Mirogoj Cemetery

Mirogoj Cemetery
Mirogoj Cemetery
	Panoramic view of Mirogoj
Details
Established	6 November 1876
Location	Gornji Grad–Medveščak, Zagreb
Country	Croatia
Coordinates	45°50′06″N 15°59′10″E / 45.835°N 15.986°E
Type	Public
Owned by	City of Zagreb
Website	www.gradskagroblja.hr
Find a Grave	Mirogoj Cemetery

The Mirogoj City Cemetery (pronounced [mîrɔɡɔːj], Croatian: Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery (Croatian: Groblje Mirogoj), is a cemetery park that is considered^[1] 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

Mirogoj arcade

Christ the King Church from inside the cemetery

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.^[2] Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876.^[3]

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.^[4]

Unlike the older cemeteries, which were church-owned, Mirogoj was owned by the city, and accepted burials from all religious backgrounds.^[4]

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.^[5]

Notable interments

Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist
Milan Bandić (1955–2021), longest-serving mayor of Zagreb^[6]
Ena Begović (1960–2000), actress
Miroslav Blažević (1935–2023), football player and later manager^[7]
Hermann Bollé (1845–1926), architect^[8]
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer^[9]
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^[10]
Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer
Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), singer-songwriter and composer^[11]
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^[4]
Rajko Dujmić, songwriter and composer (1954–2020)^[12]
Hugo Ehrlich (1879–1936), architect
Aleksandar Ehrmann (1879–1965), industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat
Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), co-founder of the Illyrian movement^[4]
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^[13]
Oton Kučera (1857–1931), astronomer
Zinka Kunc-Milanov (1906–1989), famous soprano
Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010), mathematician
Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), writer^[14]
Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), composer^[15]
Vladko Maček (1879–1964), politician^[16]
Savić Marković Štedimlija (1906–1971), publicist
Anđelka Martić (1924–2000), writer
Antun Gustav Matoš (1873–1914), writer
Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), seismologist
Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter^[17]
Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), writer^[18]
Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy^[19]
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922), inventor
Dražen Petrović (1964–1993), basketball player, member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame^[20]
Milka Planinc (1924–2010), first and only female prime minister of Yugoslavia
Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), Nobel prize-winning chemist^[21]
Petar Preradović (1818–1872), poet
Stjepan Radić (1871–1928), leader of the Croatian Peasants Party^[22]
August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer^[4]
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^[14]
Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet^[23]
Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), head of the Austro-Hungarian air force
Ivan Zajc (1832–1914), composer^[24]

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^[25]
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, 203 (every 20–25 minutes), also starts from Kaptol by the same route, but continues further east to Svetice terminal, directly connecting to the Maksimir Park. Also, the line 226 goes by a similar route as the line 203, but goes through Remete. Also, it’s less frequent (every 35-40 minutes).