St. Marx Cemetery

It opened in 1784 following a decree by Emperor Joseph II that forbade further burials in cemeteries within the outer walls of the city of Vienna.This regulation however never came into effect in Vienna, because the government of the city denied its approval because the populace did not want to be reminded of the mass graves of plague times.It includes the graves of: The most famous person to be buried in the St. Marx Cemetery is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Later attempts to locate his grave all failed, including a search by his widow, 17 years after Mozart's death, and by Vincent Novello in 1829.At St. Marx Cemetery, a worker replaced the gravestone with a memorial tablet, which was again expanded by several contributors.
Wooden Beehives near the grave of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LandstraßeViennaAustriacemeteryWolfgang Amadeus MozartalmshouseSt MarkJoseph IImass gravesStephansdomJohann Georg AlbrechtsbergerElias Parish AlvarsJosepha Barbara AuernhammerCount Philipp von CobenzlAnton DiabelliBaron Ernst von FeuchterslebenJohann Baptist GänsbacherAnna GottliebJosef MaderspergerLouis MontoyerFranz PfeifferJosef StraussFranz Xaver SüssmayrAlexander YpsilantisVincent NovelloZentralfriedhofWooden Beehiveshistoric preservationList of burial places of classical musicians