Ottakring cemetery

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Ceremony hall 1 in the entrance area

The Ottakringer Cemetery is a cemetery in the 16th Viennese district Ottakring .

location

View over the cemetery to the mortuary 2

The Ottakringer Friedhof is located in the west of the Ottakring district on Gallitzinberg (Gallitzinstrasse 5). It is located in the middle of a loosely built-up residential area between Johann-Staud-Straße and Gallitzinstraße. Vienna's sixth largest cemetery covers an area of ​​173,461 m² and currently around 28,000 grave sites.

history

Old Ottakring cemeteries

Memorial to the victims of the price riot

A cemetery in the Ottakring area was first mentioned in a document in 1230. The cemetery already existed at the current cemetery location at that time, extending roughly to the location of today's laying out hall 1, where the parish church of St. Lambert was located. In the Middle Ages and early modern times, epidemic victims were also buried in the Ottakring cemetery. After the capacities for epidemic victims were exhausted in 1713, a separate epidemic cemetery was set up in the area between the current streets of Gaullachergasse and Friedmanngasse. The cemetery was then given to the community of Neulerchenfeld , which enlarged the cemetery to Kirchstetterngasse. The abandonment of the former epidemic cemetery was ordered in 1799, although the cemetery was not finally closed until 1842. As a replacement, the municipality of Neulerchenfeld acquired a piece of land on the Schmelz in 1832 , which was next to the Schmelzer cemetery . The new cemetery was consecrated on September 9, 1832 by Klosterneuburg provost Jakob Rukenstock as the Neulerchenfeld cemetery and remained in operation until 1888. The Neulerchenfeld cemetery was closed due to the merger of Ottakring and Neulerchenfeld to form a district of Vienna, subsequently the Ottakring cemetery served as a burial place for the entire district.

Ottakring cemetery

Franz Schuhmeier's tomb

For a long time, burials took place in the Ottakringer Friedhof free of charge or for a small fee. However, due to overcrowding and frequent extensions, the fees were increased and the burial of non-residents was prohibited in 1874. Due to the strong growth of Ottakring, the Ottakring cemetery was expanded fifteen times from 1835. In addition, ongoing investments in the infrastructure were necessary. In 1863 the application was made for a morgue with an apartment for the grave digger, and in 1879 the municipality approved the fencing of the previously open cemetery area. A chapel was built in 1885, and in 1903 the municipal council decided to purchase land for the construction of an administration building, a sanctuary and a mortuary. The gate system of today's main portal dates from 1935. The laying out hall 2 was rebuilt from 1969 to 1985 by the architect Erich Boltenstern and adapted for use at burials and cremation celebrations. At the same time the ceremonial room of the funeral hall 1 was redesigned, the altar cross was created by the painter Hermann Bauch .

The funeral of the popular workers' leader Franz Schuhmeier at the Ottakringer Friedhof on February 16, 1913 was Vienna's largest demonstration to date. There were - the information varies - up to half a million mourners. The graves of many victims of the February fights of 1934 are also located here . The cemetery is characterized by long avenues with dark, tall steles belonging to the wealthy traders from Alt-Ottakring.

Graves of important personalities

Graves dedicated to honor

Tomb for the victims of the celluloid disaster in 1908
Tomb for Albert Sever
Tomb for Karl Volkert
Tomb for Franz Siegel

The Ottakringer Friedhof has 44 graves dedicated to honor . This also includes the graves of 15 victims of a cellulose explosion in the Sailer factory on June 6, 1908.

