Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof
The Kaiserebersdorfer cemetery is a cemetery in the 11th Viennese district of Simmering . It is located in the west of the Kaiserebersdorf district .
location and size
The Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof is located in the west of Kaiserebersdorf on Meidlgasse (address: Thürnlhofstraße 27). The cemetery covers an area of 12,060 m² and houses 1,135 grave sites.
history
The founding date of the Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof is not known. A first cemetery in Kaiserebersdorf should originally have been laid out around the medieval church, later a cemetery was laid out outside the village. In a letter on January 15, 1681, the congregation announced that the chapel consecrated to the Holy Trinity “had been built in a comfortable place as in Gottesacker” . The location of the now defunct chapel coincided with the location of today's cemetery, which is why the existence of the cemetery is documented in 1681. The reason why the relocation took place, possibly for protection from recurring floods or the proximity to the imperial hunting lodge, can no longer be reconstructed today. In addition to the local cemetery, there was also a plague farm in Kaiserebersdorf , which was last used in 1785. It is said to have been behind the house at Schmidgunstgasse 57. The victims of the cholera epidemic in 1866 were buried in the open field on today's Zehngrafweg. In 1877 the local cemetery was expanded. The cemetery cross was donated by Josefa Sonnleitner in 1882.
In 1905 the cemetery area covered an area of 7,819 m². At this point in time there were no expansion areas. Therefore, in 1913 the purchase of land amounting to 4,561 m² was approved and completed in 1915. The extension area was not consecrated, however, as the intention was to make a funeral possible for non-Christians as well. A water extraction point in the form of a well was created in May 1919 after the connection to the Vienna high spring water pipeline failed due to the lack of pipes and sealing material. Due to the increasing development of the surrounding areas, the cemetery was planned for an early closure even before the Second World War . Nevertheless, after the war between 1945 and 1951, the enclosure wall, the cemetery gate and the cemetery cross were repaired and an electrical line was laid.
In 1965, the local council finally decided to close 16 Viennese cemeteries until 1975 and to close them until 1985. In May 1975 the council extended the lock-up period for occupancies until 1985. After a referendum among Viennese citizens in 1980, the municipal council lifted the closure of the 16 cemeteries. From 1982 to 1983, abandoned graves were drawn in so that new grave sites could be allocated again. For the cemetery, which is now more heavily used, the architect Gisela Muhrhofer designed a new funeral hall, which was built in the immediate vicinity of the old hall in 1985/86. Christof Riccabona designed the laying out room , the altar cross was designed by Rudolf Friedl. The new cemetery was inaugurated on November 10, 1986, the nearby old hall was renovated in 1987 and provided with rooms for the cemetery administration.
Graves dedicated to honor
The Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof has two honorary graves .
| Surname | Life dates | activity |
|---|---|---|
| Franz Muck | 1851-1916 | Mayor of Albern |
| Family Stipperger-Rosenthal (30 deceased) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof (Friedhöfe Wien GmbH)
- ^ Havelka: Simmering. Pp. 136-142
- ↑ Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the Kaiserebersdorf cemetery (PDF; 63 kB), January 2008 (accessed December 20, 2008)
literature
- Hans Havelka: Simmering. History of the 11th district of Vienna and its old places . Jugend und Volk, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7141-6230-5
Web links
- Kaiserebersdorfer Friedhof on the pages of the municipal cemeteries (Friedhöfe Wien GmbH)
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 31 ″ N , 16 ° 27 ′ 8 ″ E