2022_in_Austria
2022 in Austria
List of events
Events in the year 2022 in Austria.
Governors
- Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
- Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
- Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
- Styria:
- Hermann Schützenhöfer (until June 4)
- Christopher Drexler (from June 4)
- Tyrol:
- Günther Platter (until October 25)
- Anton Mattle (from October 25)
- Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
- Vienna: Michael Ludwig
- Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
- January 1 – Austria legalizes assisted suicide for people over the age of 18 years who are terminally ill or who suffer from a permanent, debilitating condition.[1]
- January 20 – The Austrian National Council votes 137–13 to approve a bill requiring people over 18 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on 1 February, becoming the first country in the European Union to do so.[2]
- February 28 – Diplomats from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran gather in Vienna, Austria to seek a deal to revive the 2015 Iran deal.[3]
- May 9 – Münchendorf derailment
- May 22 – Austria confirms its first case of monkeypox.[4]
- August 18 – 2022 European derecho: Five people are killed by storms in Austria.[5]
- September 25 – The 2022 Tyrolean state election was held. Incumbent Günther Platter resigns and Anton Mattle gets elected
- October 9 – 2022 Austrian presidential election: Incumbent president Alexander van der Bellen secures reelection after receiving more than 50% of the votes.[6]
- December 8 – Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration.[7]
- December 15 – At least four people are injured, one of them seriously, when an avalanche hits the ski resort Zürs/Lech in Vorarlberg, Austria. Emergency services rescue all of the ten people who had been buried alive.[8]
January
- January 8 – Manfred Srb, 80, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1994) (b. 1941).[9]
- January 10
- Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer (Austria Wien, Wacker Wien, national team) (b. 1942).[10]
- Friedrich Kurrent, 90, Austrian architect and author (b. 1931).[11]
- January 11 – Herman Rechberger, 74, Austrian-born Finnish composer (b. 1947).[12]
- January 19 – Elmar Fischer, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Feldkirch (2005–2011), COVID-19 (b. 1936).[13]
- January 20 – Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian conductor (b. 1947).[14]
- January 26 – Ernst Stankovski, 93, Austrian actor (To Be Without Worries, The Good Soldier Schweik, Help, I Love Twins) (b. 1928).[15]
- January 27 – Karl Spiehs, 90, Austrian film producer (Dance with Me Into the Morning, Always Trouble with the Teachers, Cola, Candy, Chocolate) (b. 1931).[16]
- January 28 – Brigitte Kowanz, 64, Austrian artist (b. 1957).[17]
February
- February 1 – Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian violinist (b. 1921).[18]
- February 7 – Gustav Ortner, 86, Austrian diplomat, ambassador to the Holy See (1997–2001) (b. 1935).[19]
- February 8
- Gerhard Roth, 79, Austrian writer (b. 1942).[20]
- Herbert Thalhammer, 66, Austrian politician (b. 1955).[21]
- February 9
- Joseph Horovitz, composer (Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo) and conductor (b. 1926).[22]
- Reinhard Schwabenitzky, 74, Austrian film director (Parole Chicago, Tour de Ruhr), producer and screenwriter (b. 1947).[23]
- February 13 – Ferdinand Hueter, 62, Austrian politician (b. 1960).[24]
- February 18 – Toni Stricker, 91, Austrian composer and violinist (b. 1930).[25]
- February 25 – Eleonore Schönborn, 101, Austrian politician (b. 1920).[26]
- February 28 – Hans Menasse, 91, Austrian footballer (First Vienna FC, national team) (b. 1930).[27]
March
- March 1 – Alfred Mayer, 85, Austrian politician (b. 1936).[28]
- March 3 – Josef Bauer, 88, Austrian artist (b. 1934).[29]
- March 4 – Wilhelm Huberts, 84, Austrian football player (Grazer AK, Eintracht Frankfurt, national team) and manager (b. 1938).[30]
- March 8
- René Clemencic, 94, Austrian composer (b. 1928).[31]
- Maria Simon, 103, Austrian sociologist (b. 1918).[32]
- March 13 – Erhard Busek, 80, Austrian politician, vice-chancellor (1991–1995) (b. 1941).[33]
- March 17 – Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist (b. 1936).[34]
- March 18 – Alfons Dirnberger, 80, Austrian footballer (national team) (b. 1941).[35]
April
