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Crematorium in Vienna, Austria
Feuerhalle Simmering Schloss Neugebäude around 1720Urn burial ground with old Schloss Neugebäude tower Feuerhalle Simmering is a crematorium with attached urn burial ground in the Simmering district of Vienna , Austria . It lies at the end of an alley, directly opposite Vienna Central Cemetery 's main gate.
Description 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 . Advocates of cremation, especially from the labour movement – such as the Workers' Cremation Association "The Flame" –, had been campaigning for decades for crematoria in Austria, but applications were always rejected by the authorities. In 1921, Vienna's City Council, now under Social Democrat rule, approved the construction of a crematorium in Vienna. Reumann had to defend this decision at the Austrian Constitutional Court as he had granted building permission for the crematorium against the order of a federal minister from the Christian Social Party . The lawsuit was finally decided in 1924 in favour of the crematorium.
Feuerhalle Simmering' s main building and its immediate surroundings were planned by Clemens Holzmeister , who designed the crematorium to resemble an oriental fortress.[1] Holzmeister's design carefully placed the crematorium into the walled gardens of the derelict Schloss Neugebäude , and thus also put the former palace gardens with its many ancient trees (designated natural monuments ) to new use as urn burial ground.
Robert Danneberg (1882–1942) and Käthe Leichter (1895–1942), two prominent Social Democrat politicians associated with Red Vienna , were killed in Nazi concentration camps and have symbolic graves of honour at Feuerhalle Simmering .
Notable cremations Ashes on site Grave of H.C. Artmann Grave of Jakob Reumann Graves of Guido Holzknecht , Rudolf Kraus and Friedrich Knauer Grave of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer Grave of Hans Kloss Grave of Rudolf Eisler Friedrich Achleitner (1930–2019), poet and architecture criticManfred Ackermann (1898–1991), politicianHellmut Andics (1922–1998), journalistH.C. Artmann (1921–2000), writerHugo Bettauer (1872–1925), writerTurhan Bey (1922–2012), actorWilliam Blankenship (1928–2017), opera singerElfriede Blauensteiner (1931–2003), serial killerAdele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), painted as Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt Annie Dirkens (1869–1942), actressRudolf Eisler (1873–1926), philosopherRoman Felleis (1903–1944), political activistAlfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921), publicist, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911 Joseph Gregor (1888–1960), writerFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1923), politicianIrene Harand (1900–1975), human rights activistGuido Holzknecht (1872–1931), radiologistHans Kloss (1905–1986), bank managerFriedrich Knauer (1850–1926), zoologistJohann Koplenig (1891–1968), politicianRudolf Kraus (1868–1932), pathologistMinna Lachs (1907–1993), educatorHans Maršálek (1914–2011), political activistJacob Levy Moreno (1889–1974), psychiatristFranz von Nopcsa (1877–1933), paleontologistMax Pallenberg (1877–1934), actorAlfred Piccaver (1884–1958), opera singerRudolf Prikryl (1896–1965), mayor of ViennaJakob Reumann (1853–1925), mayor of ViennaHilde Rössel-Majdan (1921–2010), opera singerAlexander Roda Roda (1872–1945), writerElisabeth Ruttkay (1926–2009), archaeologistMiklós Sárkány (1908–1998), Olympic gold medalist Vera Schwarz (1888–1964), opera singerAmalie Seidel (1876–1952), politicianCarl Sternberg (1872–1935), pathologistTeresa Stich-Randall (1927–2007), opera singerJulius Tandler (1869–1936), physician and politicianOswald Thomas (1882–1963), astronomerStefan Weber (1946–2018), musicianAlfred Maria Willner (1859–1929), writerAshes elsewhere Lale Andersen (1905–1972), singer and actress – ashes buried at Langeoog , GermanyArik Brauer (1929–2021), painter and singer-songwriter – ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery Alfred Ebenbauer (1945–2007), medievalist – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryNika Brettschneider (1951–2018), Charter 77 signatory – ashes given to familyErich Feigl (1931–2007), journalist and filmmaker – ashes buried in Simmeringer Friedhof, ViennaMarlen Haushofer (1920–1970), writer – ashes buried at Steyr City CemeteryErnst Hinterberger (1931–2012), writer – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryFranz Holzweber (1904–1934), July Putsch assassin – ashes buried in Friedhof Mauer, ViennaErnst Kirchweger (1898–1965), victim of political violence – ashes now buried in Hietzing Cemetery , ViennaGyörgy Ligeti (1923–2006), composer – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryJörg Mauthe (1924–1986), writer – ashes kept at his family's Burgruine Mollenburg Freda Meissner-Blau (1927–2015), politician – ashes given to familyAlexander Moissi (1879–1935), actor – ashes buried at Morcote , SwitzerlandSabine Oberhauser (1963–2017), politician – ashes buried in Hietzing Cemetery, ViennaOtto Planetta (1899–1934), July Putsch assassin – ashes buried in Dornbacher Friedhof, ViennaHugo Portisch (1927–2021), journalist – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryBarbara Prammer (1954–2014), politician – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryWerner Schneyder (1937–2019), cabaret performer – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryOtto Tausig (1922–2011), actor – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryHelene Thimig (1889–1974), actress – ashes now buried in Neustifter Friedhof, ViennaLotte Tobisch (1926–2019), actress – ashes buried in Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna Joe Zawinul (1932–2007), musician – ashes buried in Vienna Central CemeteryReferences External links 48°09′30″N 16°26′29″E / 48.1584°N 16.4414°E / 48.1584; 16.4414