{"id":305,"date":"2015-08-20T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2025-07-20T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:02:16","slug":"zentralfriedhoffamousgraves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/zentralfriedhoffamousgraves\/","title":{"rendered":"Zentralfriedhof: famous graves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/famousgravessmall.jpg\" alt=\"Stone harp on a grave\" class=\"wp-image-38041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/famousgravessmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/famousgravessmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Austria and Vienna are not short of a few famous local (and adopted) sons and daughters, and a good selection of them found their last resting place in the Zentralfriedhof: Vienna&#8217;s main cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home to Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Schoenberg, Salieri, and others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beautifully-kept graves and memorials in an expansive park-like cemetery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a themed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_WalkingTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* of Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/zentralfriedhof\/\">Zentralfriedhof overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1666\">Composer location guides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The graves<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/salierigrave.jpg\" alt=\"Anton Salieri's grave\" class=\"wp-image-46660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/salierigrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/salierigrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The last resting place of Mozart&#8217;s contemporary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/zentralfriedhof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"301\">Zentralfriedhof<\/a>, no neon signs point to the most interesting graves and crypts. After all, this is a working cemetery even if also a notable visitor attraction with its own shop and a branch of the lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/konditorei-oberlaa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22922\">Oberlaa Caf\u00e9-Konditorei chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cemetery publishes its own guides, but I&#8217;ve pulled together some of the more recognisable names for you with directions added at the end. So if you wish to pay your respects to Beethoven, for example, read on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most (but not all) of the famous graves reside in special clusters of so-called Ehrengr\u00e4ber (honorary graves). The award of an Ehrengrab in the Zentralfriedhof is a particular honour bestowed by the city, and the cemetery has dozens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What famous people are buried here?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/brahmsgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Brahms grave\" class=\"wp-image-45884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/brahmsgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/brahmsgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The grave of Johannes Brahms with a gravestone designed by Ilsa Conrat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the post-WWII Austrian presidents have their last resting place in the Zentralfriedhof. As do numerous composers, artists, industrialists, and others who made significant contributions to Austria and\/or Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many names might not mean much outside the country or city. But plenty have indeed left an indelible impression on world history. For example&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Composers and musicians<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the greatest names in classical music form a self-contained collection of well-kept graves, with most located in Group 32A not far from the main entrance at Tor 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One or two passed away well before the city opened the Zentralfriedhof in 1874; the authorities moved the bodies there to create the Ehrengr\u00e4ber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They hoped the &#8220;star attractions&#8221; might encourage people to visit and use the cemetery, which struggled for acceptance early on given its distance from the city center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ludwig Van Beethoven<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/beethovensgrave1.jpg\" alt=\"Beethoven's grave\" class=\"wp-image-46659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/beethovensgrave1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/beethovensgrave1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The gravestone is actually a copy of the original)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The great composer and perhaps the most famous of all the cemetery residents died in 1827. His burial in the Zentralfriedhof was actually his third. For an explanation, see this dedicated article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethovens-grave\/\">Beethoven&#8217;s last resting place<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A, Grave 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johannes Brahms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another composer born abroad who found fame in Vienna. Brahms died in 1897, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/brahms-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32076\">his grave<\/a> adjoins that of Johann Strauss the son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A, Grave 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Strauss family and Lanner<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/straussgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Johann Strauss II\" class=\"wp-image-46658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/straussgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/straussgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(One of several members of the Strauss family in the Zentralfriedhof)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most influential of the Strauss family died in 1899: Johann Strauss the son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/johann-strauss-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5683\">is buried<\/a> along with his last wife, Adele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A, Grave 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same group of graves has other members of the musical family, including Strauss&#8217;s brothers, Eduard (Grave 42) and Josef (Grave 44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You also find Strauss&#8217;s father buried here (Grave 15), next to his friend and musical rival, Joseph Lanner (Grave 16), but he suffers the slight ignominy of the inscription <em>Johann Strauss Vater<\/em> (father), while his son&#8217;s grave is simply marked as Johann Strauss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial.jpg\" alt=\"The Mozart Memorial at the Zentralfriedhof\" class=\"wp-image-45207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mozartmemorial-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Not actually Mozart&#8217;s grave, even if it looks like it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I include Mozart for completeness, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/the-mozart-memorial\/\">the memorial<\/a> close to Beethoven in the Zentralfriedhof is exactly that: just a memorial. