St. Marx Cemetery
St. Marx Cemetery (Sankt Marxer Friedhof) is a cemetery in the Landstraße district of Vienna, used from 1784 until 1874. It contains the unmarked grave of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. History 
The cemetery was named after a nearby almshouse whose chapel had been consecrated to St Mark. It opened in 1784 following a decree by Emperor Joseph II that forbade further burials in cemeteries within the outer walls of the city of Vienna. He also ordered that bodies should be buried in unmarked graves, without coffins or embalming. This regulation however never came into effect in Vienna, because the government of the city denied its approval because the populace did not want to be reminded of the mass graves of plague times. There were no mass graves in late 18th-century Vienna. Thus the common assumption that Mozart's grave was unmarked because he was too poor is false. His burial in 1791 after a funeral in the Stephansdom simply followed the regulations of the day. Notable interments 
It includes the graves of:
 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
 Elias Parish Alvars
 Josepha Barbara Auernhammer
 Count Philipp von Cobenzl
 Anton Diabelli
 Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben
 Johann Baptist Gänsbacher
 Anna Gottlieb
 Josef Madersperger
 Louis Montoyer
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
 Franz Pfeiffer
 Josef Strauss
 Franz Xaver Süssmayr (unmarked)
 Alexander Ypsilantis

Mozart 

The most famous person to be buried in the St. Marx Cemetery is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Later attempts to locate his grave all failed, including a search by his widow, 17 years after Mozart's death, and by Vincent Novello in 1829. In 1855 a gravestone was erected at what was presumed to be the correct spot. Later the stone was transferred to a group of famous musicians' graves at Zentralfriedhof. At St. Marx Cemetery, a worker replaced the gravestone with a memorial tablet, which was again expanded by several contributors. The memorial known today was refurbished by Viennese sculptor Florian Josephu-Drouot in 1950. After closing 

Over the years, the rest of the cemetery decayed. In the 20th century it was restored, put under historic preservation status, and opened to the public in 1937. See also
 List of burial places of classical musicians

References

External links 

 Der Wiener Friedhof von St. Marx
 The St. Marx Cemetery is being restored (in German) 
 How to get there (Vienna government site in German)
 Mozart‘s grave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2nNvx1ZPNI

Buildings and structures in Landstraße
Cemeteries in Vienna
Roman Catholic cemeteries in Austria
Religion in Vienna
1784 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy
1784 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
18th-century establishments in Austria
Cemeteries established in the 1780s