Find A Grave - Austria

Von Horvath, Odon b. December 9, 1901 d. June 1, 1938
Author. He was born in Susak, a suburb of Fiume, Austria. In 1931 he was awarded, along with Erik Reger, the Kleist Prize. When Hilter come to power, he moved to Vienna, and after the annexation, to Paris. There, Horvath who lived in fear of being struck by lightning all his life, was hit by a falling branch and killed during a thunderstorm on the Champs Élysées, opposite the Théâtre Marigny. Formerly, he was buried in Saint-Ouen cemetery in north Paris but his remains were moved to Vienna in...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Heiligenstadter Friedhof (Wien), Heiligenstad, Karnten, Austria
Albach Retty, Rosa b. December 26, 1874 d. August 26, 1980
Actress. She made her motion picture debut in "Money On the Street" in 1930, and in the following years she appeared in films such as "Hotel Sacher," "Maria Ilona" and "Adventures in Vienna." She was mother of actor Wolf Albach Retty and grandmother of actress Romy Schneider. (Bio by: MC)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Albach Retty, Wolf b. May 28, 1906 d. February 21, 1967
Actor. A popular leading man in Austrian cinema, he made his motion picture debut in the silent "Das grobe Hemd." Some of his well know works were roles in the filns "The Black Hussar," "Tales from Vienna Woods" and "Hotel Sacher." He was the son of actress Rosa Albach Retty, and the father of actress Romy Schneider. (Bio by: MC)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Buried with his mother, Actress Rosa Albach Retty.
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg b. February 3, 1736 d. March 7, 1809
Composer. A theorist and teacher in addition to being a composer, he wrote primarily in the "Galant" style, which was a courtly transitional phase between the Baroque and Classical periods, and his music is noted for its skillful use of counterpoint. Born in Klosterneuburg, Austria, he was initially trained as a choirboy, studying music at a Benedictine seminary. He was later a provincial organist before settling in Vienna, Austria in 1765. There he served as Imperial Court Organist from 1772...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Saint Marxer Friedhof Cemetery, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Altenberg (Englander), Peter (Richard) b. March 9, 1859 d. January 6, 1919
Author. He was a well-known Viennese literary figure in the years before World War I. Altenberg noted the world around him with witty, aphoristic little sketches that blurred the line between poetry and prose. To keep them brief he often composed them on the backs of postcards. Typical of his observations are "There is only one thing indecent with nakedness, and that is to find nakedness indecent", and "A happy couple: he does what she wants, and she does what she wants". They were...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Amalia Wilhelmina of Brunswick-Lüneburg b. April 21, 1673 d. April 10, 1742
Austrian Monarch. She was the youngest of the four daughters of Johann Friedrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Hanover and Benedikte Henriette of Simmern. She married Joseph I in 1699 who infected her with a venereal disease. In the following three years she gave birth to three children, Maria Josepha, [Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Cause of death: Dropsy
Kapuzinergruft, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Charles Crypt
Amery, Jean Hans Mayer b. October 31, 1912 d. October 17, 1978
Author. An Austrian writer and commentator on current affairs, he was in the concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bregen Belsen, in the years 1943 to 1945. His works fight against the violations of humanity.
Cause of death: suicide
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 40, Nr. 132
Apostel, Hans Erich b. January 22, 1901 d. November 30, 1972
Composer. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, he moved to Vienna in 1921 and studied with Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, becoming a faithful disciple of their atonal expressionist techniques. He won the Hertzka Prize for his Requiem (1937), inspired by Berg's death. In 1938 Apostel's music was banned as "degenerate" by the Nazis but he continued to write in his own manner, supporting himself through private teaching. After World War II he headed the Austrian section of the International Society for...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: 32.c.57
Artmann, Hans Carl "H. C." b. June 12, 1921 d. December 5, 2000
Austrian poet, writer. Also known as Ib Hansen. He grew up in Vienna trilingually, so he had a strong interest in language. He brought out some works of Villon in Austrian. In 1947 he appeared with his first publications in the newspaper "Neue Wege." In 1951 he joined the "Art Club," then in 1952 he founded the "Wiener Gruppe" for avantgarde artists. In 1973 he was also a founding member of the "Anti P.E.N. Club." He earned several awards for his achievements in literature. He died from a heart...[Read More] (Bio by: Apats)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Askin, Leon b. September 18, 1907 d. June 3, 2005
Actor. Best known for playing 'General Albert Burkhalter' in the 1960s classic television series, "Hogan’s Heroes." Leon was born into a Jewish family in Vienna. He started his career a nine year-old boy reciting a 17-stanza eulogy for Emperor Francis Joseph in front of the city hall of Vienna's ninth district. He went on to work as a cabaret artist in the 1930s. He would then have to flee to France, and later to the United States to escape persecution by the Nazis. He would even serve in the...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Aslan, Raoul b. October 16, 1886 d. June 18, 1958
Actor. Performer of Armenian origin who came from Greece to Austria. The director of "Burgtheater" from 1945 to 1948, he was the member of its ensemble since 1920. The first "Kammerschauspieler" title holder in Austria.
