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The collections of the Museum of Military History begin at a time when military history is undergoing a transformation from the Volksaufgebot (people's volunteer corps) to the standing army. The Imperial armies, which up to the Thirty Years' War were inconsistently equipped and enlisted only for the period of a campaign, were now transformed ...
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Haydnpark is a park in Vienna's twelfth district, Meidling. The park was built in 1926 on the remnants of an abandoned cemetery, Hundsturmer Friedhof, which closed in 1874 when the Vienna Central Cemetery was constructed. The park is named after composer Joseph Haydn, who was originally buried in the cemetery.
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(The cemetery authorities take good care of the location) Ludwig van Beethoven had the dubious pleasure of three burials. The composer died on the 26th of March, 1827 in the Schwarzspanierhaus and was buried a couple of days later in the Währinger Ortsfriedhof (a cemetery in one of Vienna’s outlying districts).
May 12, 2023 · From 4 October 2023, visitors to the Vienna Central Cemetery can visit the longest outdoor photo gallery in the city. The exhibition shows animal photographs taken as part of the Citizen Science project "Biodiversity at the Cemetery". The gallery starts at Gate 2 of the Central Cemetery and is expected to be on display until March 2024.
Feb 1, 2024 · Austria and Vienna are not short of a few famous local (and adopted) sons and daughters, and a good selection of them found their last resting place in the Zentralfriedhof: Vienna’s main cemetery. Home to Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Schoenberg, Salieri, and others; Beautifully-kept graves and memorials in an expansive park-like cemetery