- April 1 – Gerhard J. Woeginger, 57, Austrian mathematician (b. 1964).[36]
- April 7 – Hellmuth Matiasek, 90, Austrian theatre director, theatre manager (Theater am Gärtnerplatz), and drama school president (Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding) (b. 1931).[37]
- April 8 – Mimi Reinhardt, 107, Austrian secretary (Oskar Schindler) (b. 1915).[38]
- April 18 – Hermann Nitsch, 83, Austrian artist (Viennese Actionism) (b. 1938).[39]
- April 21 – Renate Holm, 90, German-Austrian actress (The Count of Luxemburg) and operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera) (b. 1931).[40]
- April 24 – Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian singer, comedian, and human rights activist, fall (b. 1948).[41]
- April 26 – Inge Bernstein, 91, Austrian-born English judge (b. 1931).[42]
- April 27 – Maria L. Marcus, 88, Austrian-born American lawyer (b. 1933).[43]
May
- May 4 – Albin Julius, 54, Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch) (b. 1967).[44]
- May 13 – Rosmarie Trapp, 93, Austrian-born American singer (Trapp Family) (b. 1929).[45]
- May 18 – Thomas Resetarits, 82, Austrian sculptor (b. 1939).[46]
June
- June 4 – Frank Hoffmann, 83, German-Austrian actor (Ace of Aces, Derrick) (b. 1938).[47]
- June 8 – Wolfgang Reisinger, 66, Austrian jazz percussionist, ruptured aneurysm (b. 1955).[48]
- June 12 – Heidi Horten, 81, Austrian art collector (b. 1941).[49]
- June 13 – Theresia Haidlmayr, 66, Austrian politician and disability rights activist, MP (1994–2008) (b. 1955).[50]
- June 14 – Hermann Fillitz, 98, Austrian art historian (b. 1924).[51]
- June 20
- Kurt Equiluz, 93, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera) (b. 1929).[52]
- Stefan Geosits, 94, Austrian Roman Catholic priest and historian (b. 1928).[53]
- June 25 – Dietmar Streitler, 58, Austrian Olympic wrestler (1984) (b. 1964).[54]
- June 26 – Hans Hollmann, 89, Austrian director and actor (b. 1933).[55]
July
- July 4 – Robert Hoffmann, 82, Austrian actor (The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Kampf um Rom, The Sea Wolves) (b. 1939).[56]
- July 13 – Sixtus Lanner, 88, Austrian politician, MP (1971–1996) (b. 1934).[57]
- July 16 – Herbert W. Franke, 95, Austrian scientist and writer (b. 1927).[58]
- July 17 – Ilona Graenitz, 79, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1995) and MEP (1995–1999) (b. 1943).[59]
- July 20 – Alice Harnoncourt, 91, Austrian violinist (Concentus Musicus Wien) (b. 1930).[60]
- July 22 – Stefan Soltész, 73, Hungarian-Austrian conductor (b. 1949).[61]
- July 24 – Lotte Ingrisch, 92, Austrian author (b. 1930).[62]
August
- August 7 – Gerd Kaminski, 79, Austrian legal scholar (b. 1942).[63]
- August 19 – Egon Pajenk, 72, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, Admira, national team) (b. 1950).[64]
- August 24 – Lily Renée, 101, Austrian-born American comic book artist (b. 1921).[65]
- August 28 – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, 79, Swiss Roman Catholic archbishop, apostolic nuncio to Austria (2009–2018) (b. 1943).[66]
September
- September 15 – Alois Roppert, 88, Austrian politician, MP (1979–1994) (b. 1934).[67]
- September 27 – Kurt Binder, 78, Austrian theoretical physicist (b. 1944).[68]
October
- October 3 – Johann Müllner, 90, Austrian farmer and politician (b. 1932).[69]
- October 4 – Felicitas Kuhn, 96, Austrian children's book illustrator (b. 1926).[70]
- October 6 – Günter Vetter, 86, Austrian politician (b. 1936).[71]
- October 13 – Dagmar Rom, 94, Austrian skier, Olympic silver medallist (1952) (b. 1928).[72]
- October 16 – Josef Zemann, 99, Austrian mineralogist and geologist (b. 1923).[73]
- October 17 – Peter Polleruhs, 72, Austrian engineer and politician, MP (1993–2002) (b. 1949).[74]
- October 19 – Kassian Lauterer, 88, Austrian Roman Catholic priest, abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau (1968–2009) and member of the Cistercians (since 1952) (b. 1934).[75]
- October 22 – Dietrich Mateschitz, 78, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (b. 1944).[76]
November
- November 1 – Karl Svoboda, 92, Austrian politician, member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna (1979–1996) (b. 1929).[77]
- November 4 – Alois Reicht, 94, Austrian politician, MP (1979–1988) (b. 1928).[78]
- November 13 – Johanna Priglinger, 36, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Upper Austria (2013–2015) (b. 1986).[79]
