Waldmüllerpark, Public park in Favoriten district, Vienna, Austria.
Waldmüllerpark is a green space in Vienna's Favoriten district situated between Landgutgasse and Dampfgasse. The site preserves cemetery elements such as old walls and stone structures at its entrances.
The site was the Matzleinsdorf cemetery from 1784, one of five communal cemeteries built outside the Linienwall. It closed for burials in 1879 and was converted into a park under Mayor Jakob Reumann, who opened Waldmüllerpark on 23 October 1923. The park is named after painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, the most prominent person buried here.
The park honors painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller through its name, reflecting his artistic legacy. Visitors can notice historical grave markers in the memorial area that connect to the site's earlier purpose.
The park covers about 40,000 m² between Landgutgasse to the north and Dampfgasse to the south, close to the Südbahn, Gürtel and Gudrunstraße. A 4,800 m² dog zone occupies the site of the former Gevay family vault. Remains of the cemetery wall, a stone arbour and a stone pergola stand near the main entrance. The Gräberhain with 100 grave monuments can be visited only on request.
Some 100 historic gravestones of artistic value were gathered into a grove, the Gräberhain, after the cemetery closed; the remains were exhumed and reburied beneath the stones. It can be visited only on request.
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