Schubertpark, Public park in Währing district, Austria
Schubertpark is a public green space in the 18th district featuring rose gardens, lavender beds, and winding pathways on sloping terrain. The site includes basketball and volleyball courts along with a children's play area containing swings and sand pits.
The Währing local cemetery was consecrated on 24 February 1769 on land acquired by pastor Andreas Schwarzenbach after a swap with farmer Dominik Rebell. An Empire portal and gravedigger's house followed in 1827, a chapel in 1829. Closed on 26 April 1873 as the suburb grew around it, the grounds were reopened as Schubertpark in 1925.
The memorial section holds tombstones from the Biedermeier and early historicism periods, creating a connection to the site's past use as a burial ground. These monuments shape the visual character and tell visitors about Vienna's historical relationship with memorials and remembrance.
The park lies between Währinger Straße 123 and 123A, bounded by Weimarer Straße, Schulgasse and Teschnergasse, and covers about 14,000 m². Entrances are on all four surrounding streets, so it can be crossed on foot between Währing and the neighbouring blocks. The Gräberhain with its old gravestones stands within the grounds.
Franz Schubert was buried in the Währing cemetery in 1828; his remains were moved to Vienna's Zentralfriedhof in 1888. The park's Gräberhain still gathers gravestones of people once interred here, and a late-baroque crucifixion group from the dissolved Nicolaifriedhof was transferred to the grounds in 1784.
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