Hernalser Friedhof
The Hernalser cemetery is a cemetery in the 17th Vienna district Hernals .
location
The Hernalser Friedhof is located in Hernals near the border with the Währing district in the cadastral communities Dornbach and Hernals , Leopold-Kunschak-Platz 7. It was created on a slope of the Schafberg and borders the Dornbacher Friedhof . The cemetery is bordered in the south by Alszeile and Leopold-Kunschak-Platz, in the west the Grünbeckweg forms the border to the Dornbacher Friedhof. In the north the cemetery meets an allotment garden, in the east the border runs along the Viennese suburb line to a facility of the municipal department 48 (waste management, street cleaning and vehicle fleet). The cemetery covers an area of 161,019 square meters and is home to 21,864 grave sites. It is the seventh largest cemetery in Vienna.
history
Old cemeteries in Hernals
The first Hernals cemetery was originally around the Kalvarienbergkirche . In the course of the Josephine reforms , the cemetery was abandoned in 1784. The original use as a cemetery emerged in 1894 when bones were found during the regulation of the church square.
As a replacement for the cemetery around the parish church, a new cemetery was created on a field "against Ottakring ". The cemetery in the area of today's Lorenz-Bayer-Platz was expanded around 1830. There was also a separate cholera cemetery . The actual cemetery was closed on November 1, 1872 and subsequently turned into a park. The entrance to the cemetery was originally at the point where Haslingergasse joins the square. The morgue was adapted into a gardener's house of the city garden administration.
The establishment of the new cemetery
Hernals had the cemetery that still exists today built on a hill that was previously used for viticulture. The construction took place between 1870 and 1872 according to plans by the city architect Johann Pflaum . The cemetery was consecrated on October 25, 1872, and the first burial took place on November 2, 1872. The monument to the Imperial and Royal Field Marshal Graf von Clerfait , originally located on the Kalvarienberg, was relocated to the cemetery in 1883 by the Hernals municipal council.
Cemetery expansions
In 1891, the cemetery covered 49,080 square meters, of which 5,580 square meters were used by the gravedigger to operate the gardening business. As early as 1894, the cemetery was expanded to include three community-owned plots of 7,527 square meters in the east. At the same time, there were considerations not to expand in the future, as the cemetery was increasingly surrounded by residential areas and a new relocation of the cemetery was being considered. Nevertheless, the cemetery was enlarged by 22,000 square meters in 1898 by adding municipal land and in 1899 by purchasing parcels. In 1902 the municipality of Vienna decided to further expand the cemetery area and approved the purchase of 13,635 square meters of land. In addition, it was decided in the same year to build a new grave digger's house and two death chambers. In 1905 the cemetery had already increased its area to 97,291 square meters. Occupancy had already risen in the early 20th century so that in 1911 the grave fee for unassigned persons, i.e. deceased who had not lived in the former suburb of Hernals, was increased to four times the normal fee. To counteract the lack of space, the community expanded the cemetery again in 1912 by around 8,500 square meters to the west, in 1915 by 14,000 square meters and in 1917 by a further 12,000 square meters. In 1930 the local council approved a further expansion.
The cemetery after World War II
Between 1945 and 1951, the cemetery administration had the funeral hall and administration building renovated and the damaged fencing replaced. In addition, new fences were built. The arcades damaged by the war were also renovated, the destroyed right arcades rebuilt. In 1960, 1964 and 1967/68 the cemetery was expanded again, an urn grove was laid out between 1961 and 1962 on an area of 2,500 square meters. The burial rooms were redesigned by the cemetery administration between 1978 and 1979; a general renovation of all buildings was necessary between 2004 and 2006.
building
The funeral hall was built from 1870 to 1872 according to plans by Johann Pflaum using a neo-Gothic exposed brick construction. The main front of the funeral hall is flanked by staggered, gabled administration buildings. The funeral hall has a basilical elevation in the form of a reliquary above a cross-shaped floor plan. The building is equipped with pointed arch portals and windows and has dimensional fields between the nerdy pillars, which were equipped with rich stone pinnacles between the balustrades. The central sloping gable is decorated with a tracery rosette. On the back there is a relief showing Christ in glory between Moses and Saint John the Evangelist . The interior of the funeral hall consists of a three-aisled, three-bay pillar hall in neo-Gothic design. The transverse axis is enlarged by three yokes on both sides. The interior of the funeral hall was redesigned between 1978 and 1979 according to plans by the architect Erich Boltenstern . From 1979 onwards it was possible to hold cremation celebrations. The winged altars were created by Hans Robert Pippal , the leaded glass windows and the leaded glazing of the entrance gates were made by Hermann Bauch .
Following the funeral hall, neo-Gothic crypt arcades were built up the slope at right angles. The arcades are also made of exposed brick and mainly house stelae or obelisk graves . In some cases, classical and early historical tombs from the old Hernals cemetery were still used.
Graves of important personalities
Graves dedicated to honor
The Hernals cemetery has 30 honorary graves .
