Haydnpark

Haydnpark is a park in Vienna's twelfth district, Meidling. The park was built in 1926 on the remnants of an abandoned cemetery, Hundsturmer Friedhof, which closed in 1874 when the Vienna Central Cemetery was constructed. The park is named after composerJoseph 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,^[1] and has 7,500 m² of youth sports facilities for handball, volleyball, and other athletics.

The original cemetery, Hundsturmer Friedhof, was established in 1783, as a result of Emperor Joseph II'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.^[2] 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. As a result of re-zoning in the early 20th century, the park now lies within the district of Meidling rather than its namesake.^[1]

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.

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 , de quien toma su nombre el parque, falleció el 31 de mayo de 1809 y fue enterrado en el cementerio al día siguiente. No fue posible ofrecerle un funeral grandioso, ya que las tropas francesas al mando de Napoleón ocupaban Viena en ese momento. ^{[ 3 ]} Posteriormente, en 1820, los restos de Haydn fueron exhumados y trasladados a Eisenstadt. ^{[ 4 ]} Se descubrió que le faltaba el cráneo, que había sido robado de la tumba poco después de su funeral por seguidores de la frenología . La lápida parcialmente conservada de Joseph Haydn es la única que permanece en el parque y sirve como testimonio del antiguo cementerio. En ella está inscrita la frase Non omnis moriar («No muero del todo»).

Los famosos pintores Jakob Gauermann y Josef Danhauser también fueron enterrados en Hundsturmer. Posteriormente, sus restos fueron trasladados a una tumba honorífica en el Cementerio Central de Viena . ^{[ 2 ]}

• La cabeza de Haydn

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