St Peter’s City Cemetery in Graz was established at the beginning of the 19th century and is owned by the Catholic parish of the Holy Blood, which still manages it today. The extensive green spaces with their trees, rose bushes and benches are not only used for visiting the cemetery but also for relaxing walks.
Family Crypt Eisl
When you walk through the main gate of the beautifully landscaped cemetery, it is best to turn left immediately to walk around the modern funeral parlour and take the path along the cemetery wall. Lined with impressive graves of families known far beyond the borders of Styria, it leads to burial group B7 after approx. 50 metres. There, right next to the wall, on the left in front of the chapel, is the Eisl crypt. An artistically designed angel watches over the memory of the deceased; the crypt itself is closed with a stone slab that can be lifted by four massive iron rings. The bench, designed in the same style, allows you to linger in peace in remembrance.
As the grave had not been actively cared for for some time, it was transferred to the burial society in spring 2017. Renovation and regular maintenance were organised and the restoration work will be completed by the end of 2018.
Family members buried in this crypt
- Eisl Josefa (née Amon; 1800 – 1871)
- Titz Cornelia (née Eisl; 1825 – 1912)
- Eisl Reinhold Benedikt (1830 – 1908)
- Eisl Maria (née Winkler; 1836 – 1926)
- Eisl Reinhold (1858 – 1913)
- Eisl Alfred (1858 – 1914)
- Eisl Hermann (1864 – 1921)
- Eisl Ernestine (Erna; née Mayer; 1874 – 1924)
- Eisl Herwarth (1905 – 1905)
- Eisl Melitta (1907 – 1988)
- Josefa Eisl was born as the daughter of Benedikt Amon and Anna Lister and married Alois Eisl (1794 – 1854). Josefa and Alois are the parents of three children: Cornelia, Reinhold and Adolf.
- Cornelia Titz was born as the daughter of Josefa and Alois Eisl, widowed Beroaldo-Bianchini; childless.
- Reinhold Benedikt Eisl, son of Josefa and Alois, married to Marie Winkler.
- Marie Eisl was born as the daughter of Jakob Winkler and Franziska Pollay, married to Reinhold Benedikt Eisl.
- Marie and Reinhold are the parents of six children: Cornelia (who died young), Reinhold and Alfred, Maria (known as Mitzi), Hermann and Martha.
- Mitzi Eisl: Mitzi’s first marriage was to Gustav I v. Reininghaus, son of Therese Mautner and Johann Peter v. Reininghaus (MM line 1.1.). They had two children from this marriage. Emy, who married Georg II Anton Mautner v. Markhof (MM line 6.6.) and Gustav II, married to Ilse Engelmann. After Gustav’s early death, she married his second cousin Paul Reininghaus, son of Emilie Mautner and Julius Reininghaus (MM line 5.2.). This marriage produced three more children.
- About Martha Eisl: Martha was married to Theodor I Mautner v. Markhof (MM line 6.4.).
- Reinhold Eisl, son of Reinhold Benedikt and Marie, twin brother of Alfred; unmarried and childless.
- Alfred Eisl, son of Reinhold Benedikt and Marie, twin brother of Reinhold; unmarried and childless.
- Hermann Eisl, son of Reinhold Benedikt and Marie, married to Ernestine, daughter of Emerich Carl Mayer and Franziska Gallé.
- Erna and Hermann are the parents of four children: Elisabeth, Herwarth, Melitta and Herbert.
- Elisabeth: Elisabeth was married to Gerhard Mautner v. Markhof (line 6.4.).
- Herbert: Herbert was married to Helene (Ene) Hiller.
Conditions for admission to the resting place (as at June 2017)
- One-off contribution* / person (securing grave site, inscription)
- ongoing maintenance contribution € 120,-* / year / person (association membership)
*All contributions paid are used for care, maintenance, insurance and ongoing support and are administered in trust by the association.
