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Events from the year 2011 in Austria
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Burgenland: Hans Niessl
- Carinthia: Gerhard Dörfler
- Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll
- Salzburg: Gabi Burgstaller
- Styria: Franz Voves
- Tyrol: Günther Platter
- Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
- Vienna: Michael Häupl
- Vorarlberg:
- Herbert Sausgruber (till December 7, 2011)
- Markus Wallner (since December 7, 2011)
Events
[edit]- July 16: The funeral of Otto von Habsburg takes place in Vienna attended by over 100,000 people
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 3: Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer.[1]
- January 6: Rudi Bass, 96, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer.[2]
- January 15: Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010).[3]
- January 30: Michael Herzog, 58, Austrian ice hockey player.[4]
February
[edit]- February 1: Ernst Badian, 85, Austrian classical scholar and history professor (Harvard University), complications from a fall.[5]
- February 7: Maria Altmann, 94, Austrian-born American art heiress, after long illness.[6]
- February 12: Peter Alexander, 84, Austrian actor and singer.[7]
March
[edit]- March 15: Yakov Kreizberg, 51, Russian-born Austrian-American conductor.[8]
- March 19: Gustav Lantschner, 100, Austrian Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) alpine skier and actor.[9]
- March 29: Edith Klestil, 78, Austrian first lady (1992–1998), first wife of President Thomas Klestil, cancer.[10]
- March 31: Claudia Heill, 29, Austrian judoka, silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, suspected suicide.[11]
April
[edit]- April 17: Eric Gross, 84, Austrian-born Australian composer.[12]
- April 20: Erwin Strahl, 82, Austrian actor.[13]
May
[edit]- May 5: Friedrich Rückert, 90, Austrian Olympic hockey player.[14]
- May 30: Hans Nogler, 91, Austrian Olympic alpine skier.[15]
June
[edit]- June 6: Werner Fischer, 70, Austrian Olympic sailor.[16]
- June 14: Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal.[17]
- June 25: Dorothea Austin, 89, Austrian-born American pianist and composer.
July
[edit]- July 4: Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian royal and politician, MEP (1979–1999).[18]
- July 6:
- Andreas Waldherr, 43, Austrian rally driver, workshop accident.[19]
- Gabriele Zeilinger, 93, Austrian Olympic fencer.[20]
- July 21: Franz Alt, 100, Austrian-born American mathematician.[21]
August
[edit]- August 11: Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist.[22]
- August 14: Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist.[23]
September
[edit]- September 6: Archduke Felix of Austria, 95, Austrian royal, last surviving child of Charles I of Austria.[24]
- September 25: Sissy Löwinger, 70, Austrian actress, daughter of Paul Löwinger.[25]
October
[edit]- October 10: Otto Tausig, 89, Austrian writer, director and actor.[26]
- October 18: Michael Staikos, 65, Greek-born Austrian Orthodox hierarch, metropolitan bishop of Austria (since 1991).[27]
- October 28: Arnold Ruiner, 74, Austrian Olympic cyclist.[28]
November
[edit]- November 11: Hellmut May, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.[29]
- November 12: Evelyn Lauder, 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (The Breast Cancer Research Foundation), creator of pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer.[30]
- November 19: Peter Steinwender, 83, Austrian Olympian[1]
- November 22:
- Sena Jurinac, 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer.[31]
- Georg Kreisler, 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author.[32]
- November 24: Ludwig Hirsch, 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by self-defenestration.[33]
December
[edit]- December 29: Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).[34]
References
[edit]- ^ "Österreichs ältester Athlet mit 102 Jahren gestorben". Kleine Zeitung (in German). January 7, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ "Rudi Bass obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2019 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Innsbrucks Altbürgermeisterin Zach ist tot" (in German). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Michael Herzog Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Ernst Badian, professor of history emeritus, 85". The Harvard Gazette. February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis". Los Angeles Times. February 8, 2011.
- ^ "Tiefe Trauer um Peter Alexander". Kleine Zeitung (in German). March 13, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Conductor Yakov Kreizberg (1959-2011)". Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ^ "Gustav Lantschner Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-First Lady dies of cancer". Austrian Times. April 3, 2019. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.
- ^ "Olympic silver medallist commits suicide". insidethegames.biz. March 31, 2011.
- ^ "Eric Gross (1926-2011)". Australian Music Centre.
- ^ "Erwin Strahl gestorben" (in German). Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
- ^ "Friedrich Rückert Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Hans Johann Nogler - Todesanzeige". Südtirol Online (in German). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Werner Fischer
- ^ "Most-wanted Croatian World War II war crime suspect dies in Austria". Monsters and Critics. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.
- ^ "Eldest son of last Austrian emperor dies at 98". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Andi Waldherr dead". RallycrossWorld.com. July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Gabriele Zeilinger Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Franz Alt Obituary". The New York Times.
- ^ "Johann Traxler Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (August 17, 2011). "Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Kaisersohn Felix Habsburg in Mexiko gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
- ^ "Trauer um Schauspielerin Sissy Löwinger" (in German). Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "Schauspieler Otto Tausig gestorben". ORF (in German). October 10, 2011.
- ^ "Orthodoxer Metropolit Michael Staikos verstorben". Der Standard (in German).
- ^ "Arnold Ruiner". Cycling Archives.
- ^ "Skate Canada mourns the loss of Hall of Famer Dr. Hellmut May". Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ "Evelyn Lauder, who created breast cancer's pink ribbon, dies at 75". CNN.
- ^ "Opera performer Sena Jurinac dies". BBC News. November 23, 2011.
- ^ "Georg Kreisler 89-jährig gestorben". Der Standard.
- ^ "Ludwig Hirsch hat sich das Leben genommen". Oe24.at (in German). November 24, 2011.
- ^ "Leopold Hawelka, luminary of Viennese cafe culture, dies aged 100". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. December 30, 2011.
