Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945
The Vienna City Memorial is a memorial located at the Vienna Central Cemetery and dedicated to "the victims for a free Austria 1934–1945". It was donated by the City of Vienna, designed by Fritz Cremer, Wilhelm Schütte and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and handed over to the public by Mayor Theodor Körner on 1 November 1948.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church and Funeral Museum.
St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church
Church
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St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Vienna Central Cemetery in the 11th district, Simmering. It was constructed from 1908 to 1911 to designs by the architect Max Hegele. St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church is situated 360 metres northwest of Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945.
Funeral Museum
Museum
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bestattungsmuseum Wien is a museum in Vienna, Austria. With around 1,000 exhibits, the Vienna Funeral Museum gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death and provides information on the historical and current funeral services in Vienna. Funeral Museum is situated 580 metres north of Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945.
Saint Lazarus Orthodox church in Vienna
Church
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Saint Lazarus Orthodox church in Vienna is situated 530 metres north of Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schwechat and Zwölfaxing.
Schwechat
Town
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Schwechat is a city southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV. Schwechat is situated 3 km east of Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945.
Zwölfaxing
Village
Zwölfaxing is a municipality in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Zwölfaxing is situated 4½ km south of Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945.
Outer South
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Outer South is in Vienna, and includes the districts of Favoriten, Simmering, Meidling, and Liesing.
Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Memorial for the victims of a free Austria 1934–1945”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Gemeindebezirk Simmering, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.14905° or 48° 8′ 57″ northLongitude
16.44209° or 16° 26′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8FWR4CXR+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 13812169052OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q19971291
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In Other Languages
“Memorial to the Victims Who Fought for a Free Austria, 1934–1945” goes by many names.
- German: “Mahnmal der Stadt Wien”
- German: “Mahnmal für die Opfer für ein freies Österreich 1934–1945”
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