St. Barbara Cemetery
The St. Barbara Gottesacker (usually called Barbarafriedhof ) is a Catholic denominational cemetery in Linz ( Austria ). It is run by the St. Barbara Gottesackerstiftung , which is headed by the respective city pastor of Linz.
The cemetery has an area of around 12 hectares and houses around 20,000 graves. It is located directly south of the Westbahn in the Bulgariplatz district and is divided into two parts by the busy Dinghoferstraße . In addition to the Catholic section, there is also a section with Jewish graves. Around 180,000 deceased have been buried on the site since 1860. For a long time it has been open to people of all denominations or without a denomination.
history
Around 1286 , a parish cemetery was created around it in the course of the construction of the Linz parish church . In 1531 the parish cemetery was moved to an area near the intersection between today's Landstrasse and Betlehemstrasse. In the second half of the 16th century - 1599 is often mentioned, possibly even earlier - the cemetery was relocated again, close to today's Friedensplatz .
A chapel was built in this cemetery in 1658 and consecrated to Saint Barbara , who gave the cemetery its name. After a court decree by Emperor Joseph II , which prescribed the relocation of cemeteries from the inner cities to the surrounding areas, the St. Barbara cemetery was closed in 1786.
As a replacement, the property, which is still used today, was purchased outside of the city at that time. This cemetery was and is again called the St. Barbara Cemetery .
Graves of famous people
- Josef Ahammer (1935-2017)
- Vincenz von Augustin (1780-1859)
- Karl Richard Benedik (RIK) (1962–2011)
- Anton Bulgari (1877-1934)
- Emil Dierzer von Traunthal (1844–1904)
- Josef Dierzer of Traunthal (1800–1857)
- Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956)
- Adolf Eigl (1883–1958)
- Arthur Fischer-Colbrie (1895–1968)
- Vincent von Fox (1859-1931)
- Eligius Freudl (1875–1951)
- Heinrich Gleißner (1893–1984)
- Karl Grünner (1932-2003)
- Leo Habringer (1927-2002)
- Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955)
- Igo Hofstetter (1926-2002)
- Gunter Janda (1933-2015)
- Philipp Kohout (1852-1916)
- Anton Lanzinger von Lanzenfels (1858–1939), Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Albert Leibenfrost (1923-2005)
- Franz Lorenzoni (1890–1948)
- Benedikt Pillwein (1779–1847)
- Carl Franz Planck von Planckburg (1833–1880)
- Carl Leopold Planck von Planckburg (1802–1868)
- Hermann Planck von Planckburg (1840–1904)
- Karl Planck von Planckburg (1869–1945)
- Gerhard Possart (1923–1996)
- Andreas Reischek (1845–1902)
- Franz Resl (1883–1954)
- Johann Rint (1814-1900)
- Josef Rint (1838–1876)
- Edward Samhaber (1846-1927)
- Johann Michael Scheibenpogen (1703–1794)
- Matthäus Schlager (1870-1959)
- Josef Schmirl (1897–1938)
- Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) and his wife Amalie Stifter (1811–1883)
- Rudolf Towarek (1885-1959)
- Rudolf Trauner (1918-2004)
- Rudolf Zinnhobler (1931-2016)
- Common grave of eight murdered police officers († 1945)
literature
- Reinhard Brzoska : On the history of the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz . Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House, Linz 1973.
- Helmuth Pree : The St. Barbara Gottesacker Foundation in Linz. Your legal historical development (= New Archive for the History of the Diocese of Linz. Supplement 8). Diözesanarchiv, Linz 2000, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- Franz X. Rohrhofer: The St. Barbara cemetery in Linz. 230 years of cultural history of a city . Wagner, Linz 2015, ISBN 3903040037 .
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 42 " N , 14 ° 18 ′ 5.4" E