Südwestfriedhof (Vienna)

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Mortuary in the old part of the cemetery

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

In the cemetery
"Lainz sacrificial graves"
At the southwest cemetery

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
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

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Friedhöfe Wien GmbH - Honorary graves of the southwest cemetery , January 2014 (PDF, accessed on March 2, 2015; 22 kB)
  3. ↑ 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

Commons : Südwestfriedhof  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  N , 16 ° 17 ′ 56 ″  E