Surname Life dates activity
Ferdinand Blatt -1934 February sacrifice 1934
Karl Bohuslawek 1836-1886 Secretary to Crown Prince Rudolf
Otto Brötzenberger -1886 Victims of the price riot in 1911
Christine Busta 1915-1987 Poet
Georg Danzer 1848-1893 Schrammelmusiker
Anton David 1849-1924 Politician
Franz Edelbauer 1854-1911 Benefactor and pastor
Johann Frankovsky 1888-1945 Composer and lyricist
Johann Gassner 1846-1896 Industrialist
Rudolf Gmeiner 1880-1924 Concert singer
Franz Höbling 1886-1965 Court actor and opera singer
Josef Hornig 1861-1911 Folk singer and writer
Robert Joachimovitz 1892-1970 University professor
Franz Joachimsthaler -1911 Victims of the price riot
Karl Kantner 1855-1925 Association chairman of the volunteer fire brigades
Gerhard Kofler 1949-2005 writer
Adam Latschka 1872-1905 Pastor
Johann Friedrich Laux -1911 Pastor
Walter Nausch 1907-1957 Federal Captain of the ÖFB
Josef Raitmann 1876-1912 Horn player and firefighter
Grete Rehor 1910-1987 Federal Minister
Hansl Schmid 1897-1987 Viennese song singer
Heinrich Schoof 1865-1939 Composer and choir master
Franz Schuhmeier 1864-1913 Politician
Albert Sever 1867-1942 Politician
Franz Siegel 1876-1927 Politician
Franz Ullreich -1958 Politician
Karl Volkert 1868-1929 Politician
Franz Wögerbauer -1911 Victims of the price riot

Graves of other personalities

Other important personalities buried at the Ottakringer Friedhof:

Surname Life dates activity
Paul Badura-Skoda 1927-2019 pianist
Ferdinand Mathias Baldia 1818-1869 Master builder and councilor of Ottakring
Otto F. Beer 1910-2002 Journalist and writer
Jaromír Borek 1928-1997 actor
Oskar Bottoli 1921-1995 sculptor
Richard Czapek 1913-1997 Composer and Viennese song singer
Adolf Coppel 1924-1988 Politician
Wilfried Daim 1923-2016 Psychologist and author
Anton Duhan 1882-1958 Judge and lawyer
Franziska Fast 1925-2003 politician
Martha Frühwirt 1924-1998 Self-help group founder
Adolf Coppel 1924-1988 Politician
Kurt Girk 1932-2019 Singer
Viktor Hammer 1913-1986 sculptor
Kurt Heller 1919-1990 Politician
Adolf Heinrich Hobel 1910-1995 ambassador
Edmund Holzfeind 1897-1974 Politician
Adrian Hoven 1922-1981 Actor, director and film producer
Peter Heinz Kersten 1929-2004 Magician, Viennese song interpreter
Herbert Klauser 1916-2009 writer
Erwin Klein 1924-1983 Entrepreneur
Maximilian Kreuzer 1960-2010 physicist
Hermann Lein 1920-2006 Author and resistance fighter
Herbert Link 1944-2018 filmmakers
Anestis Logothetis 1921-1994 composer
Bob Martin 1922-1998 Singer
Alfred Migsch 1901-1975 Politician
Hans Müller 1873-1937 sculptor
Herta Pammer 1905-1995 Chair of the Catholic Women's Movement
Günter Pernhaupt 1936-1999 Medic and psychotherapist
Franz Pfaudler 1893-1956 actor
Hubert Pfoch 1920-2008 Vice Mayor of Vienna
Karl Prachar 1925-1994 mathematician
Wolfgang Schiesterl 1983-2011 Volleyball player
Max Schipper 1900-1951 Actor and director
Kurt Schmied 1926-2007 Soccer player
Anton Schwaiger 1911-1975 Politician
Franz Senghofer 1904-1998 Adult educator
Johannes B. Torelló 1920-2011 Clergyman
Josef Uridil 1895-1962 Soccer player
Hermann Vetters 1915-1993 archaeologist

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ottakringer Friedhof on the website of Friedhöfe Wien GmbH
  2. Wolfgang Maderthaner, Lutz Musner: The anarchy of the suburb. The other Vienna around 1900 . Campus publishing house. Frankfurt am Main 1999. pp. 176-178. ISBN 3-593-36334-8
  3. Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the Ottakring cemetery , January 2008 (PDF, accessed on December 15, 2008; 85 kB)

literature

  • Werner T. Bauer, Katharina Gossow (photos): Wiener Friedhofsführer. Exact description of all burial sites together with a history of the Viennese burial system . Falter publishing house. Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-85439-335-0

Web links

Commons : Ottakringer Friedhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 16 ° 17 ′ 47.1 ″  E