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Opened in 1874, this enormous cemetery spans 2.4 square kilometers with 3.3 million interred here. It is also one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

The church in the center of the cemetery is named Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche. In addition to the Catholic section, there is a Protestant cemetery, a small Russian Orthodox burial area, and two Jewish cemeteries. Although the older of the two, established in 1863, was destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht, around 60,000 graves still remain intact. Prominent burials here include those of the Rothschild family and that of the author Arthur Schnitzler. The second Jewish cemetery was built in 1917 and is still in use today.

Also interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as Beethoven or Schubert who were moved there in 1888.

1 Notables interred at the Zentralfriedhof (selection)

• Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770- 1827) composer
• Ludwig BoltzmannLudwig Boltzmann ( February 20, 1844 September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for the invention of statistical mechanics. Boltzmann was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Biography here Boltzmann committed suicide in 1906 by hanging ( 1844Events January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United- 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t), mathematician/physician
• Johannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms ( May 7, 1833 April 3, 1897) was a German composer of classical music. Brahms was considered by many to be the "successor" to Beethoven, and his first symphony was described by Hans von Bulow as "Beethoven's tenth symphony" (the nickname i ( 1833Events January 3 Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. June 6 U. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train. September 29 The infant Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mot- 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest), composer
• Anton Dominik Fernkorn ( 18131813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 17 Through a newspaper, the Prussian king Frederick William III of Prussia calls for resistance against the Napoleonic occupation April 27 War of 1812: Battle of York- 1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk), sculptor
• Alexander Girardi ( 1850- 1918), actor
• Christoph Willibald Gluck ( 1714- 1787), composer
• Karl Goldmark ( 1830- 1915), composer
• Theophilos von Hansen ( 1813- 1891), architect
• Johann Ritter von Herbeck ( 1831- 1877), composer
• Johann Hans Hoelzel "Falco" (1957-1998), musician
• Curd Jürgens ( 1912- 1982), actor
• Thomas Klestil ( 1932- 2004), the president of Austria (1992-2004)
• Bruno Kreisky ( 1911- 1990), statesman
• Joseph Lanner ( 1801- 1843), composer
• Lotte Lehmann ( 1888- 1976), opera singer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 1756- 1791), composer
• Helen Odilon ( 1865- 1939), actor
• Georg Wilhelm Pabst ( 1885- 1967), film director
• Helmut Qualtinger ( 1928- 1986), actor
• Karl Renner ( 1870- 1950), statesman
• Léonie Rysanek ( 1926- 1998), opera singer
• Antonio Salieri ( 1750- 1825), composer
• Arthur Schnitzler ( 1862- 1931), writer
• Arnold Schoenberg ( 1874- 1951), composer
• Franz Schubert ( 1797- 1828), composer
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky ( 1897- 2000), architect
• Alma Seidler ( 1899- 1977), actress
• Robert Stolz ( 1880- 1975), composer
• Eduard Strauss ( 1835- 1916), composer
• Johann Strauss I ( 1804- 1849), composer
• Johann Strauss II ( 1825- 1899), composer
• Josef Strauss ( 1827- 1870), composer
• Franz von Suppé ( 1819- 1895), composer
• Friedrich Torberg ( 1908- 1979), writer
• Franz Werfel ( 1890- 1945), poet
• Anton Wildgans ( 1881- 1932), poet
• Fritz Wotruba ( 1907- 1975), sculptor

• See also: List of famous cemeteries