Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Josef Fuchs / Friedhof der Namenlosen - Gedenktafel
Alberner Hafen, Simmering (1110), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Granit, Blech (2 Tafeln)
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Alberner Hafen
- Location
- Friedhof der Namenlosen
- District
- Simmering (1110)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.15957, 16.50242
- Object number
- 95748
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
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The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Granittafel:
Im Gedenken / an Herrn / Josef Fuchs / Inhaber des / Goldenen Verdienstzeichens / des Landes Wien / 4.3.1906-2.4.1996 / der über sechzig Jahre / bis zu seinem Tod / den Friedhof der Namenlosen / und die Gräber aufopfernd / gepflegt und betreut hat. /
Die Bezirksvorstehung / Simmering
Blechtafel:
Im Bereich zwischen Damm- / Kapelle und Hafeneinfahrt / befand sich einst der alte / Friedhof der Namen- / losen, der im Jahre 1900 / aufgelassen wurde. / 478 Opfer des Stromes liegen / heute noch dort bestattet.
English translation
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Inscription
Granite plaque:
In memory of / Mr / Josef Fuchs / holder of the / Golden Decoration of Honour / of the State of Wien / 4.3.1906-2.4.1996 / who for over sixty years / until his death / devotedly maintained and cared for / the Cemetery of the Nameless / and the graves. /
The Bezirksvorstehung / Simmering
Sheet-metal plaque:
In the area between Damm- / Kapelle and Hafeneinfahrt / there once stood the old / Cemetery of the Namen- / less, which was closed in 1900. / 478 victims of the river still lie / buried there today.
Other plaques nearby
Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.