List of governors of Lower Austria

Last updated March 02, 2024

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Lower Austria :

Before 1918

Governors^[1] of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1500–1749)

Wolfgang Freiherr von Polheim (1458–1512) 1501–1512
Georg von Rottal zu Thalberg (see Rottal) (?–1525) 1513–1521; also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1523–1525)
Pietro Bonomo, Bischof von Triest (d. i. Giovanni Antonio Bonomo; 1458–1546) 1521–1523
Sigismund Freiherr von Dietrichstein (1484–1533) 1523–1524
Leonhard von Harrach zu Rohrau (1481–1527) 1524–1525
Cyriak Freiherr von Polheim und Wartenburg (1495–1533) 1526–1527
Georg Freiherr von Puchheim zu Raabs und Krumbach (?–1531) 1528–1531
Christoph von Rauber (from 1533: Fürst) (1466–1536) 1532–1536
Trojan von Auersperg (1495–1541) 1537–1541
Hans (III.) Ungnad Freiherr von Sonneck (1493–1564) 1542–1544
Christoph von Eyczing (1501–1563) 1544–1551, außerdem 1542 bis 1544 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände
Gabriel Ritter von Kreuzer (?–1565) 1552–1564
Joachim Freiherr von Schönkirchen (1517–1572) 1565–1572, außerdem 1560 bis 1563 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände
Oswald Philipp von Eyczing (1512–1587) 1572–1587
Seifried Freiherr von Breuner (1538–1594) 1587–1591
Ruprecht Freiherr von Stotzingen (c. 1542–1600) 22 June 1592 – 1600
Wolfgang Freiherr von Hofkirchen (1555–1611) 1600–1601
Ernst Mollard Freiherr von Reinegg und Drosendorf (before 1576–1621) 1601–1608
Paul Sixtus Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1548–1621) 1608–1621
Leonhard Helfried Graf von Meggau, Freiherr von Creuzen (1577–1644) 1621–1626
Seifried Christoph Breuner Freiherr von Stübing, Fladnitz und Rabenstein (1569–1651) 1626–1640, also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1600–1609) and Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1620–1626)
Georg Freiherr von Teufel auf Gundersdorf, Eckartsau und Esslingen (c. 1580–1642) 1640–1642
Johann Franz Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1609–1663) 1642–1663, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1637–1642)
Konrad Balthasar von Starhemberg (1612–1687, from 1643: Graf) 1663–1687
Johann Quintin Freiherr von Jörger (see Jörger von Tollet) (1624–1705, from 1658: Graf) 1687–1705
Ferdinand Karl Graf und Herr von Weltz, Freiherr von Ebenstein und Spiegelfeld (1653–1711) 1705–1711
Sigismund Friedrich Graf von Khevenhüller (1666–1742, from 1725: Reichsgraf) 1711–1742
Leopold Johann Victorin Wilhelm Graf von Windisch-Graetz (1686–1746)^[2]^{[ better source needed ]} 1742–1746
Johann Ferdinand Graf von Kuefstein (1686–1755) 1747–1749

Governors^[3] of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1749–1809)

Adam Philipp Losy Graf von Losymthal (?–1781) 1749–1750
Philipp Joseph Graf von Orsini-Rosenberg (1691–1765) 1750–1753
Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Haugwitz (1711–1758) 1753–1758
Franz Ferdinand Graf von Schrattenbach (1707–1785) 1759–1770
Christian August Graf von Seilern-Aspang (1717–1801) 1770–1779
Joseph Johann Nepomuk Graf von Herberstein (1725–1809) 1779–1782
Johann Anton Graf von Pergen (1725–1814) 1782–1790, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1775–1790)
Wenzel Graf Sauer von und zu Ankenstein (1742–1799) 1791–1795
Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1795–1797, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805)
Jakob Reichsfreiherr von Wöber zu Hagenberg 1797–1802
Joseph Thaddäus Vogt Freiherr von Sumerau (1749–1817) 1802–1804
Joseph Karl Graf von Dietrichstein (1763–1825) 1804–1805, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1811–1825)
Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1805–1807
Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg (1749–1831) 1807–1809

Governors (Statthalter) of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1809–1918)

Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1809–1814, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805)
Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1815–1816
Augustin Freiherr Reichmann von Hochkirchen (1755–1828, until 1817: Augustin Reichmann) 1817–1828
Alois Graf von Ugarte (1784–1845) 1828–1829
Franz Graf von Klebelsberg, Freiherr zu Thumburg (1774–1857) 1829–1830
Johann Adam Freiherr Talatzko von Gestieticz (1778–1858, until 1834: Johann Adam Talatzko) 1830–1848
Anton Raimund Graf von Lamberg (1795–1869) 1848–1848
Joseph Wilhelm von Eminger (1801–1858, from 1856: Freiherr von) 1849–1858
Karl Johann Joseph Prinz von Lobkowitz (1814–1879) 1858–1860
Anton Halbhuber Freiherr von Festwill (1809–1886, from 1854 Freiherr) 1860–1862
Gustav Ignaz Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1806–1873) 1862–1868
Philipp Weber von Ebenhof (1818–1900, from 1853: Ritter, from 1880 Freiherr) 1868–1872
Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld (1821–1898, from 1854: Edler. from 1870 Freiherr) 1872–1880
Ludwig Freiherr Possinger (1823–1899, from 1860: Ritter, from 1870 Freiherr von Choborski) 1880–1889
Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1889–1895
Friedrich Freiherr Bourguignon von Baumberg (1846–1907) 1895–1895
Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1895–1911
Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918, Ritter von, ab 1868: Freiherr, ab 1915: Graf) 1911–1915
Oktavian Freiherr Regner von Bleyleben (1866–1945, 1911–1919: Freiherr von Bleyleben, from 1919: Oktavian Regner-Bleyleben) 1915–1918

After 1918

No.	Portrait	Name	Term			Party	Period
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration	Party	Period
1		Leopold Steiner	5 November 1918	20 May 1919		Christian Social	First Republic (1918–1934)
2		Albert Sever	20 May 1919	10 November 1920		Social Democrat
3		Johann Mayer	10 November 1920	9 June 1922		Christian Social
4		Karl Buresch	9 June 1922	31 July 1931		Christian Social
5		Josef Reither	31 July 1931	19 May 1932		Christian Social
(4)		Karl Buresch	19 May 1932	18 May 1933		Christian Social
(5)		Josef Reither	18 May 1933	30 July 1934		Christian Social Fatherland's Front
6		Eduard Baar-Baarenfels	30 July 1934	17 October 1935		Fatherland's Front	Austrofascism (1934–1938)
(5)		Josef Reither	17 October 1935	12 March 1938		Fatherland's Front	Austrofascism (1934–1938)
(Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube)							Nazi Germany (1938–1945)
7		Roman Jäger	12 March 1938	24 May 1938		NSDAP
8		Hugo Jury	24 May 1938	8 May 1945		NSDAP
9		Leopold Figl	25 May 1945	15 October 1945		ÖVP	Second Republic (1945–present)
(5)		Josef Reither	15 October 1945	4 May 1949		ÖVP
10		Johann Steinböck	4 May 1949	14 January 1962		ÖVP
(9)		Leopold Figl	14 January 1962	9 May 1965		ÖVP
11		Eduard Hartmann	16 June 1965	14 October 1966		ÖVP
12		Andreas Maurer	24 November 1966	22 January 1981		ÖVP
13		Siegfried Ludwig	22 January 1981	20 October 1992		ÖVP
14		Erwin Pröll	20 October 1992	19 April 2017		ÖVP
15		Johanna Mikl-Leitner	19 April 2017	Incumbent		ÖVP

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References

↑ Oberst Hauptmänn 1500–1521; Statthalter 1521–1749
↑ (17 September 1686 in Regensburg; 19 December 1746 in Vienna), see c13 Marek, Miroslav. "Stammbaum auf genealogy.euweb.cz". genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[ self-published source ]}
↑ President 1749–1758 and 1782–1809; Statthalter 1759–1782

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[1] Oberst Hauptmänn 1500–1521; Statthalter 1521–1749

[2] (17 September 1686 in Regensburg; 19 December 1746 in Vienna), see c13 Marek, Miroslav. "Stammbaum auf genealogy.euweb.cz". genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[ self-published source ]}

[3] President 1749–1758 and 1782–1809; Statthalter 1759–1782

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