175:
224:
197:
186:
235:
39:
28:
737:
20:
216:
101:–, had been campaigning for decades for crematoria in Austria, but applications were always rejected by the authorities. In 1921, Vienna's City Council, now under
794:
123:, who designed the crematorium to resemble an oriental fortress. Holzmeister's design carefully placed the crematorium into the walled gardens of the derelict
745:
665:
809:
814:
704:
And less than 20% of the predominantly
Catholic Viennese choose cremation, the rest hoping for a schöne Leiche (beautiful corpse).
789:
804:
174:
399:
328:
142:
102:
223:
110:
89:
was the first crematorium in
Austria. It also constituted an element of the social and health services policy of
196:
106:
819:
799:
784:
296:
363:
209:
109:
as he had granted building permission for the crematorium against the order of a federal minister from the
105:
rule, approved the construction of a crematorium in Vienna. Reumann had to defend this decision at the
357:
228:
185:
234:
598:
525:
492:
150:
70:
288:
38:
447:
429:
451:
124:
43:
31:
498:
474:
324:
246:
8:
603:
536:
435:
282:
120:
736:
562:
387:
58:
27:
127:, and thus also put the former palace gardens with its many ancient trees (designated
721:
619:
582:
441:
393:
339:
252:
692:
549:(1931–2007), journalist and filmmaker – ashes buried in Simmeringer Friedhof, Vienna
138:
647:
609:
578:
552:
530:
351:
201:
134:
128:
588:
641:
568:
411:
369:
94:
480:
468:
417:
405:
258:
728:
594:
778:
760:
747:
659:
635:
625:
511:
486:
462:
423:
333:
318:
312:
306:
270:
239:
190:
82:
732:
456:
375:
345:
301:
264:
205:
179:
671:
653:
629:
572:
546:
521:
381:
54:
19:
650:(1937–2019), cabaret performer – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
215:
113:. The lawsuit was finally decided in 1924 in favour of the crematorium.
540:
276:
146:
90:
662:(1889–1974), actress – ashes now buried in Neustifter Friedhof, Vienna
154:
622:(1963–2017), politician – ashes buried in Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna
515:
668:(1926–2019), actress – ashes buried in Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna
533:(1945–2007), medievalist – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
644:(1954–2014), politician – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
638:(1927–2021), journalist – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
613:
66:
581:(1898–1965), victim of political violence – ashes now buried in
674:(1932–2007), musician – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
591:(1923–2006), composer – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
119:
s main building and its immediate surroundings were planned by
62:
565:(1931–2012), writer – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
556:
524:(1929–2021), painter and singer-songwriter – ashes buried in
656:(1922–2011), actor – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery
632:
assassin – ashes buried in
Dornbacher Friedhof, Vienna
69:. It lies at the end of an alley, directly opposite
575:assassin – ashes buried in Friedhof Mauer, Vienna
514:(1905–1972), singer and actress – ashes buried at
597:(1924–1986), writer – ashes kept at his family's
776:
606:(1927–2015), politician – ashes given to family
795:Buildings and structures in Simmering (Vienna)
93:. Advocates of cremation, especially from the
81:Opened on 17 December 1922 by Vienna's mayor
735:
294:Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), painted as
99:Workers' Cremation Association "The Flame"
249:(1930–2019), poet and architecture critic
233:
222:
219:Grave of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer
214:
195:
184:
173:
37:
26:
18:
57:with attached urn burial ground in the
777:
555:(1920–1970), writer – ashes buried at
612:(1879–1935), actor – ashes buried at
483:(1869–1936), physician and politician
329:awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911
164:
810:20th-century architecture in Austria
815:Cemeteries established in the 1920s
131:) to new use as urn burial ground.
