Heiligenstädter Friedhof is a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
in
Döbling
Döbling () is the 19th Districts of Vienna, district in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located in the north of Vienna, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing. Döbling has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential bui ...
, the 19th
district
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of
Vienna
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,
Austria
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.
It is named after the
Heiligenstadt neighbourhood (
municipality
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) of Döbling. The cemetery is among the oldest of the Austrian capital, with an
ossuary
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years th ...
existing at the site from approx. 1500 and the first walls around the yard being erected in 1831. It comprises an area of 20,315 square metres, with 13,000 grave sites.
Famous people
Among the famous people buried at Heiligenstädter Friedhof are:
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Walter Berry (1929–2000), Austrian opera singer
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Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...
(1901–1938), Austro-Hungarian writer
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Udo Proksch (1934–2001), Austrian insurance fraudster
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Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from to and from to . Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Champ ...
(1949–2019), Austrian formula one driver
References
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External links
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Cemeteries in Vienna
Roman Catholic cemeteries in Austria
Buildings and structures in Döbling