grove in 1971, and a new group of graves was established in 1976.
Funeral hall
The existing mortuary was adapted from 1981 to 1982 according to plans by Erich Boltenstern . He also designed the ceremony room. The altar cross, the altar mosaic and the thick concrete glass windows, however, come from the academic painter Hermann Bauch . The building was consecrated on February 2, 1982.
Graves of important personalities
Graves dedicated to honor
The Groß-Jedlersdorf cemetery has two honorary graves .
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Axmann | 1914-1934 | February sacrifice 1934 |
| Anton Greppel | 1870 / 71-1934 | February sacrifice 1934 |
| Conrad Loetsch | 1904-1926 | Municipal Council, 3rd President of the State Parliament |
| Ceija Stojka | 1933-2013 | artist |
Graves of other personalities
Other personalities who are buried at the Groß-Jedlersdorfer cemetery:
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Lillian Barylli-Fayer | 1917-2014 | photographer |
| Hans Czermak | 1913-1989 | Pediatrician |
| Georg Fayer | 1892-1950 | photographer |
| Norbert Schausberger | 1928-2010 | Contemporary historian |
| Heinrich Widmayer | 1891-1977 | Politician |
literature
- Großjedlersdorfer Friedhof in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Groß-Jedlersdorfer Friedhof . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the Groß-Jedlersdorf cemetery , November 2017 (PDF, accessed on May 11, 2018; 18 kB)
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 58.8 ″ N , 16 ° 24 ′ 23.2 ″ E