13:
505:
348:(1900–1975), human rights activist
14:
831:
713:
543:signatory – ashes given to family
169:
390:(1914–2011), political activist
321:(1903–1944), political activist
790:1922 establishments in Austria
685:
76:
16:Crematorium in Vienna, Austria
1:
805:Tourist attractions in Vienna
678:
297:Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
107:Austrian Constitutional Court
426:(1853–1925), mayor of Vienna
420:(1896–1965), mayor of Vienna
145:politicians associated with
7:
402:(1877–1933), paleontologist
141:(1895–1942), two prominent
42:Urn burial ground with old
10:
836:
444:(1926–2009), archaeologist
291:(1931–2003), serial killer
477:(1927–2007), opera singer
459:(1888–1964), opera singer
432:(1921–2010), opera singer
414:(1884–1958), opera singer
396:(1889–1974), psychiatrist
360:(1905–1986), bank manager
285:(1928–2017), opera singer
471:(1872–1935), pathologist
378:(1868–1932), pathologist
354:(1872–1931), radiologist
327:(1864–1921), publicist,
315:(1873–1926), philosopher
151:Nazi concentration camps
526:Vienna Central Cemetery
489:(1882–1963), astronomer
465:(1876–1952), politician
372:(1891–1968), politician
342:(1866–1923), politician
261:(1922–1998), journalist
255:(1898–1991), politician
71:Vienna Central Cemetery
366:(1850–1926), zoologist
289:Elfriede Blauensteiner
242:
231:
220:
212:
193:
182:
111:Christian Social Party
47:
35:
24:
693:"Undertakers' Museum"
495:(1946–2018), musician
452:Olympic gold medalist
384:(1907–1993), educator
237:
226:
218:
199:
188:
177:
117:Feuerhalle Simmering'
41:
30:
22:
820:Crematoria in Europe
800:Cemeteries in Vienna
785:Feuerhalle Simmering
729:Feuerhalle Simmering
599:Burgruine Mollenburg
499:Alfred Maria Willner
475:Teresa Stich-Randall
325:Alfred Hermann Fried
309:(1869–1942), actress
247:Friedrich Achleitner
159:Feuerhalle Simmering
87:Feuerhalle Simmering
51:Feuerhalle Simmering
23:Feuerhalle Simmering
761:48.1584°N 16.4414°E
757: /
604:Freda Meissner-Blau
537:Nika Brettschneider
501:(1859–1929), writer
438:(1872–1945), writer
436:Alexander Roda Roda
430:Hilde Rössel-Majdan
336:(1888–1960), writer
283:William Blankenship
273:(1872–1925), writer
267:(1921–2000), writer
121:Clemens Holzmeister
563:Ernst Hinterberger
408:(1877–1934), actor
279:(1922–2012), actor
243:
232:
221:
213:
194:
183:
165:Notable cremations
153:and have symbolic
125:Schloss Neugebäude
48:
44:Schloss Neugebäude
36:
32:Schloss Neugebäude
25:
620:Sabine Oberhauser
583:Hietzing Cemetery
442:Elisabeth Ruttkay
394:Jacob Levy Moreno
340:Ferdinand Hanusch
253:Manfred Ackermann
149:, were killed in
129:natural monuments
827:
772:
771:
769:
768:
767:
766:48.1584; 16.4414
762:
758:
755:
754:
753:
750:
739:
725:
724:
722:Official website
707:
706:
701:
700:
689:
648:Werner Schneyder
610:Alexander Moissi
579:Ernst Kirchweger
553:Marlen Haushofer
531:Alfred Ebenbauer
400:Franz von Nopcsa
364:Friedrich Knauer
352:Guido Holzknecht
210:Friedrich Knauer
202:Guido Holzknecht
155:graves of honour
137:(1882–1942) and
135:Robert Danneberg
835:
834:
830:
829:
828:
826:
825:
824:
775:
774:
765:
763:
759:
756:
751:
748:
746:
744:
743:
720:
719:
716:
711:
710:
698:
696:
695:. Vienna Direct
691:
690:
686:
681:
642:Barbara Prammer
569:Franz Holzweber
508:
506:Ashes elsewhere
412:Alfred Piccaver
370:Johann Koplenig
172:
167:
143:Social Democrat
103:Social Democrat
95:labour movement
79:
17:
12:
11:
5:
833:
823:
822:
817:
812:
807:
802:
797:
792:
787:
741:
740:
726:
715:
714:External links
712:
709:
708:
683:
682:
680:
677:
676:
675:
669:
663:
657:
651:
645:
639:
633:
623:
617:
607:
601:
592:
586:
576:
566:
560:
550:
544:
534:
528:
519:
507:
504:
503:
502:
496:
490:
484:
481:Julius Tandler
478:
472:
469:Carl Sternberg
466:
460:
454:
448:Miklós Sárkány
445:
439:
433:
427:
421:
418:Rudolf Prikryl
415:
409:
406:Max Pallenberg
403:
397:
391:
385:
379:
373:
367:
361:
355:
349:
343:
337:
331:
322:
316:
310:
304:
292:
286:
280:
274:
268:
262:
259:Hellmut Andics
256:
250:
171:
168:
166:
163:
139:Käthe Leichter
97:– such as the
78:
75:
73:'s main gate.
