Friedhof der Namenlosen, Vienna - Alberner Hafenzufahrtsstraße

Kleiner versteckter Friedhof. Es wirkt wie eine kleine Zeitreise (100 Jahre zurück), jedoch eingezwängt im modernen Industriegebiet. Einige Sprüche an Gräbern regen zum Nachdenken an. Wer es ruhiger mag sollte an Wochenenden und an Feiertagen diesen Ort besuchen. Die Zeit vergeht sooo schnell. Hier wird dies besonders bewusst, finde ich. Es scheint fast so als ob dieser kleine Flecken Erde in nächster Zeit von der schnellen und rastlosen Zeit verschlungen wird.

Dieser Ort ist ein Friedhof im 11. Bezirk (Simmering) Trotz Lockdown ist dieser Friedhof zugänglich, jedoch sind viele Leute dort. Er ist sehr klein und vor dem Friedhof ist eine kleine Kapelle, doch es ist schön so etwas altes und gut erhaltenes gesehen zu haben. Die erste Bestattung fand 1840 von einer unbekannten Wasserleiche aus der Donau statt. Man fährt durch ein großes Industriegebiet, wo man denkt, man ist falsch. An manchen Gräbern stehen jedoch Namen.

A bit weird

Cemetery for the nameless and the ones who were not granted a funeral by the church and died around 1900

There is not much here but it's a nice quiet place if you want to get out of the city center.

Do you like the peace of cemeteries? The cemetery of the Nameless in the 11th district of Vienna and is among Viennese, as well as tourists, a secret. In 1840, the first burial of an unknown body of water recovered from the Danube took place here. The last official funeral is documented with the year 1940.

The Cemetery of the Nameless is a cemetery for the homeless in the 11th district of Simmering in Vienna. It is located in the district of Albern near the Albern harbour. Strictly speaking, it is two cemeteries, but today only one of them is recognisable as such. In 1840, the first burial of an unknown floater from the Danube took place here. In the past, a whirlpool of water at this spot (river kilometre 1918.3) repeatedly drove ashore not only flotsam but also the bodies of drowned people, often decomposed beyond recognition. In most cases, it was impossible to identify them. These corpses were denied a regular burial (not least because many of them were people who had ended their own lives in the Danube), and were buried without a sound at metre intervals. Thus the first cemetery was established. This is how the first cemetery came into being, which was repeatedly flooded. In those days, the cemetery could be entered through a wooden gate (titled "Ruhestätte"); also made of wood was the reception house reserved for the corpses, with a coffin ready for the occasion. The entrance gate and mortuary, both badly damaged by a blast of ice in the spring of 1893, were renovated in the same year; the living fence at the borders of the cemetery, until then the final resting place for 200 victims of the Danube flood, was found to be in good condition. As early as 1895, the gate and fence had to be repaired again due to flooding. In the course of extensions to the harbour area, the cemetery was extended to include a new cemetery. In the course of extensions to the harbour area and flood protection, this part of the cemetery was cleared and levelled in the winter of 2012/2013. The Vienna City Archaeology recovered any remains of former buried persons as part of the work. The memorial cross that once marked the site of the old cemetery was also removed and will be moved to a new location to commemorate the old cemetery.

Specific place with rich history and its own spirit - in a good way.