Vienna Central Cemetery

Vienna Central Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Kaiserebersdorf, Austria. It was established in 1874, covering 240 hectares. It holds Listed objects in Austria status. Wikidata records 598 notable interments here, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms.

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Notable interments

598 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 598, or take the JSON record.

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer, teacher, pianist
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer, conductor, pianist
• Alfred Adler (1870–1937), psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist
• Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), screenwriter, actor, entertainer
• Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007), military personnel, politician, lawyer
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), composer, conductor
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist, mathematician, chemist
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), writer, composer, conductor
• Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714–1787), composer, conductor
• Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), screenwriter, actor, playwright
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), composer, conductor, chapelmaster
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), actor, writer, poet
• Karl Renner (1870–1950), politician, lawyer, diplomat
• Franz Werfel (1890–1945), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Adolf Loos (1870–1933), photographer, writer, teacher
• Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940), physician, psychiatrist, neurologist
• Carl Menger (1840–1921), professor, economist
• Thomas Klestil (1932–2004), politician, economist, diplomat
• György Ligeti (1923–2006), composer, conductor, pianist
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), composer, conductor
• Josef Stefan (1835–1893), writer, professor, poet
• Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), actor, writer, composer
• Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990), lawyer, war correspondent, politician
• Johann Palisa (1848–1925), astronomer, military officer, university teacher

Common questions

Where is Vienna Central Cemetery?

Vienna Central Cemetery is in Kaiserebersdorf, Austria, at coordinates 48.1507, 16.4381.

When was Vienna Central Cemetery established?

Vienna Central Cemetery was established in 1874, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Vienna Central Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 598 notable interments at Vienna Central Cemetery, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Alfred Adler, Hedy Lamarr.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q240744 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)
• OpenStreetMap relation/1450360