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
832:
821:
818:
816:
813:
811:
808:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
788:
786:
783:
782:
780:
773:
770:
738:
734:
730:
727:
723:
718:
717:
705:
694:
688:
684:
673:
670:
667:
666:Lotte Tobisch
664:
661:
660:Helene Thimig
658:
655:
652:
649:
646:
643:
640:
637:
636:Hugo Portisch
634:
631:
628:(1899–1934),
627:
626:Otto Planetta
624:
621:
618:
616:, Switzerland
615:
611:
608:
605:
602:
600:
596:
593:
590:
589:György Ligeti
587:
584:
580:
577:
574:
571:(1904–1934),
570:
567:
564:
561:
559:City Cemetery
558:
554:
551:
548:
545:
542:
539:(1951–2018),
538:
535:
532:
529:
527:
523:
520:
517:
513:
512:Lale Andersen
510:
509:
500:
497:
494:
491:
488:
487:Oswald Thomas
485:
482:
479:
476:
473:
470:
467:
464:
463:Amalie Seidel
461:
458:
455:
453:
450:(1908–1998),
449:
446:
443:
440:
437:
434:
431:
428:
425:
424:Jakob Reumann
422:
419:
416:
413:
410:
407:
404:
401:
398:
395:
392:
389:
388:Hans Maršálek
386:
383:
380:
377:
374:
371:
368:
365:
362:
359:
356:
353:
350:
347:
344:
341:
338:
335:
334:Joseph Gregor
332:
330:
326:
323:
320:
319:Roman Felleis
317:
314:
313:Rudolf Eisler
311:
308:
307:Annie Dirkens
305:
303:
299:
298:
293:
290:
287:
284:
281:
278:
275:
272:
271:Hugo Bettauer
269:
266:
263:
260:
257:
254:
251:
248:
245:
244:
241:
240:Rudolf Eisler
236:
230:
225:
217:
211:
207:
203:
198:
192:
191:Jakob Reumann
187:
181:
176:
170:Ashes on site
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
88:
84:
83:Jakob Reumann
74:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
45:
40:
33:
29:
21:
742:
733:Find a Grave
703:
697:. Retrieved
687:
493:Stefan Weber
457:Vera Schwarz
376:Rudolf Kraus
346:Irene Harand
302:Gustav Klimt
295:
265:H.C. Artmann
206:Rudolf Kraus
180:H.C. Artmann
158:
133:
116:
115:
98:
86:
80:
61:district of
50:
49:
764: /
672:Joe Zawinul
654:Otto Tausig
630:July Putsch
595:Jörg Mauthe
573:July Putsch
547:Erich Feigl
522:Arik Brauer
382:Minna Lachs
77:Description
55:crematorium
34:around 1720
779:Categories
752:16°26′29″E
749:48°09′30″N
699:2014-11-03
679:References
541:Charter 77
358:Hans Kloss
277:Turhan Bey
229:Hans Kloss
200:Graves of
147:Red Vienna
91:Red Vienna
518:, Germany
238:Grave of
227:Grave of
189:Grave of
178:Grave of
59:Simmering
585:, Vienna
516:Langeoog
614:Morcote
67:Austria
63:Vienna
557:Steyr
53:is a
46:tower
208:and
731:at
300:by
157:at
781::
702:.
204:,
161:.
85:,
65:,
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
_-_H_C_Artmann_01_cropped.jpg)
