Südwestfriedhof (Vienna)
The Südwestfriedhof is a main urban cemetery in the 12th district of Meidling in Vienna . In terms of area, it is the second largest cemetery in Vienna after the central cemetery .
description
The southwest cemetery in the cadastral community of Hetzendorf consists of two parts, separated by Wundtgasse. The older part of the cemetery is on Hervicusgasse 44, the newer part on Wundtgasse 1a (until 2010 part of the Atzgersdorf cadastral community ). The cemetery covers a total of 241,828 m² with 25,671 grave sites. Each part of the cemetery contains its own mortuary, the interior of which was designed by Erich Boltenstern .
history
Since there was a great shortage of space in the cemeteries of the southwestern districts of Vienna 12-16, the community decided in 1919 to build a new cemetery and for this purpose acquired properties near the Hetzendorfer church and between the southern railway and the Rosenhügel water reservoir . The plans for the execution of the cemetery were made in 1920 by Karl Seidl. The cemetery district should include districts 12-16 and the cemetery should also serve as the main cemetery. In 1925, the jurisdiction of the southwest cemetery was limited to districts 12-15. The opening with the first burial took place on July 6, 1921.
In 1960, a war cemetery was created, with 403 war dead who had been buried in the garden of the Lainz retirement home being moved here. At the beginning of the 1960s, the cemetery was expanded to include the new part and, due to traffic requirements, it was divided by Wundtgasse. At the beginning of the 1970s, a separate mortuary was built in the new part.
Graves of important personalities
Graves dedicated to honor
Despite its size, the southwest cemetery has only eleven honorary graves .
Surname | Life dates | activity |
---|---|---|
Kurt Absolon | 1925-1958 | Graphic artist |
Ernest Adler-Ermad | 1905-1980 | writer |
Herma Bauma | 1915-2003 | Track and field athlete |
Anton Edthofer | 1883-1971 | actor |
Paul Feyerabend | 1924-1994 | philosopher |
Fred Liewehr | 1909-1993 | Castle actor |
Vera Ferra-Mikura | 1923-1997 | Writer |
Karl Muhlhauser | 1909-1979 | Politician |
Ernst Nedwed | 1929-2013 | Politician |
Franz Nekula | 1924-2011 | Politician |
Otto Schweda | 1919-2011 | Politician |
Graves of other personalities
Other important personalities who are or were buried in the Südwestfriedhof:
Surname | Life dates | activity |
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Ilse Maria Aschner | 1918-2012 | Journalist and contemporary witness |
Ady Berber | 1913-1966 | Wrestlers and actors |
Walter Berger | 1919-1976 | Geologist and paleontologist |
Alois Essigmann | 1878-1937 | writer |
Karl Fischer | 1918-1963 | Politicians and resistance fighters |
Maria Fischer | 1897-1962 | Seidenwinderin and resistance fighter |
Graziella Hlawaty | 1929-2012 | Writer |
Michael Janisch | 1927-2004 | actor |
Franz Klein | 1919-2008 | Banat researcher |
Anton Krutisch | 1921-1978 | Viennese dialect poet |
Erich August Mayer | 1894-1945 | writer |
Karl Perl | 1876-1965 | Sculptor and medalist |
Olga Perl | 1891-1948 | Landscape painter |
Helene Potetz | 1902-1987 | politician |
Josef Rauchberger | 1949-2002 | Politician |
Edgar Schranz | 1930-2009 | Politician |
Leopold Sprowacker | 1853-1936 | Kapellmeister |
Helmut Swoboda | 1924-2003 | Journalist and writer |
Johann Urbanek | 1910-2000 | Soccer player |
Hannelore Valencak | 1929-2004 | Writer |
Theodor Wagner | 1927-2020 | Soccer player |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Journal for Surveying Issued by the BEV - Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Year 2010 Vienna, March 1, 2010 - 3699th Ordinance of the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying of February 9, 2010 regarding the changes to the cadastral communities of Mauer, Rosenberg, Speising, Hetzendorf and Atzgersdorf. (pdf) accessed on July 3, 2017
- ↑ Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the southwest cemetery , January 2014 (PDF, accessed on March 2, 2015; 22 kB)
- ↑ a b Historical Grabsuche Friedhöfe Wien , friedhoefewien.at, grave data: Group 27, Row 4, Number 20 (buried at the Südwestfriedhof until early 1991), accessed on April 12, 2020.
literature
- Franz Knispel: On the history of the cemeteries in Vienna Vol. 1 . Vienna 1992
- 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
- Ludwig Varga: Friedhöfe in Meidling - History of the six cemeteries in the 12th district of Vienna , sheets of the Meidlinger Bezirksmuseum, Vienna 2017, issue 80.
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N , 16 ° 17 ′ 56 ″ E