2010 in Austria
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Events from the year 2010 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
Events
[edit]- January 1: The Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung, abbreviated BAK, is established, replacing the Büro für Interne Angelegenheiten
- January 17: The political party List Burgenland is founded
- April 25: 2010 Austrian presidential election
- May 30: 2010 Burgenland state election
- September 26: 2010 Styrian state election
- October 10: 2010 Viennese state election
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 2: Johann Frank, 71, Austrian football player (FK Austria Wien).[1]
- January 3: Otto Breg, 60, Austrian Olympic bobsledder.[2]
- January 8: Otmar Suitner, 87, Austrian conductor.[3]
- January 11: Kurt Liebhart, 76, Austrian Olympic sprint canoer.[4]
February
[edit]- February 19: Bruno Gironcoli, 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness.[5]
March
[edit]- March 3: Franz Eibler, 85, Austrian Olympic weightlifter.[6]
April
[edit]- April 14: Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.[7]
- April 19: Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist.[8]
- April 20: Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist.[9]
May
[edit]- May 15:
- Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.[10]
- Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.[11]
- May 20: Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.[12]
June
[edit]- June 14: Resi Hammerer, 85, Austrian Olympic alpine skier, bronze medalist (1948 Winter Olympics).[13]
- June 17: Hans Dichand, 89, Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher.[14]
- June 21: Ingeborg Pertmayr, 63, Austrian Olympic diver.[15]
- June 27: Andreas Okopenko, 80, Austrian writer.[16]
- June 29: Rudolf Leopold, 85, Austrian art collector.[17]
- June 30: Ditta Zusa Einzinger, 79, Austrian singer (Lolita), cancer.
July
[edit]- July 8: Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor.[18]
- July 11: Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach.[19]
- July 26: Brigitte Schwaiger, 61, Austrian writer.[20]
August
[edit]- August 11: Gretel Beer, 89, Austrian-born British cookery and travel writer.[21]
- August 17: Ricardo José Weberberger, 70, Austrian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Barreiras (1979–2010).[22]
September
[edit]- September 16: Hans Wagner, 87, Austrian ice hockey player.[23]
- September 20: Jakob Mayr, 86, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg.[24]
October
[edit]- October 8:
- Malcolm Mencer Martin, 89, Austrian-British pediatric endocrinologist, injuries sustained after being hit by car.[25]
- Karl Prantl, 86, Austrian sculptor, stroke.[26]
- October 16: Friedrich Katz, 83, Austrian anthropologist and historian, cancer.[27]
- October 20: Eva Ibbotson, 85, Austrian-born British novelist (Journey to the River Sea, The Secret of Platform 13).[28]
- October 25: Andreas Maurer, 91, Austrian politician, Landeshauptmann of Lower Austria (1966–1981).[29]
November
[edit]- November 3: Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician.[30]
- November 7:
- Kurt Baier, 93, Austrian philosopher.[31]
- Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.[32]
- November 12: Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher (radical constructivism).[33]
December
[edit]- December 9: Alexander Kerst, 86, Austrian actor.[34]
- December 17: Anton Kunz, 95, Austrian Olympic water polo player[35]
- December 28: Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).[36]
References
[edit]- ^ "Johann Frank". Austria Wien Archiv - Die Online Statistik (in German).
- ^ Otto Breg Bio, Stats, and Results
- ^ "Conductor Otmar Suitner has died, aged 87". Gramophone.
- ^ Kurt Liebhart hat uns verlassen Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "Bruno Gironcoli: Sculptor celebrated for his monumental designs and distorted outsize replicas of everyday objects". The Independent.
- ^ Franz Eibler Bio, Stats, and Results
- ^ "Schauspieler Gerhard Zemann tot". ORF (in German). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ "Erinnerung an Manfred Angerer". April 25, 2010.
- ^ "Heinz Gappmayr gestorben". ORF (in German).
- ^ Ex-Liverpool FC striker Besian Idrizaj dies of a heart attack
- ^ "Archduke Rudolf of Austria". The Times.
- ^ Ziff, Deborah (May 21, 2010). "Noted UW-Madison mathematician Rudin dies at 89". Wisconsin State Journal.
- ^ Therese "Resi" Hammerer Bio, Stats, and Results
- ^ ""Krone"-Herausgeber Hans Dichand gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
- ^ "Olympedia – Inge Pertmayr".
- ^ "Andreas Okopenko ist tot". Der Standard (in German).
- ^ "Kunstsammler und Museumsdirektor Rudolf Leopold gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
- ^ Schauspieler und Regisseur Robert Freitag gestorben (in German)
- ^ "Trauer um Rudi Strittich". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German).
- ^ "Brigitte Schwaiger ist tot: "Du schlafe gut"". Die Presse (in German). July 26, 2010.
- ^ "Gretel Beer". The Daily Telegraph. September 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Ricardo José Weberberger". Catholic-Hierarchy.
- ^ "Hans Wagner Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Salzburger Alt-Weihbischof Jakob Mayr ist tot" [Salzburg suffragan bishop emeritus Jacob Mayr is dead]. salzburg24.at (in Austrian German). September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Detchant, Walton of (2011). "Malcolm Mencer Martin". BMJ. 342: d1403. doi:10.1136/bmj.d1403. S2CID 74807452.
- ^ "Bildhauer Karl Prantl ist tot". ORF (in German). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
- ^ Schorsch, Kristen. "Historian found a home in Mexico and U. of C." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019.
- ^ Pauli, Michelle (October 22, 2010). "Children's author Eva Ibbotson dies aged 85". The Guardian.
- ^ "Alt-Landeshauptmann Andreas Maurer gestorben" (in German). October 25, 2010.
- ^ "Schützendbund/Benedikter: Leuchtendes Vorbild, aufrechter Tiroler" (in German). Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Obituary: Kurt Baier / One of the founders of Pitt's philosophy department".
- ^ "Hedy Stenuf Byram Obituary". Tributes.com.
- ^ "Ernst von Glasersfeld, Developer of Radical Constructivism, Dies at 93". Constructivist Psychology Network. November 18, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010.
- ^ "Alexander Kerst". Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Anton Kunz
- ^ "Von Trapp family member dies". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012.
