Heiligenstädter Friedhof is a cemetery

Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...

 in Döbling

Döbling

Döbling is the 19th District in the city of Vienna, Austria . It is located on the north end from the central districts, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing...

, the 19th district

Districts of Vienna

The districts of Vienna are 23 named city sections of Vienna, Austria, which are also numbered for easy reference. For centuries, district boundaries have changed...

 of Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

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It is named after the Heiligenstadt

Heiligenstadt, Vienna

Heiligenstadt was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna.Heiligenstadt is one of the 10 municipalities in the Döbling District.- Geography :...

 neighbourhood (municipality

Municipality

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) of Döbling. The cemetery is among the oldest of the Austrian capital, with an ossuary

Ossuary

An ossuary is a chest, 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 the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary...

 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 2,655 grave sites.

Famous people

Among the famous people buried at Heiligenstädter Friedhof are:

• Walter Berry (1929–2000), Austrian opera singer

• Ödön von Horváth
  Ödön von Horváth
  Edmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
  
  (1901–1938), Austro-Hungarian writer