The Zentralfriedhof (German for "Central Cemetery") is one of the largest cemeteries in the world, largest by number of interred in Europe and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries.
In order that Vienna is a city of music since time immemorial, so the municipality expressed gratitude to composers by granting them monumental tombs. Interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as "Beethoven" and others who were moved there in 1888.