{"id":5060,"date":"2018-09-06T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:19:19","slug":"wagner-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/wagner-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto Wagner&#8217;s Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wagnerthumb.jpg\" alt=\"Otto Wagner Plaque\" class=\"wp-image-5150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wagnerthumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wagnerthumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The year 1918 left its mark on Viennese art by taking away some of the city&#8217;s great creative minds, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\">Gustav Klimt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/egon-schiele\/\">Egon Schiele<\/a>. And, unfortunately, Otto Wagner, whose grave is in Vienna&#8217;s Hietzing cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wagner-designed granite columns and wrought iron railings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other members of Wagner&#8217;s family are buried here<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hietzing cemetery is open to the public<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a two-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_WalkingTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-in-vienna\/\">Otto Wagner locations in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to find Wagner&#8217;s grave<\/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\/2025\/06\/ottowagnerportrait1915.jpg\" alt=\"Profile photo of Otto Wagner from 1915\" class=\"wp-image-84028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ottowagnerportrait1915.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ottowagnerportrait1915-300x225.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 photo of Otto Wagner from 1915, just a couple of years before he died; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 96025\/1,  excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 76-year-old Wagner died on April 11th at his home in an apartment building he designed himself: D\u00f6blergasse 4 in Vienna&#8217;s seventh district. The cause was Erysipelas: a skin infection treated readily with antibiotics today, but not (unfortunately) in pre-penicillin 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A paper of the time noted (my translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>One of the most prominent and fascinating personalities in the modern Viennese art world has passed away today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner&#8217;s last resting place is Grave 131 in Group 13 at the Friedhof Hietzing (Hietzing Cemetery &#8211; Maxingstra\u00dfe 15, 1130 Vienna), where he was buried on April 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave1.jpg\" alt=\"Full view of Otto Wagner's grave\" class=\"wp-image-47960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave1.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Several family members lie within the large grave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor of Vienna spoke at the funeral and used the prophetic words (my translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Otto Wagner will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The cemetery adjoins the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/gardens-park\/\">beautiful park<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1672\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace<\/a>, and you&#8217;ll find the precise location on the Wagner map at the end of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get there, take a (roughly) 15 minute walk up up from the Hietzing subway station, which is on the U4 line. Alternatively, take buses 56A, 56B, 58A, or 58A from Hietzing up to the Tiroler Gasse stop. <\/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\/06\/wagnergrave.jpg\" alt=\"Railings at Otto Wagner's Grave\" class=\"wp-image-47940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wagnergrave-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\">(Still remembered by well wishers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After arriving, enter the cemetery through Tor 3 (Gate 3), which is opposite the address Maxingstra\u00dfe 54 and should be open for most of the day. You can check opening hours on the cemetery&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friedhoefewien.at\/friedhof-hietzing\">German <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friedhoefewien.at\/eportal3\/ep\/channelView.do\/pageTypeId\/75472\/channelId\/-54263\">website<\/a> (look for <em>\u00d6ffnungszeiten<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once inside the gate, go straight up the path toward the set of steps and chapel-like tomb you can see ahead of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the top of those steps, take the first path leading off to the right. About 25 paces along you find a large grave with red granite columns and the inscription &#8220;Wagner&#8221; at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner designed this family grave himself after his mother&#8217;s death in 1880. It&#8217;s a rather well-kept, magnificent affair with six columns creating an open rectangle roofed in wrought iron scrolling. Since it possesses honorary grave status, the city of Vienna takes care of the maintenance.<\/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\/2024\/04\/wagnerklimtcemetery.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to Hietzing cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-71046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wagnerklimtcemetery.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wagnerklimtcemetery-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 best cemetery entrance for reaching the grave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the rear of the grave&#8217;s roof, the words <em>Optimae Matri Filius<\/em> appear, which means (roughly), <em>the son for the best mother<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various members of the family are buried here, too. These include, for example, Wagner&#8217;s mother (Susanna Wagner) and his second wife, Louise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name Christine Freifrau von L\u00fctgendorff-Gyllenstorm (one of Wagner&#8217;s daughters) also shows up along with Hermann Freiherr von L\u00fctgendorff-Gyllenstorm (her husband).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, a couple of other locations associated with famous sons of Vienna lie very close to Wagner&#8217;s grave: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/klimt-grave\/\">Gustav Klimt&#8217;s grave<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/fledermaus-house\/\">the house<\/a> where Johann Strauss II wrote <em>Die Fledermaus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wagner location map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1AW1zQUcSFx6OlGAAtK1iYYUOV1DpxLwZ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 1918 left its mark on Viennese art by taking away some of the city&#8217;s great creative minds, like Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. And, unfortunately, Otto Wagner, whose grave is in Vienna&#8217;s Hietzing cemetery. 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