Mirogoj Cemetery










































Mirogoj Cemetery

Mirogoj Cemetery Front.jpg
Main entrance at Mirogoj
(Inscription: To the King of Ages Whom Everything Lives)

Details
Established 6 November 1876
Location
Zagreb
Country Croatia
Coordinates
45°50′06″N 15°59′10″E / 45.835°N 15.986°E / 45.835; 15.986Coordinates: 45°50′06″N 15°59′10″E / 45.835°N 15.986°E / 45.835; 15.986
Type Public
Owned by City of Zagreb
Website www.gradskagroblja.hr
Find a Grave Mirogoj Cemetery



Mirogoj arcade


The Mirogoj Cemetery (pronounced [mîrɔɡɔːj]) is a cemetery park that is considered[1] to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the City of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Latter Day Saints; irreligious graves can all be found. In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous Croatians.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Notable interments


  • 3 Memorials


  • 4 Location and access


  • 5 Gallery


  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 Sources


  • 9 External links





History


The Mirogoj Cemetery was built on a plot of land owned by the linguist Ljudevit Gaj, purchased by the city in 1872, after his death.[2] Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876.[3]


The construction of the arcades, the cupolas, and the church in the entryway was begun in 1879. Due to lack of funding, work was finished only in 1929.[4]


Unlike the older cemeteries, which were church-owned, Mirogoj was owned by the city, and accepted burials from all religious backgrounds.[4]



Notable interments





  • Zlatko Baloković - violinist


  • Hermann Bollé[5] - architect


  • Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić[6] - writer


  • Ferdinand Budicki - automotive and air travel pioneer of Zagreb, introduced cars to the city


  • Krešimir Ćosić[7] - member of both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame


  • Arsen Dedić - singer-songwriter and composer [8]


  • Dimitrija Demeter - a Greek Croatian, who played a major role in the movement for the national awakening of the Croatian nation


  • Filip Deutsch - nobleman and industrialist


  • Julio Deutsch - architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch


  • Janko Drašković[4] - Croatian noble, national reformer, politician and poet


  • Hugo Ehrlich - known architect


  • Aleksandar Ehrmann - known industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat


  • Ljudevit Gaj[4] - co-founder of the Illyrian movement


  • Leo Hönigsberg - Croatian architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch


  • Hosea Jacobi - Chief Rabbi of Zagreb


  • Miroslav Krleža[9] - writer


  • Oton Kučera - astronomer


  • Zinka Kunc (Milanov), famous soprano


  • Svetozar Kurepa - mathematician


  • Ante Kovačić[10] - writer from Hrvatsko Zagorje


  • Vatroslav Lisinski[11] - composer


  • Vladko Maček[12] - politician, co-signatory of the Cvetković-Maček Agreement


  • Savić Marković Štedimlija - Montenegrin-Croat publicist.


  • Antun Gustav Matoš - writer


  • Edo Murtić[13] - painter


  • Vladimir Nazor[14] - writer and first President of People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Croatia


  • Maximilian Njegovan - Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy[15]


  • Dražen Petrović[16] - member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame


  • Vladimir Prelog[17] - Nobel prize-winning chemist


  • Petar Preradović - poet


  • Stjepan Radić[18] - leader of the Croatian Peasants Party


  • August Šenoa[4] - writer


  • Ivica Šerfezi - singer and politician supporter of HSS


  • Ivan Šubašić - last Ban of Croatia


  • Milka Ternina, famous soprano


  • Franjo Tuđman - the first president of Republic of Croatia


  • Vice Vukov[10] - singer and politician


  • Tin Ujević[19] - poet


  • Emil Uzelac - head of the Austro-Hungarian air force


  • Ivan Zajc[20] - composer



Memorials



  • Monument to Fallen Croatian Soldiers in World War I (1919)

  • Monument to the children from the Kozara mountain


  • Tomb of the People's Heroes (1968)

  • Memorial Cross to Croatian Home Guard Soldiers (1993)

  • Monument to the Victims of Bleiburg and the Way of the Cross (1994)

  • German military cemetery (1996)

  • Monument of the "Voice of Croatian Victims - Wall of Pain" (to Croatian victims of the Croatian War of Independence)



Location and access


It is located today in the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district, on Mirogojska Road and Hermann Bollé Street.


ZET bus line 106 runs between the cemetery and the Kaptol bus terminal in the heart of Zagreb every 20 minutes during the cemetery's opening hours.
A less frequent line, 226 (every 35–40 minutes), also starts from Kaptol by the same route, but continues farther east to Svetice terminal, directly connecting to the Maksimir Park.



Gallery




See also



  • History of Zagreb


Notes





  1. ^ http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g294454-d316812-r146556614-Mirogoj_Cemetery-Zagreb.html


  2. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 10.


  3. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 12.


  4. ^ abcde Švigir 2010, cited in Polić 2011


  5. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 38.


  6. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 64.


  7. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 71.


  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-24.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  9. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 34.


  10. ^ ab Švigir 2010, p. 60.


  11. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 27.


  12. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 35.


  13. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 78.


  14. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 81.


  15. ^ Maximilian Njegovan Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.


  16. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 77.


  17. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 36.


  18. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 32.


  19. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 53.


  20. ^ Švigir 2010, p. 37.




Sources




  • Polić, Maja (March 2011). "Mirogoj, Panteon hrvatske povijesti, Zagreb, 2010" (PDF). Rijeka (in Croatian). 16 (1): 89–90. Retrieved 13 February 2017.


  • Švigir, Mihovil, ed. (2010). Mirogoj (PDF). Zagreb Tourist Board. ISBN 978-953-228-055-5. Retrieved 26 February 2017.



External links




  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata(in Croatian)


  • Mirogoj Cemetery at Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe










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