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarts-grave\/\">real grave<\/a> is in St. Marx cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 55<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antonio Salieri<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart&#8217;s rival in the film <em>Amadeus<\/em> (though the movie&#8217;s not historically accurate) died in 1825 and resides some way from most of the prominent composer graves. Walk along the outer cemetery wall going north from the Tor 3 entrance to find him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 0 Grave 54<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Franz Schubert<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schubertgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Schubert's grave\" class=\"wp-image-46657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schubertgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schubertgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Beethoven&#8217;s permanent neighbour)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the truly Viennese composers, given his birth, life and death (in 1828) in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/schuberts-grave\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4226\">Schubert&#8217;s grave<\/a> lies next to Beethoven&#8217;s, as it did when they were both originally laid to rest in the W\u00e4hringer Ortsfriedhof cemetery (now a park).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christoph Willibald Gluck<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gluckgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Christoph Willibald Gluck\" class=\"wp-image-46650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gluckgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gluckgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Another famous resident of group 32A)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly influential and pioneering composer of numerous operas died in 1787 and rests behind Beethoven and Schubert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schoenberggrave.jpg\" alt=\"Schoenberg's grave\" class=\"wp-image-46656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schoenberggrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/schoenberggrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The grave also lies close to Austria&#8217;s presidents)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The modern composer died in 1951 and is found not far from his older colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32C Grave 21a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexander von Zemlinsky<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Just around the corner from Schoenberg is Alexander von Zemlinsky, who passed away in the USA in 1942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 33G Grave 71<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Falco (Hans H\u00f6lzel)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The pop star of <em>Rock me, Amadeus<\/em> fame died in a road accident in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 40 Grave 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"venue\" data-content-ids=\"206741,72533\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTourAlt\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artists and writers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johann Nestroy<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nestroygrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Johann Nestroy\" class=\"wp-image-46655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nestroygrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nestroygrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A literary member of the cluster of famous graves)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Austrian playwright died in 1862.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hans Makart<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Superstar artist of the late 19th century and a major influence on Gustav Klimt and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14A Grave 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caspar von Zumbusch<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/casparzumbuschgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Gravestone of Caspar vom Zumbusch\" class=\"wp-image-61768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/casparzumbuschgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/casparzumbuschgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Von Zumbusch produced well-known equestrian statues of Field Marshall Radetzky on Stubenring and Archduke Albrecht in front of the Albertina museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculptor responsible for Vienna&#8217;s main monuments to Beethoven, Empress Maria Theresa and other luminaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 39<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Lassnig<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Austria&#8217;s most influential and international modern painters, who sadly passed away in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 33G Grave 81<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friedrich von Amerling<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amerlinggrave.jpg\" alt=\"Gravestone of Friedrich von Amerling\" class=\"wp-image-46648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amerlinggrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amerlinggrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The artist gets his own piece of shaded glade)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biedermeier painter known for his extraordinary portraits, which put his contemporaries in the shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14A Grave 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jakob and Franz Alt<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/altgraves.jpg\" alt=\"Alt family grave\" class=\"wp-image-46668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/altgraves.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/altgraves-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The grave lies a little away from most of the famous ones)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father and son landscape painters responsible for many lovely landscapes and city views from the days of the Austrian empire. Buried in a family grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 18 Row 2 Grave 66<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rudolf von Alt<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakob&#8217;s son and Franz&#8217;s brother. Also a renowned painter, particularly of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/alt-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52806\">city scenes using watercolours<\/a>. His talents and reputation surpassed those of his relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14A Grave 52<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designers and architects<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/negrelligrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Alois Negrelli\" class=\"wp-image-46654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/negrelligrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/negrelligrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Negrelli&#8217;s grave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Josef Hoffmann<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Designer and architect. A giant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Vienna