Round trips to the central cemetery of

As the first confessional section, the „Jewish Cemetery“ (officially called the Israelite Section of the Central Cemetery) was opened in 1879 in the west of the grounds near Gate 1. However, this section was already full by 1916, which is why the New Jewish Section (5th Gate, renamed 4th Gate before December 1996) was built at the eastern end of the cemetery grounds. The keystone to the ceremonial hall, designed by architect Ignaz Reiser (1863-1940), was laid on 12 September 1928.

In 1945, misdirected aerial bombs caused severe damage to the old section, destroying some 3000 gravesites. In the following decades, the section became visibly overgrown. In 1991, the independent association „Schalom“, founded in the same year, began to restore damaged graves, renew grave inscriptions and carry out general maintenance work. The old Jewish cemetery, where among others Arthur Schnitzler, Friedrich Torberg, Gerhard Bronner and Viktor Frankl are buried, and the new section, where among others Otto Soyka is buried, are by far the largest confessional sections on the grounds of the Central Cemetery.