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Queere Geschichte(n) am Wiener Zentralfriedhof
Queer history(s) at the Vienna Central Cemetery
Event by: Qwien - Verein für queere Kultur und Geschichte
Talks & discussions
About event
For centuries queer people had to hide. The Vienna Central Cemetery preserves their traces - and on this Vienna Pride Walk we make them visible and tangible. Because the absence of queer history is not a coincidence, but the result of systematic erasure. We counter this forgetting with remembrance and appropriation.
The Central Cemetery is a place of remembrance - of people who loved, lived and suffered courageously, but whose stories remained invisible for far too long and should never have disappeared from memory. This Vienna Pride Walk brings them back.
What awaits you?
Hidden Stories We explore the final resting places of personalities who shaped Vienna's queer history - from world-famous names like Eduard van der Nüll, Franz Schubert, the Wittgenstein family and Marcel Prawy to moving fates that are less in the spotlight.
Stories of survivalLearn about courageous people who lived their queer identity despite persecution and repression - and about those whose memory we particularly honor on this walk.
Remembrance & Homage Queer history of Vienna that was invisible for far too long - rediscovered, told and remembered together.
For whom? Everyone who loves queer history, city history and Vienna apart from the want to discover well-trodden paths - whether alone, with friends or as a group.
About Qwien Qwien - Center for Queer History Vienna - sees mediation as a central task: history should not only be preserved, but also made accessible and tangible. Our Vienna Pride Walks and city walks are aimed at everyone who wants to rediscover Vienna.
This Vienna Pride Walk is more than just a walk - it is a tribute to courage, love, resistance and joy of life. Get your ticket now and be there!
Practical information
Our Vienna Pride Walks take place in public spaces. The accessibility corresponds to the given conditions of the respective public space - sidewalks, squares and open spaces without guaranteed barrier-free access to all stations.
Our Vienna Pride Walks will not take place in the event of rain or bad weather conditions. Information about cancellations will be sent via email in good time before the respective date.
Our walks are well booked - if you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking in good time via Eventbrite so that your place can be passed on to someone else. Here's how: Sign in to your Eventbrite account, go to Tickets, select your order, and click Cancel Order. Thank you very much!
Support
Qwien's Vienna Pride Walks are kindly supported by the city's Vienna Anti-Discrimination Agency for LGBTIQ Affairs (WASt). Vienna. We would like to thank WASt for their support, which enables us to make Vienna's queer history visible and tangible as part of the Vienna Pride Walks.