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Group 40

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

Here in group number 40 is the last resting place of many personalities who had been active in the arts. Prominent figures from the world of sport are also buried here, like the soccer player and coach, Ernst Oczwirk, whose grave you can see on the right He played...

The lower church

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

The more simply designed lower church contains a central hall, around with chapels are arranged. These chapels, which are separated by columns, contain a total of 38 tombs. The main chapel, situated directly below the high altar, contains the tomb of Dr. Karl Lueger,...

The galleries

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

Three important sculptures adorn the galleries. Two of the figures are by Viktor Tilgner and Wilhelm Lovrek. The electroplating sculpture is from the workshops of the Württemberg Metalworks Factory. These sculptures are typical of many works of art that can be seen on...

The High altar

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

The High altar has paintings from historicism to the style of the Nazarenes. By employing non-biblical images, the artist depicted here in a highly realistic and conspicuous fashion the biblical story of eternal life. In the picture on the left you see two angels: the...

The upper church

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

The impressive cemetery church of Saint Charles Borromeo is a total work of art, that delves deeply into the question of transience: the problem of life and death against the background of the passing of time in this life and the eternity that awaits us in the...

Presidents tomb

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceViennaEN

It is here that since 1945 the former Presidents of Austria‘s Second Republic are buried: Dr. Karl Renner, Dr. Theodor Körner, Dr. Adolf Schärf, Dr. Franz Jonas, Dr. Rudolf Kirchschläger, Dr. Thomas Klestil and Dr. Kurt Waldheim. They are known as “the First Men of...