Vinohrady Cemetery


Vinohrady Cemetery is a cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1885 as a cemetery of the city of Královské Vinohrady, which became a part of Prague in 1922 and today is known as the Vinohrady district. It contains the Strašnice Crematorium. Among the most notable people buried at the cemetery are two of the presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, Václav Havel and Emil Hácha.

History

The cemetery was established in 1884–1885, although it was at first smaller than its current size of. Over time, the land has been extended three times. It is the third largest cemetery of Prague by number of persons buried there, after Olšany Cemetery and Ďáblice Cemetery.
In 1897 the municipal architect Antonín Turek designed the simple chapel here which is near the entrance. This chapel is dedicated to St. Wenceslas and should not be confused with the more modern St. Wenceslas Church in nearby Vršovice. In front of this chapel are the graves of those who were killed in the Prague Uprising of May 1945 as well as a memorial to the children killed during the German occupation of Prague during the Second World War.
The Strašnice Crematorium opened in 1932.
Since 1958, the cemetery and the crematorium has been protected as a cultural monument.

Notable interments

Notable people buried at Vinohrady Cemetery include:

Politics

Science and academia

Arts

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