Csernus Lukács - Triff Zsigmond: The Cemeteries of Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

Detail of the wall covering inside the Schmidl vacjlt

by the vault of the Leitersdorfer-Virány family built in neoclassical style, the vault of shipping agent Mór Balázs, and the mausoleum, featuring elements of Egyptian architecture, planned by Alfréd Wellisch for József Hűvös, director of the Budapest City Electric Railway Company. The Art Nouveau vault of Berthold Goldberger was designed by architects Kármán and CJllmann. Standing between two Egyptian columns beyond the corner, the tombstone of one Halmos then next to it that of another Halmos, the latter by István Sárkány, and the vault of the Schwarz family planned by Lajta are all covered by creepers. Lipót Baumhorn planned a dome-topped mausoleum in Moorish style for the Újhelyi family. At the next corner stands the monumental vault of the Grósz family built to plans by architects Bálint and Jámbor. The interior of this structure is decorated with mosaics and a facing made of Zsolnay ceramic tiles. Hidden under the ivy as it is, the next monument designed by Lajta for the Greiner family is hardly recognisable. There are two white marble columns in front of the bulk of the black marble mausoleum of the Popper family; an image of this structure has been found among Lajta’s architectural sketches. The architect of the Konrád-Pol- nay family vault was Gyula Fodor. Standing at the next corner is another large vault, that of Béla Freund’s family, which was designed in the shape of a circular colonnade.

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