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St.-Peter-Stadtfriedhof, Graz

St.-Peter-Stadtfriedhof, Graz, Catholic cemetery in Graz, Austria.

St. Peter Stadtfriedhof is a large cemetery in Graz featuring green spaces, paved pathways, and numerous graves with varying designs and ages. The grounds are well-organized with sections for different burial types and a mix of older and contemporary grave sites.

This burial ground was established in 1787 following Emperor Joseph II's reform of burial practices and urban planning. Its first expansion came in 1814 as the city's population grew and more burial space became necessary.

The cemetery began as the "Gottesacker St. Anna" of the Münzgrabenkirche parish and was renamed after St. Peter. Its gate bore the inscription "Here is the harbour of rest for the weary, and no passion disturbs their slumber". The 1775 late-Baroque Trinity column by Veit Königer stands by the main gate in the Petersgasse; it was moved there from the Dietrichsteinplatz in 1882 after the Grazbach was vaulted over.

The cemetery lies in St. Leonhard, not in the district of St. Peter, and is bordered on three sides by Moserhofgasse, Petersgasse, Plüddemanngasse and Waltendorfer Gürtel. Tram line 6 (line 26 on Sundays and holidays), buses 63 and 64 and three regional bus lines stop nearby. The main gate is on Petersgasse, beside Veit Königer's Trinity column of 1775.

The oldest surviving individual grave belongs to Feldzeugmeister Anton von Zach, who died in 1826; it is a tumba with a reclining stone lion carved by Josef Klieber. The grave of Feldmarschallleutnant Friedrich Karl von Langenau, a monumental sarcophagus tumba from 1840, stands nearby. In 1927 the Reichsbund der Österreicher raised funds to maintain both tombs, citing their artistic and military-historical value.

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Petersgasse 67, 67a
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47.06199,15.46035
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