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Leopold Anciczeski | 1867-1937 | Chief Director of the State Lottery |
| Günther Anders , b. star | 1902-1992 | Writer and philosopher |
| Konrad Bayer | 1932-1964 | writer |
| Hans Bock | 1914-2002 | Vice Mayor |
| Josef fried fish | 1847-1892 | Fiaker of Crown Prince Rudolf |
| François Croix Clerfayt | 1733-1798 | Field Marshal |
| Felix Czeike | 1926-2006 | Historian and writer |
| Johann Georg Elterlein | 1806-1882 | Mayor of Hernals and innkeeper |
| Dominik Ertl | 1857-1911 | Composer and conductor |
| Theodor Escherich | 1857-1911 | Pediatrician, Councilor |
| Betty Fischer | 1887-1969 | Operetta singer |
| Ernst Happel | 1925-1992 | Coach of the national soccer team |
| Ferdinand Hebra | 1816-1880 | Dermatologist, Councilor |
| Hans of Hebra | 1847-1902 | Dermatologist |
| Heinrich Hierhammer | 1857-1936 | Vice Mayor |
| Leopold Holy | 1899-1934 | February sacrifice 1934 |
| Alois Kieslinger | 1900-1975 | geologist |
| August Mayhsen | 1811-1886 | Lottery office archivist |
| Carl von Rokitansky | 1804-1878 | President of the Academy of Sciences, doctor |
| Ferdinand Sauter | 1804-1854 | poet |
| Gretl Schörg | 1914-2006 | singer and actress |
| Eduard Schrack | 1889-1979 | Inventor and industrialist |
| Johann Schrammel | 1850-1893 | Musician, co-founder of the Schrammel Quartet |
| Josef Schrammel | 1852-1895 | Musician, co-founder of the Schrammel Quartet |
| Rudolf Sigmund | 1903-1976 | City council, local council |
| Karl Swoboda | 1882-1933 | Athlete, innkeeper |
| Eduard Wehinger | 1849-1905 | Folk singer |
| Michael Weihs | 1802-1863 | First Mayor of Hernals |
| Josef Wimmer | 1834-1903 | writer |
| Josef von Wöss | 1863-1943 | Composer, sound artist |
| Franz Zabusch | 1902-1983 | Curator of the Hernalser Heimatmuseum |
Graves of other personalities
Other important personalities who are buried at the Hernalser Friedhof:
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Franz Aigner | 1882-1945 | physicist |
| Herbert Amry | 1939-1985 | diplomat |
| Fritz Bock | 1911-1993 | Trade Minister and Vice Chancellor |
| Nino Borghi | 1918-1994 | Production designer |
| Gusti Bretschneider | 1908-2001 | Writer |
| Bruno Dallansky | 1928-2008 | actor |
| Hans Ehgartner | 1910-1999 | Politician |
| Erich Exel | 1889-1954 | Politician |
| Josef Fleischmann | 1867-1925 | Painter, draftsman and lithographer |
| Harry Fuss | 1913-1996 | actor |
| Robert Göbl | 1919-1997 | numismatist |
| Herbert Gottweis | 1958-2014 | Political scientist |
| Rudolf Grill | 1910-1987 | geologist |
| Adolf Gruber | 1920-1994 | Long distance runner |
| Anna-Maria Haas | 1909-1996 | Righteous among the peoples |
| Hella Hanzlik | 1912-2005 | politician |
| Otto Hartmann | 1904-1994 | Actor and Gestapo informant |
| Rosa Heinz | 1922-2010 | politician |
| Gunnar Herring | 1934-1994 | Historian and Neo-Greekist |
| Erich Hof | 1936-1995 | Soccer player and coach |
| Hans Jiricek | 1888-1959 | Politician (SPÖ) |
| Horst Knapp | 1925-1996 | Business journalist |
| Hansi Lang | 1955-2008 | Singer and actor |
| Sylvia Manas | 1948-1977 | actress |
| Christine Nöstlinger | 1936-2018 | Author of children and young people |
| Walter Pass | 1942-2001 | Musicologist |
| Rudolf Poeder | 1925-2013 | Trade unionist, President of the National Council |
| Alfred Poell | 1900-1968 | Opera and concert singer |
| Wolfgang Pollak | 1915-1995 | Linguist |
| Richard Pöttschacher | 1904-2008 | Viennese song singer |
| Kurt Preger | 1907-1960 | Operetta singer |
| Hans von Rokitansky | 1835-1909 | Chamber singer |
| Hans Schabes | 1883-1960 | Politician |
| Josef Schmalzhofer | 1835-1920 | builder |
| Marianne Schönauer | 1920-1997 | actress |
| Steffi Seiler-Warning | 1920-2005 | actress |
| Viktor Seiller | 1880-1969 | Austro-Hungarian officer |
| Fritz Seipelt | 1915-1981 | Football referee |
| Elisabeth Stepanek | 1952-1995 | actress |
| Otto Stuppacher | 1947-2001 | Racing car driver |
| Karin Sulimma | 1962-2011 | artist |
| Lothar Ulsaß | 1940-1999 | Soccer player |
| Ernst Weiss | 1912-1997 | boxer |
| Herbert Zdarzil | 1928-2008 | Pedagogue |
Individual evidence
- ^ Hernals Cemetery. In: Friedhöfe Wien GmbH. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ www.friedhoefewien.at - Honorary graves of the Hernals cemetery (PDF; 70 kB), April 2011 (accessed on July 17, 2018)
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 .
- DEHIO Vienna - X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District , Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna, 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 33 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 10.5 ″ E