- November 16 – Gerhard Rodax, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira, Rapid Vienna, national team), hit by train (b.1965).[80]
- November 22 – Peter Sternad, 76, Austrian Olympic hammer thrower (1972, 1976) (b. 1946).[81]
- November 29 – Edmund Freibauer, 85, Austrian politician, president of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1998–2008) (b. 1937).[82]
- November 30 – Christiane Hörbiger, 84, Austrian actress (The Major and the Bulls, Das Erbe der Guldenburgs, Julia – Eine ungewöhnliche Frau) (b. 1938).[83]
December
- December 4 – Karl Merkatz, 92, Austrian actor (Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter, Der Bockerer, Lethal Obsession) (b. 1930).[84]
- December 9 – Fredrick Terna, 99, Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923).[85]
- December 12 – Josef Schagerl, 99, Austrian sculptor (b. 1923).[86]
- December 13 – Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic official, lieutenant ad interim (2017) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1937).[87]
- December 14 – Franz Kurzreiter, 78, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1986–2003) (b. 1944).[88]
- December 17
- Elmar Kunauer, 82, Austrian Olympic sprinter (1960) (b.1940).[89]
- Albert Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian real estate executive (b. 1929). [90]
- December 31 – Tom Karen, 96, Austrian-born British industrial designer (b. 1926).[91]
- "New law allowing assisted suicide takes effect in Austria". BBC News. 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- Murphy, Francois (2022-01-21). "Austria set to make COVID shots compulsory after bill clears parliament". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- "Diplomats reconvene in Vienna for Iran nuclear deal talks". euronews. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- "Austria's first case of monkeypox confirmed, Vienna health authority says". Reuters. 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- "Europe storms: Children among dead in France, Austria and Italy". BBC News. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- "Van der Bellen wins reelection in Austria presidential race". UPI. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- "Austria to veto Bulgaria, Romania joining Schengen area". Times of Malta. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- Online, R. T. L. (27 December 2022). "Lawinendrama am Arlberg (Österreich): Alle Vermissten gerettet". RTL Online (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- Menschenrechtskämpfer Manfred Srb verstorben (in German)
- Austria Wien trauert um Alfred Gager (in German)
- Architekt Friedrich Kurrent gestorben (in German)
- Säveltäjä Herman Rechberger on kuollut (in Finnish)
- Elhunyt Karolos Trikolidis karmester (in Hungarian)
- Filmproduzent Karl Spiehs gestorben (in German)
- Lichtkünstlerin Brigitte Kowanz verstorben (in German)
- Zum Gedenken von Walter Barylli (in German)
- Dr. iur. Gustav Ortner, Botschafter a.D. (in German)
- Gerhard Roth ist tot (in German)
- "Joseph Horovitz, composer who brought humour to classical music and was best known for his cantata Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo – obituary". The Telegraph. 11 February 2022. (subscription required)
- Toni Stricker ist tot (in German)
- Eleonore Schönborn mit 101 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- Ex-Vienna-Meisterkicker Hans Menasse tot (in German)
- Künstler Josef Bauer gestorben (in German)
- Fußballlegende Willi Huberts gestorben (in German)
- Komponist Rene Clemencic ist tot (in German)
- Simon, Maria Dorothea (in German)
- Willi Resetarits tödlich verunglückt (in German)
- Inge Bernstein (subscription required)
- Bildhauer Thomas Resetarits gestorben (in German)
- Schauspieler Frank Hoffmann gestorben (in German)
- Kurt Equiluz mit 93 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- Umro bivši farnik Klimpuha Štefan Geošić (in Croatian)
- Linz trauert (in German)
- Alice Harnoncourt mit 91 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- Schriftstellerin Lotte Ingrisch gestorben (in German)
- Der SK Rapid trauert um Egon Pajenk (in German)
- Traueranzeigen Alois Roppert (88) (in German)
- Nachruf Prof. Kurt Binder (in German)
- Johann Müllner (in German)
- Alt-Landesrat Günter Vetter verstorben (in German)
- Ing. Peter Polleruhs (in German)
- Herr Alois Reicht (in German)
- Schauspieler Karl Merkatz verstorben (in German)
- Bildhauer Josef Schagerl ist gestorben (in German)
