Mirogoj Cemetery

Mirogoj Cemetery
The Mirogoj City Cemetery, also known as Mirogoj Cemetery, is a cemetery park that is considered 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 Croats.
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. Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876.
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.
Unlike the older cemeteries, which were church-owned, Mirogoj was owned by the city, and accepted burials from all religious backgrounds.
On 22 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zagreb was hit by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that caused significant damage across the city, including the damage on the famous arcades of the Mirogoj cemetery.
Notable interments
Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist
Milan Bandić (1955–2021), longest-serving mayor of Zagreb
Ena Begović (1960–2000), actress
Miroslav Blažević (1935–2023), football player and later manager
Hermann Bollé (1845–1926), architect
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer
Ferdinand Budicki (1871–1951), automotive and air travel pioneer of Zagreb, introduced cars to the city
Krešimir Ćosić (1948–1995), basketball player and coach, member of both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame
Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer
Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), singer-songwriter and composer
Dimitrija Demeter (1811–1872), Greek–Croatian who played a major role in the movement for the national awakening of the Croatian nation
Filip Deutsch (1828–1919), nobleman and industrialist
Julio Deutsch (1859–1922), architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch
Janko Drašković (1770–1856), nobleman, national reformer, politician and poet
Rajko Dujmić, songwriter and composer (1954–2020)
Hugo Ehrlich (1879–1936), architect
Aleksandar Ehrmann (1879–1965), industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat
Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), co-founder of the Illyrian movement
Leo Hönigsberg (1861–1911), architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch
Hosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb
Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981), writer
Oton Kučera (1857–1931), astronomer
Zinka Kunc-Milanov (1906–1989), famous soprano
Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010), mathematician
Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), writer
Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), composer
Vladko Maček (1879–1964), politician
Savić Marković Štedimlija (1906–1971), publicist
Antun Gustav Matoš (1873–1914), writer
Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), seismologist
Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter
Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), writer
Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922), inventor
Dražen Petrović (1964–1993), basketball player, member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Milka Planinc (1924–2010), first and only female prime minister of Yugoslavia
Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), Nobel prize-winning chemist
Petar Preradović (1818–1872), poet
Stjepan Radić (1871–1928), leader of the Croatian Peasants Party
August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer
Ivica Šerfezi (1935–2004), singer and politician supporter of Croatian Peasant Party
Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955), last Ban of Croatia
Milka Ternina (1863–1941), famous soprano
Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), the first president of Croatia
Vice Vukov (1936–2008), singer and politician
Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet
Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), head of the Austro-Hungarian air force
Ivan Zajc (1832–1914), 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) for more than 4.430 deaths
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 further east to Svetice terminal, directly connecting to the Maksimir Park.
Gallery
See also
History of Zagreb
References
Further reading
External links
Mirogoj Cemetery at Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe
Cemeteries in Croatia
Eastern Orthodox cemeteries
Jewish cemeteries
Roman Catholic cemeteries
Lutheran cemeteries
Protestant Reformed cemeteries
Buildings and structures in Zagreb
Gornji Grad–Medveščak
Hermann Bollé buildings
1876 establishments in Austria-Hungary