Austria travel tips: Exploring the Central Cemetery of Vienna

Vienna, Austria - the Central Cemetery tour of Vienna, Wiener Zentralfriedhof. Let's travel to Austria and let's visit the city of Vienna and the Vienna Central Cemetery (Wiener Zentralfriedhof) which is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred. Wiener Zentralfriedhof is the most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries.
Because it was so difficult to get to Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), and because Vienna has such a rich musical history the authorities created honorary graves as a tourist attraction building monumental tombs for Ludwig Von Beethoven, Franz Shubert , Johannes Brahms, Antonio Salieri, Johann Strauss II and a cenotaph for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who is buried not far in St Marx cemetery.
At Wiener Zentralfriedhof there are sections reserved for all religious denominations including Catholic, Protestant opened 1904, and 2 Jewish sections the older of which created in 1863 suffered during the Nazi holocaust on Kristallnacht as most of the graves were desecrated and records destroyed. Around 60,000 graves remain intact. Cemetery records indicate 79,833 Jewish burials found and restored as of July 10, 2011. The second Jewish Cemetery was built in 1917 and is still in use today. There were 58,804 Jewish burials in the new section as recorded in 2007. Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Romanian, Serbian and Bulgarian Orthodox religions have dedicated sections.

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