2012 in Austria
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{{Year in Austria|2012}}
Events from the year 2012 in Austria
Incumbents
=Governors=
Events
- September 25 – The right-wing populist political party Team Stronach led by Frank Stronach is officially registered, launching two days later.{{cite news |title="Team Stronach für Österreich" als Partei angemeldet |url=http://derstandard.at/1348283976932/Team-Stronach-fuer-Oesterreich-als-Partei-angemeldet |newspaper=Der Standard |date=September 25, 2012|language=de}}
- 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.[http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (CNN)]. Retrieved October 14, 2012.[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/felix-baumgartner-feel-broke-sound-barrier-article-1.1183735 NYDaily News:Red Bull Stratos] Retrieved October 15, 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/felix-baumgartner-s-jump-from-space-s-edge-watched-by-millions-1.4115479|title=Felix Baumgartner's jump from space's edge watched by millions|agency=Associated Press|date=October 15, 2012|accessdate=October 15, 2012|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018071353/http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/felix-baumgartner-s-jump-from-space-s-edge-watched-by-millions-1.4115479|url-status=dead}}
- October 27 – The liberal political party NEOS hold its founding convention. Matthias Strolz is elected as its first chairman.{{cite web|url=https://www.diepresse.com/1306081/neue-partei-neos-hielt-grundungskonvent-ab|title=New party NEOS holds founding convention|date=October 27, 2012|publisher=Die Presse}}{{cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/1303009/Die-NeosLiberalen|title=The "Neo"-Liberals|publisher=Die Presse|date=October 18, 2012}}
- November 25 – 2012 Graz local election
Deaths
=January=
- January 2: Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician.{{cite web|url=http://kaernten.orf.at/news/stories/2515589|title=Otto Scrinzi tot|date=January 3, 2012|publisher=kaernten.ORF.at|access-date=2012-10-16}}
- January 8:
- Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler.{{cite web|url=http://www.ac-wals.com/Upload/PDFs/1072.pdf|title=Trauer um Ringerlegende|publisher=Ac-wals.com|access-date=2012-10-28|language=de}}
- Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976).{{cite web|url=http://www2.kleinezeitung.at/sport/mehrsport/2918610/oesterreichs-letzter-em-medaillengewinner-dorfer-gestorben.story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526004546/http://www2.kleinezeitung.at/sport/mehrsport/2918610/oesterreichs-letzter-em-medaillengewinner-dorfer-gestorben.story |archive-date=2012-05-26 |title=Boxen: Österreichs letzter EM-Medaillengewinner Dorfer gestorben |publisher=.kleinezeitung.at |access-date=2012-10-17 |language=de }}
- January 9: Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.{{Cite web|url=http://lcnme.com/obituaries/francis-golffing/|title = Francis Golffing|date = January 31, 2012}}
- January 20: Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9184217/Ruthilde-Boesch.html|title = Ruthilde Boesch}}
=February=
- February 14: Reinhold Frosch, 76, Austrian luger.[http://www.geomix.at/verein/sc-knauf-liezen/news/reinhold-frosch--74958 Reinhold Frosch obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526043944/http://www.geomix.at/verein/sc-knauf-liezen/news/reinhold-frosch--74958 |date=May 26, 2015 }}, geomix.at, February 14, 2012 {{in lang|de}}
- February 28: Fritz Hakl, 80, Austrian actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/2959128/fritz-hakl-alter-80-jahren-verstorben.story |title=Kammerschauspieler: Fritz Hakl im Alter von 80 Jahren verstorben |publisher=Kleinezeitung.at |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618065408/http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/2959128/fritz-hakl-alter-80-jahren-verstorben.story |archive-date=June 18, 2013 }}
- February 29: Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.austria-salzburg.at/aktuelles/karl-kodat-ist-tot-ein-nachruf-von-hannes-krawagna-2789|title=Karl Kodat ist tot – ein Nachruf von Hannes Krawagna|publisher=Austria-salzburg.at|access-date=October 16, 2012|language=de|date=March 2, 2012}}
=March=
- March 13: Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/julius-depaoli-1.html Julius Depaoli]
- March 14:
- Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.{{cite web|url=http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-03-19/40307/Puppet_Theatre_boss_Gretl_Aicher_dies|title=Puppet Theatre boss Gretl Aicher dies|newspaper=Austrian Times|access-date=August 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114233318/http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-03-19/40307/Puppet_Theatre_boss_Gretl_Aicher_dies|archive-date=January 14, 2013}}
- Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.[https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Sjostedt-Margarete.htm Margarete Sjöstedt (Contralto)]
=April=
- April 5 — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer (born 1935)
=May=
- May 11: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) alpine skier.{{cite web|url=http://www.trauerhilfe.at/todesanzeigen/detail/uid/2022/verstorbener/76131|title=Verstorbene(r) Frau Dorothea Hochleitner Trauerhilfe Bestattungs GesmbH|publisher=Trauerhilfe.at|access-date=June 24, 2012|language=de}}
- May 14: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter (Kaisermühlen Blues, Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter).{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/4496051-ernst-hinterberger-ist-tot.php|title=Ernst Hinterberger ist tot|language=de|publisher=kurier.at|last=Reinhold|first=Stella|date=May 14, 2012|access-date=2012-06-23}}
- May 21: Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist.{{Cite web|url=https://ru.knowledgr.com/06791059/BahramAlivandi|title=Бахрам Аливанди • ru.knowledgr.com|website=ru.knowledgr.com}}
- May 30: Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Edi-Federer-1955---2012-Ski-Jumping-021243216085002|title=Edi Federer (1955-2012)|publisher=Redbull|last=Schreyer|first=Simon|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=June 21, 2012}}
=June=
=July=
- July 1: Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer.{{cite web|url=http://burgenland.orf.at/news/stories/2539568|title=Jazzpianist Fritz Pauer gestorben|date=July 2, 2012|publisher=burgenland.ORF.at|access-date=July 2, 2012}}
- July 25: Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease.{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/franz-west-celebrated-austrian-artist-dies-at-65|title=Franz West, Influential Austrian Sculptor, Dies at 65|work=The New York Times|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=2012-07-26|first=Roberta|last=Smith}}
- July 28: Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.austriantimes.at/kredit/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130114233604/http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-07-29/43209/Climber_Sepp_Mayerl_dead_after_cliff_plunge|url-status=dead|title=Kredite in Österreich - Kreditvergleich & Rechner | Raten berechnen|website=www.austriantimes.at|access-date=2022-04-04|archive-date=2013-01-14}}
=August=
=September=
=October=
- October 4: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).[https://web.archive.org/web/20121117114834/http://oefb.at/ehemaliger-oefbteamspieler-und-news21624 Trauer um Rudolf Oslansky] {{in lang|de}}
- October 9: Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.{{cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/programm/318047|language=de|title=In Memoriam Luna Alcalay|publisher=oe1.orf.at|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=2013-01-15}}
- October 10: Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.repclub.at/2012/11/20/donnerstag-6-dezember-2012-19-uhr-im-rc/|title=Mention of Ilse Maria Aschner's death|date=December 6, 2012|access-date=2013-01-15}}
- October 19: Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.{{cite web|url=http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2555315/|title=Hans Kniewasser in Wels gestorben|date=October 20, 2012|publisher=ooe.orf.at|language=de|access-date=2013-01-16}}
- October 28: Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.{{cite web|url=http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2556240|title=Trauer um Skirennläufer Björn Sieber|date=October 26, 2012|language=de|publisher=orf.at|access-date=2013-01-16}}
=November=
- November 15: Josef Kloimstein, 84, Austrian Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1956) medal-winning rower.[http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/mehr_sport/Ruder-Legende-Josef-Kloimstein-gestorben;art109,1013234 Ruder-Legende Josef Kloimstein gestorben]
- November 27: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira Wacker).[http://www.admirawacker.at/meldungen/vereins_news/admira_legende_herbert_oberhofer_verstorben Admira Legende Herbert Oberhofer verstorben!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130021038/http://www.admirawacker.at/meldungen/vereins_news/admira_legende_herbert_oberhofer_verstorben |date=November 30, 2012 }}
=December=
- December 25: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.[http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20121227147308 Ex-Olympic ski champ Schneider dies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090344/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20121227147308 |date=May 31, 2014 }}
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