Sights of Burgenland

Bergkirche in Eisenstadt

Burial place of composer Joseph Haydn in Eisenstadt, Austria

The church named Bergkirche (Hill Church) was founded in 1715. Today, it houses the mausoleum of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. Therefore, people also call it Haydnkirche.

Burial place of Joseph Haydn

A strange detail is the fact that Haydn was buried without his head, as the skull had been stolen. After finding his skull in Vienna, his body was completed in 1954.

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn lived in this building from 1766 to 1778. Today it houses a museum telling about the private life of the composer. So I learned here more about his wife Anna Aloysia. Another museum about Joseph Haydn is located in his former home in Vienna.