2012 in Austria
Events from the year 2012 in Austria
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Incumbents
Events
- September 25 – The right-wing populist political party Team Stronach led by Frank Stronach is officialy registered, launching two days later.[1]
- October 14 – Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles (39 kilometers) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.[2][3][4]
- October 27 – The liberal political party NEOS hold its founding convention. Matthias Strolz is elected as its first chairman.[5][6]
- November 25 – 2012 Graz local election
Deaths
January
- January 2: Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician.[7]
- January 8:
- Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler.[8]
- Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976).[9]
- January 9: Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.[10]
- January 20: Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer.[11]
February
- February 14: Reinhold Frosch, 76, Austrian luger.[12]
- February 28: Fritz Hakl, 80, Austrian actor.[13]
- February 29: Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer.[14]
March
- March 13: Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.[15]
- March 14:
- Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.[16]
- Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.[17]
April
- 5 April — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer (born 1935)
May
- May 11: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) alpine skier.[18]
- May 14: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter (Kaisermühlen Blues, Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter).[19]
- May 21: Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist.[20]
- May 30: Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[21]
June
- June 15: Günther Domenig, 77, Austrian architect.[22]
July
- July 1: Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer.[23]
- July 25: Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease.[24]
- July 28: Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident.[25]
October
- October 4: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).[26]
- October 9: Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.[27]
- October 10: Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.[28]
- October 19: Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.[29]
- October 28: Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.[30]
November
- November 15: Josef Kloimstein, 84, Austrian Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1956) medal-winning rower.[31]
- November 27: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira Wacker).[32]
December
- December 25: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.[33]
References
- ""Team Stronach für Österreich" als Partei angemeldet". Der Standard (in German). 25 September 2012.
- (CNN). Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- NYDaily News:Red Bull Stratos Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- "Felix Baumgartner's jump from space's edge watched by millions". Associated Press. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- "New party NEOS holds founding convention". Die Presse. 27 October 2012.
- "The "Neo"-Liberals". Die Presse. 18 October 2012.
- "Otto Scrinzi tot". kaernten.ORF.at. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
- "Trauer um Ringerlegende" (PDF) (in German). Ac-wals.com. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- "Boxen: Österreichs letzter EM-Medaillengewinner Dorfer gestorben" (in German). .kleinezeitung.at. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- "Francis Golffing". 31 January 2012.
- "Ruthilde Boesch".
- Reinhold Frosch obituary Archived 2015-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, geomix.at, 14 February 2012 (in German)
- "Kammerschauspieler: Fritz Hakl im Alter von 80 Jahren verstorben" (in German). Kleinezeitung.at. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- "Karl Kodat ist tot – ein Nachruf von Hannes Krawagna" (in German). Austria-salzburg.at. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- Julius Depaoli
- "Puppet Theatre boss Gretl Aicher dies". Austrian Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- Margarete Sjöstedt (Contralto)
- "Verstorbene(r) Frau Dorothea Hochleitner Trauerhilfe Bestattungs GesmbH" (in German). Trauerhilfe.at. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- Reinhold, Stella (2012-05-14). "Ernst Hinterberger ist tot" (in German). kurier.at. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- "Бахрам Аливанди • ru.knowledgr.com". ru.knowledgr.com.
- Schreyer, Simon (May 31, 2012). "Edi Federer (1955-2012)". Redbull. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- "Architekt Günther Domenig verstorben" (in German). steiermark.orf.at. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- "Jazzpianist Fritz Pauer gestorben". burgenland.ORF.at. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- Smith, Roberta (2012-07-26). "Franz West, Influential Austrian Sculptor, Dies at 65". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- "Kredite in Österreich - Kreditvergleich & Rechner | Raten berechnen". www.austriantimes.at. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- Trauer um Rudolf Oslansky (in German)
- "In Memoriam Luna Alcalay" (in German). oe1.orf.at. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- "Mention of Ilse Maria Aschner's death" (in German). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- "Hans Kniewasser in Wels gestorben" (in German). ooe.orf.at. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- "Trauer um Skirennläufer Björn Sieber" (in German). orf.at. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- Ruder-Legende Josef Kloimstein gestorben
- Admira Legende Herbert Oberhofer verstorben! Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Ex-Olympic ski champ Schneider dies Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
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