Modernism<\/a> and co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-werkstatte\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28911\">Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14C Grave 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alois Negrelli<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main driving forces behind the building of the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adolf Loos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The very end of the 0 line of graves with Salieri brings you to the architect and another key player in the Vienna Modernism movement, who died in 1933<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hansengrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Theophilus Hansen\" class=\"wp-image-46651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hansengrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hansengrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Hansen&#8217;s grave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Thonet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrialist, developer of the bentwood production process, and designer of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/thonet-no-14-chair\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24841\">No.14 chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14B Grave 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theophil Hansen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Architect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/history-of-the-ringstrassen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68027\">Ringstrassen era<\/a> and responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/musikverein\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5593\">Musikverein<\/a>, Austria&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/parlament\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"262\">parliament building<\/a>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/alte-borse\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"69243\">stock exchange<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heeresgeschichtliches\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13073\">Heeresgeschichtliches Museum<\/a>, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14A Grave 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carl von Hasenauer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another architect behind many of Vienna&#8217;s most prestigious buildings around the Ringstrassen. That era created a lot of job prospects for architects and builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32A Grave 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Prutscher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another renowned designer and architect from the era of Vienna Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 12C Row 16 Grave 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other notable graves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hedy Lamarr<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lamarrgrave.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Lamarr memorial\" class=\"wp-image-46652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lamarrgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lamarrgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Part gravestone, part recognition of Lamarr&#8217;s scientific achievements)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna-born Lamarr became a Hollywood star and inventor. The unique form marking her grave recognises her contributions to technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 33G Grave 80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthias Sindelar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps Austria&#8217;s greatest footballer and the leading player in the <em>Wunderteam<\/em> of the early 1930s. A stone football marks his headstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 12B Row 3 Grave 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ludwig Boltzmann<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/boltzmanngrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Ludwig Boltzmann\" class=\"wp-image-46649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/boltzmanngrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/boltzmanngrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Spot the equation up top)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the fathers of modern physics. Vienna-born Boltzmann&#8217;s famous equation on entropy is engraved on his memorial stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 14C Grave 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carl Schweighofer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Business in the piano-making world. Notable because his grave appeared on the cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/vienna-by-ultravox\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34931\">Ultravox&#8217;s Vienna single<\/a> and featured in the official video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Found at: Group 32B, possibly Grave 6?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to find the honorary graves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, familiarize yourself with the cemetery&#8217;s broad layout using the &#8220;\u00dcbersichtsplan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friedhoefewien.at\/wiener-zentralfriedhof#tabs-0-2--bersichtspl-ne\">downloadable here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should enter through the main entrance (called &#8220;Tor 2&#8221; &#8211; bottom center of the map). Tor 2 is, for example, a stop on tram 71 that leaves from the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cemetery has four main sections dedicated to Ehrengr\u00e4ber, labelled group 32A, group 32C, group 33G and group 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find them, go through Tor 2 and carry on straight ahead on the avenue towards the large Jugendstil church you can see in the distance and between the large stone arcades:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/friedhofskirche.jpg\" alt=\"The Friedhofskirche\" class=\"wp-image-46647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/friedhofskirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/friedhofskirche-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second section on the left after the arcades is Group 32A. The Pr\u00e4sidentengruft is directly ahead of you, just before the church. To its left are groups 32C and 33G. To find group 40, go west from the Pr\u00e4sidentengruft and keep on going until you find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the groups are labeled with small signs and the more &#8220;important&#8221; ones have a map on display on a nearby noticeboard with their full layout and the names of each occupant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the cemetery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For travel directions, see the main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/zentralfriedhof\/\">cemetery<\/a> article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Zentralfriedhof, Simmeringer Hauptstra\u00dfe 234, 1110 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1sGgYl63EBnuAJpvOVwkcQBTYXuZKpEEc\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austria and Vienna are not short of a few famous local (and adopted) sons and daughters, and a good selection of them found their last resting place in the Zentralfriedhof: Vienna&#8217;s main cemetery. 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