Matzleinsdorf Protestant Cemetery, Protestant cemetery in Favoriten, Austria
The Matzleinsdorf Protestant Cemetery is a burial ground in Favoriten with pathways lined by trees throughout the grounds. Gravestones and monuments from different periods are scattered across the landscape.
In May 1856 Emperor Franz Joseph I approved reforms allowing cemeteries of other denominations. The Protestant church bought a plot at Matzleinsdorf that same year and commissioned Theophil Hansen; construction stalled for lack of money and was financed by donations. The cemetery was inaugurated on 7 May 1858, and Hansen's chapel was consecrated on 27 September 1860.
The Christuskirche chapel displays Byzantine architectural features including a central dome and golden mosaics. The chapel represents the religious diversity that this burial ground reflects for the community.
The cemetery lies at the start of Triester Straße, No. 1, by Matzleinsdorfer Platz, bounded to the north by Gudrunstraße. The Christuskirche stands on the grounds; its two bells, cast by Pfundner in 1934, sound the notes f′′ and gis′′. Since 2017, urban gardening has been allowed on abandoned graves.
Since 2017 the cemetery has allowed urban gardening on abandoned graves, so vegetable beds now stand among the historic tombs. The grounds also hold a Russian soldiers' cemetery, filled between 1945 and 1947 with Red Army members in a mass grave and 32 individual graves.
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