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[[File:Johann strauss vater.jpg|thumb|Johann Strauss I grave.]]
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The '''''Zentralfriedhof''''' (Central Cemetery) is the largest and most famous [[cemetery]] among [[Vienna]]'s nearly 50 cemeteries. It is situated in the district of [[Simmering (Vienna)|Simmering]], Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230–244, [[Vienna]] 1110, [[Austria]].
The '''''Zentralfriedhof''''' (Central Cemetery) is the largest and most famous [[cemetery]] among [[Vienna]]'s nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of the cemetery's significance as Vienna's biggest cemetery, not of its geographic location, as it is not situated in the city centre of the [[Austria]]n capital, but in the outer city district of [[Simmering (Vienna)|Simmering]], at the address Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230–244, Vienna 1110, Austria.


Opened in 1874, the cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometres with 3.3 million interred here. It is also second largest cemetery, after [[Hamburg]]'s [[Ohlsdorf Cemetery]] (more than 4 km²), by area and largest by number of interred in [[Europe]].
Opened in 1874, the cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometres with 3.3 million interred here. It is also second largest cemetery, after [[Hamburg]]'s [[Ohlsdorf Cemetery]] (more than 4 km²), by area and largest by number of interred in [[Europe]].

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Exterior of the Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna.
Ludwig van Beethoven's grave.
Ludwig Boltzmann's grave.
Johannes Brahms's grave.
Arnold Schoenberg's grave.
Franz Schubert's grave.
Johann Strauss I grave.
Franz Werfel's grave.

The Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of the cemetery's significance as Vienna's biggest cemetery, not of its geographic location, as it is not situated in the city centre of the Austrian capital, but in the outer city district of Simmering, at the address Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230–244, Vienna 1110, Austria.

Opened in 1874, the cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometres with 3.3 million interred here. It is also second largest cemetery, after Hamburg's Ohlsdorf Cemetery (more than 4 km²), by area and largest by number of interred in Europe.

Interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as Beethoven and Schubert who were moved there in 1888, and Johannes Brahms.

The church in the centre of the cemetery is named Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche.

In addition to the Catholic section, there is a Protestant cemetery, a small Russian Orthodox burial area, and two Jewish cemeteries. Although the older of the two, established in 1863, was destroyed by the Nazis during the Kristallnacht, around 60,000 graves still remain intact. Prominent burials here include those of the Rothschild family and that of the author Arthur Schnitzler. The second Jewish cemetery was built in 1917 and is still in use today.

The musician Wolfgang Ambros honours the Zentralfriedhof in his 1975 song "Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof" ("Long live the Zentralfriedhof").

People interred at the Zentralfriedhof (selection)

See also

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