2011 in Austria

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Events from the year 2011 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Heinz Fischer
• Chancellor: Werner Faymann

Governors

• 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

• July 16: The funeral of Otto von Habsburg takes place in Vienna attended by over 100,000 people

Births

Main article: births in 2011

Further information: Category:2011 births

Deaths

January

• 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

• 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

• 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

• April 17: Eric Gross, 84, Austrian-born Australian composer. ^[12]
• April 20: Erwin Strahl, 82, Austrian actor. ^[13]

May

• May 5: Friedrich Rückert, 90, Austrian Olympic hockey player. ^[14]
• May 30: Hans Nogler, 91, Austrian Olympic alpine skier. ^[15]

June

• 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

• 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

• August 11: Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist. ^[22]
• August 14: Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist. ^[23]

September

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• December 29: Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka). ^[34]

References

1. "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.
2. "Rudi Bass obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2019– via Legacy.com.
3. "Innsbrucks Altbürgermeisterin Zach ist tot" (in German). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
4. "Michael Herzog Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
5. "Ernst Badian, professor of history emeritus, 85". The Harvard Gazette . February 14, 2011.
6. "Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis". Los Angeles Times. February 8, 2011.
7. "Tiefe Trauer um Peter Alexander". Kleine Zeitung (in German). March 13, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011.
8. "Conductor Yakov Kreizberg (1959-2011)". Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
9. "Gustav Lantschner Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
10. "Ex-First Lady dies of cancer". Austrian Times. April 3, 2019. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.
11. "Olympic silver medallist commits suicide". insidethegames.biz. March 31, 2011.
12. "Eric Gross (1926-2011)". Australian Music Centre.
13. "Erwin Strahl gestorben" (in German). Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
14. "Friedrich Rückert Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
15. "Hans Johann Nogler - Todesanzeige". Südtirol Online (in German). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
16. Werner Fischer
17. "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.
18. "Eldest son of last Austrian emperor dies at 98". The Jerusalem Post.
19. "Andi Waldherr dead". RallycrossWorld.com. July 6, 2011.
20. "Gabriele Zeilinger Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
21. "Franz Alt Obituary". The New York Times.
22. "Johann Traxler Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
23. Martin, Douglas (August 17, 2011). "Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
24. "Kaisersohn Felix Habsburg in Mexiko gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
25. "Trauer um Schauspielerin Sissy Löwinger" (in German). Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
26. "Schauspieler Otto Tausig gestorben". ORF (in German). October 10, 2011.
27. "Orthodoxer Metropolit Michael Staikos verstorben". Der Standard (in German).
28. "Arnold Ruiner". Cycling Archives.
29. "Skate Canada mourns the loss of Hall of Famer Dr. Hellmut May". Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
30. "Evelyn Lauder, who created breast cancer's pink ribbon, dies at 75". CNN.
31. "Opera performer Sena Jurinac dies". BBC News. November 23, 2011.
32. "Georg Kreisler 89-jährig gestorben". Der Standard .
33. "Ludwig Hirsch hat sich das Leben genommen". Oe24.at (in German). November 24, 2011.
34. "Leopold Hawelka, luminary of Viennese cafe culture, dies aged 100". The Guardian . London. Associated Press. December 30, 2011.