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Opposite the cemetery's main gate, across Simmeringer Hauptstrasse, is the Feuerhalle Simmering, Vienna's first crematorium, which was built by Clemens Holzmeister in 1922 in the style of an oriental fortress. St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church is the central church of the cemetery.
- 1863
- 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres)
- Over 330,000 graves
- Simmering, Vienna, Austria
Opened on 17 December 1922 by Vienna's mayor Jakob Reumann, Feuerhalle Simmering was the first crematorium in Austria. It also constituted an element of the social and health services policy of Red Vienna.
Across Simmeringer Hauptstrasse from the main gate is the Crematorium, built by Clemens Holzmeister in 1922 in the style of an oriental fortress. Further along the wall of the cemetery, you reach Gate 3, a secondary entrance and entrance to the Protestant section; and Gate 4, the access to the new Jewish section which has been in use since 1928.
- Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Vienna, 1110
- 01 53469
After the number of inhabitants and thus the number of dead grew steadily in the 19th century, it was decided in 1863 to build a new cemetery. Finally, in 1874, the Vienna Central Cemetery was opened as the first interdenominational cemetery. At the time it was considered the largest cemetery in Europe.
On 1.11.1874 the Central Cemetery in Vienna was inaugurated with the burial of Jakob Zelzer. This grave still exists in the cemetery today. At the end of the 19th century, the demand for cremation in Vienna grew. In 1922, the Simmering crematorium was opened.
When Professor Ludovico Brunetti of Italy finally perfected his model and displayed it at the 1873 Vienna Exposition, the cremation movement started almost simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. In the British Isles, the movement was fostered by Queen Victoria's surgeon, Sir Henry Thompson.
1873 Vienna Exposition Italian professor, Ludovico Brunetti, completed the first experiment in modern cremation in 1869. Exhibited his cremation furnace at the Great Exhibition of Vienna in 1873.
