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Haydnpark is a park in
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's twelfth
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,
Meidling Meidling () is the 12th district of Vienna (german: 12. Bezirk, Meidling). It is located just southwest of the central districts, south of the Wienfluss, west of the Gürtel belt, and east and southeast of Schönbrunn palace. Meidling is a hea ...
. The park was built in 1926 on the remnants of an abandoned
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
, Hundsturmer Friedhof, which closed in 1874 when the
Vienna Central Cemetery The Vienna Central Cemetery (german: Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most well-known cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its ...
was constructed. The park is named after composer Joseph Haydn, who was originally buried in the cemetery. Today, the public park is maintained by Vienna's park management. It currently covers an area of approximately 13,000 m2, and has 7,500 m2 of youth sports facilities for handball,
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, and other
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Hundsturmer Cemetery

The original cemetery, Hundsturmer Friedhof, was established in 1783, as a result of Emperor
Joseph II Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 un ...
's reforms in response to the Enlightenment. Joseph II had decided that Vienna's cemeteries should no longer be within the city walls, and therefore five new cemeteries were built. Hundsturmer Friedhof, with an area of roughly 31,000 m2, was the smallest of the five, the others being Sankt Marxer Friedhof, Matzleinsdorfer Friedhof, Währinger Friedhof, and Schmelzer Friedhof. The cemetery was named after the suburb in which it was founded,
Hundsturm Hundsturm was an independent municipality (''Gemeinde'') of Austria until 1850 and is today a suburb of Vienna the city's 5th District, Margareten. The Hundsturm coat of arms shows, on a blue background, a castle tower on a green meadow. From the ...
. As a result of re-zoning in the early 20th century, the park now lies within the district of
Meidling Meidling () is the 12th district of Vienna (german: 12. Bezirk, Meidling). It is located just southwest of the central districts, south of the Wienfluss, west of the Gürtel belt, and east and southeast of Schönbrunn palace. Meidling is a hea ...
rather than it's namesake. In 1848, the cemetery became a center in the battles of the Vienna Uprising because of its strategic location on Vienna's defensive line at Gürtel. In 1926, a large new residential building, ''Reumannhof'', was erected and the old cemetery was converted into a recreational park. A children's pool was also constructed at the time, which no longer exists.


Famous memorials

The biedermeier style was distinctive of the headstones and memorials at Hundsturmer Friedhof. Empirical style gravestones and stone angels have been found, along with many graves from senior citizens. Joseph Haydn, after whom the park is named, died on 31 May 1809, and was buried in the cemetery the very next day. It was not possible to give Haydn a grandiose burial, as French troops under
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's command had occupied Vienna at the time. Haydn was later exhumed and transferred to Eisenstadt in 1820. It was discovered that his skull was missing, which had been stolen from the grave shortly after his funeral by followers of Phrenology. The partially preserved headstone of Joseph Haydn is the only one that remains in the park today and stands as evidence of the former cemetery. It is inscribed with the phrase ''Non omnis moriar'' ("I do not die completely"). The famous painters Jakob Gauermann and Josef Danhauser were also buried at Hundsturmer. They were later transferred to an honorary grave at the
Vienna Central Cemetery The Vienna Central Cemetery (german: Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most well-known cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its ...
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Further reading

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