Situated in the district of Simmering, the Zentralfriedhof is the largest and most famous cemetery in Vienna.

It was opened in 1874 and deceased notables such as Beethoven or Schubert were moved there in 1888.

Notables interred at the Zentralfriedhof include

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composer
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), mathematician/physician
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composer
• Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813-1878), sculptor
• Alexander Girardi (1850-1918), actor
• Christophe Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787), composer
• Theophilos von Hansen (1813-1891), architect
• Johann Ritter von Herbeck (1831-1877), composer
• Curt Jurgens (1912-1982), actor
• Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), statesman
• Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), composer
• Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), opera singer
• Franz Werfel (1890-1945), writer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer
• Helen Odilon (1865-1939), actor
• Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885-1967), film director
• Helmut Qualtinger (1928-1986), actor
• Léonie Rysanek (1926-1998), opera singer
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), composer
• Franz Schubert (1797-1828), composer
• Alma Seidler (1899-1977), actor
• Robert Stolz (1880-1975), composer
• Eduard Strauss (1835-1916), composer
• Johann Strauss I (1804-1849), composer
• Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), composer
• Josef Strauss (1827-1870), composer
• Franz von Suppé (1819-1895), composer
• Franz Werfel (1890-1945), poet
• Anton Wildgans (1881-1932), poet
• Fritz Wotruba (1907-1975), sculptor

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