Cause of death: heart attack
Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Auden, Wystan Hugh b. February 21, 1907 d. September 28, 1973
Poet.
The Cemetery at Kirchstatten, Kirchstatten, Oberosterreich, Austria
Aufschnaiter, Peter b. November 2, 1899 d. October 12, 1973
Adventurer. Born in Kitzbühel, Austria, atended schools in Kufstein and was drafted into military service during World War One. After completing his abitur (high school) he studied agriculture in Munich, Germany. While in Munich he continued mountain climbing and met several German climbers of the era. Participated in expeditions to the third highest mountain in the world, Kangchenjunga (1929 and 1931), and later the 1939 German expedition to Nanga Parbat in Kashmir which included fellow...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Kitzbüheler Bergfriedhof, Kitzbuhel, Tirol, Austria
Banner, John b. January 28, 1910 d. January 28, 1973
Actor. Fondly remembered for his role of 'Sergeant Schultz' in the classic 1960s television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" (1965 - 1971). An Austrian actor of Jewish descent in his hometown of Vienna, he was forced to leave when Germany and Austria unified in 1938, at the age of 28, during the Anschluss (union) between the two countries. There are reports that he spent time in a German Concentration Camp, but these are unconfirmed. At the time of the Anschluss, he was touring Switzerland with an...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Abdominal hemorrhage
Mauer Cemetery, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 57, row 2, number 26
Bauernfeld, Eduard Von b. January 13, 1802 d. August 9, 1890
Playwright. He helped broaden the scope of 19th Century German-language theatre. His farces and comedies of manners offered thinly-veiled social and political satires of his era, written in an offhand, almost flippant style to get around the censors. The most popular included "The Dear Protocol" (1831), "The Confessions" (1834), "The Middle Class and the Romantics" (1835), "Coming of Age" (1846), "The Categorical Imperative" (1851), "Modern Youth" (1869), and "The Rich Heiress" (1876)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 32A
Bayer, Josef b. March 6, 1852 d. March 12, 1913
Composer, Conductor. As director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883, he was musical leader of his country's ballet scene for 30 years. Bayer's stage works did little to advance the genre to an art form, but the best of them still have the power to charm with their light, toe-tapping melodies. "The Fairy Doll" (1888), his best known effort, was very popular in Europe right up until World War I. It remains a repertory staple at the Vienna State Opera, where it has been performed...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 0, Row I, Grave 66
Beethoven, Ludwig Van b. December 17, 1770 d. March 26, 1827
Composer, Pianist. Starting from models of Viennese Classicism, his creativity extended into the Romantic and had a lasting influence on the development of music. He composed one opera "Fidelio," nine symphonies, chamber music, piano sonatas, lieder and much more. He moved to Vienna in 1792 and studied under Albrechtsberger, Haydn and Salieri. His hearing began to deteriorate after 1800 and after 1815 he was completely deaf. He was originally buried in the Waehringer Ortsfriedhof next to Franz...[Read More]
Cause of death: Cirrhosis, jaundice, bouts with colic and inflammation of the intestines, chronic hepatitis, and liver failure
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 32 A, Number 29
Beethoven, Ludwig Van [original burial site] b. December 17, 1770 d. March 26, 1827
Composer. The funeral of Beethoven on March 29, 1827, was Vienna's biggest public event since the fall of Napoleon. An estimated 20,000 people made up the procession that followed Beethoven's coffin to the Wahringer Friedhof, on the outskirts of the city; Franz Schubert was one of the 36 torchbearers. Schubert himself would be buried here a year and a half later. The Wahringer Friedhof gradually fell into disrepair and in 1863 the remains of both composers were exhumed, transferred to solid...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Wahringer Friedhof (Defunct), Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: (Now Schubert Park, Vienna).
Berg, Alban b. February 9, 1885 d. December 24, 1935
Composer. A disciple of Arnold Schoenberg, he adopted Schoenberg's methods of atonal and later 12-tone (or serial) composition. Romantic by temperament, he achieved compelling emotion and great melodic expressiveness in his music, qualities that have made it more accessible to listeners. Berg's landmark opera "Wozzeck" (1925) brought him international fame. Based on Georg Buchner's tragedy about a common soldier driven to madness and murder by a society that exploits him, it remains...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Hietzinger Friedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Berger, Erna b. October 19, 1900 d. June 14, 1990
Opera Singer. Erna Berger studied with Melitta Hirzel and Hertha Boeckel making her stage debut at the Dresden Staatsoper in 1925. She stayed with the company until 1928 singing many small roles at first, including a part in the World Premier of Busoni's "Doktor Faust" in 1925. By 1926 she was given larger parts and in 1927 she sung the title role of Paul Graener's "Hannales Himmelfahrt" at the World Premier, as well as smaller roles in the World Premiers of Strauss's "Agyptische Helena (1928)...[Read More] (Bio by: Harmonie Autographs and Music, Inc.)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria

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