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Cemetery to the Stars......Sort Of

  • October 23, 2008
  • Rated 5 of 5 by wanderer 2005 from Phoenix, Arizona
Cemetery to the Stars......Sort Of

The Zentralfriedhof or central cemetery is where you can find your favorite composer’s grave in Vienna.
The cemetery was opened in 1874 and is Vienna's largest burial ground. There are 330,000 graves and over 2,500,000 people have been buried here during the last 124 years.
The celebrity clientele list is long…composers, presidents, actors, musicians, artists, politicians, architects, doctors, the list goes on.

My favorite area is where the composers are laid to rest. The area is called Musiker and there are headstones for Beethoven, Strauss, Brahms, Schubert and there is a memorial for Austria’s most famous, Mozart (who is not actually buried here).
Cemeteries are such amazing places. They’re quiet, serene, mysterious and all around cool places.

This place is huge. We took a tram and got off at the 2nd gate (which is the main gate) for the grounds. There you can walk thru the gate and go straight back to the music section…about 100 yards from the front, on the left hand side. There is a small sign pointing to the area.
I couldn’t find a map anywhere, so we just winged it and walked around for a couple hours. I loved seeing all the mausoleums all over. Such beautiful pieces of work.
There are restrooms located throughout the grounds and there are plenty of quiet, grassy areas to sit and have a bite to eat, or just enjoy the day.

Hubby and I sort of play this game to see who can find the oldest grave. It makes the tour more interesting.

Here’s a map of the grounds. The composers are located in area 32 on the map….so not far from the entrance.
www.viennatouristguide.at/Friedhoefe/Zentralfriedhof/Rundgang/02_Plan/z_02_plangr.htm


The easiest way to get here is by tram, most easily reached by taking the UBahn Line U-3 (yellow line) from the city center to the last station, Simmering then go out to the street and get on tram # 71. From there, its maybe a 2 mile ride.
This is a real residential neighborhood, so you’ll pass by lots of mechanics shops, grocery stores and apartment buildings.
Be advised there are 4 gates to the grounds, the second one being the closest to the composers.

From journal Great Pizza in Vienna?

Zentrafriedhof (Central Cemetery)

  • April 1, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by g-champagne* from N/A, Switzerland
We were there mainly for the musicians' graves. The large cemetery is easily accessible by public transportation. You can take U3 line to Simmering and then take the tram/s-bahn outside of the u-bahn station to Zentrafriedhof 2. The journey time from the centre of Wien to the cemetery can be under 30 minutes 'tho it looks quite far off to the southeastern end on the map. The musicians' quarter is easy to find. You can get a map of the cemetery from the information centre just to the right of the large gate. The map has the names of all famous figures buried here, which was quite useful. There's also a bus that runs around in the cemetery because the cemetery is huge. But if you're only there for Beethoven, Strauss, Brahms, Schubert, Wolf, and Schoenberg, they're all in one place.

From journal Vienna - City of Music and Culture

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