Austrian of the year

The Austrians of the year have done a lot in the fields of science, economy and humanity. The winners are chosen annually by the daily newspaper Die Presse in cooperation with ORF .

Award winners

2004

• Research: Josef Penninger
  • Hildegunde Piza , Michael Mitterauer , Ruth Wodak and Anton Zeilinger were also nominated
• Economy: Hans Staud
  • Helmut List was also nominated
• Humanity: Georg Sporschill - the prize money was divided between all five nominees.
  • Ute Bock , Susanne Peter, Martin Schenk and Leon Zelman were also nominated

2005

• Research: Rudolf Grimm
  • Hermann Katinger, Birgit Sattler and Renée Schroeder were also nominated
• Economy: Norbert Zimmermann
  • Willi Bründlmayer , Richard Trenkwalder and Josef Zotter were also nominated
• Humanity: Wolfgang Pucher - the prize money was divided between all four nominees.
  • Peter Grohr, Rupert Roniger and Heidi Burkhart were also nominated

2006

• Research: Karl Sigmund (mathematician)
  • Erich Griesmayer, Helga Nowotny , Rudolf Schmidt and Horst Seidler were also nominated
• Economy: Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer (OMV)
  • Klaus Darbo ( Adolf Darbo AG ), Brigitte Ederer (Siemens), Janet Kath and Stefan Pierer were also nominated
• Humanitarian engagement: Rainer Riedl (Debra Austria)
  • Also nominated were: Veronika Fialka-Moser ( Light for the World ), Martin Haiderer ( Wiener Tafel ), Luzia Wibiral ( Kindernothilfe Austria )

2007

• Creative Industries: EOOS, furniture and product designer
  • Also nominated were: Atil Kotglu, Florian Ladstätter, Polka furniture and product designer, Stefan Sagmeister
• Research: Deborah Klimburg-Salter
  • Also nominated were: Markus Hengstschläger , Lukas A. Huber, Konrad Paul Liessmann , Günther Wuchterl
• Economic management: Claus Raidl
  • Also nominated Elisabeth Guertler , Peter Glatz Meier, Monika Kircher-Kohl , Anton Wais
• Cultural management: Markus Hinterhäuser
  • Also nominated were: Karlheinz Essl senior , Franzobel , Eva Maria Höhle , Ulrich Seidl
• Humanitarian engagement: Dagmar Bojdunyk-Rack ( Rainbows Austria )
  • Also nominated were: Monika Franta ( SOS Children's Village ), Martina Schloffer ( Austrian Red Cross )

2008

• Creative Industries: Wendy & Jim (fashion designer)
  • Also nominated were: Caramel architects and the art and theory collective monochrom
• Research: Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci ( solar cell researcher )
• Economic management: Wolfgang Anzengruber (company Palfinger ) ex aequo with Andreas, Johannes and Leonid Rath (glass manufactory J. & L. Lobmeyr )
• Cultural management: Agnes Husslein ( Austrian Gallery Belvedere )
• Humanitarian engagement: Marianne Hengl (founder of the “RollOn” association for the disabled)

Marianne Hengl was also presented with a check for her aid organization "RollOn" for 10,000 euros.

2009

• Creative Industries: Erwin K. Bauer
• Research: Energy researcher Brigitte Bach
  • Also nominated were: Annelie-Martina Weinberg, Stefan Karner
• Economic management: Hans Roth ( Saubermacher )
  • Also nominated were: Erich Polz and Walter Polz ( Weingut Polz ), Aleksandra Izdebska and Damian Izdebski, founders of the DiTech company
• Cultural management: Max Hollein
  • Also nominated were: Christine Dollhofer , Gabriele Zuna-Kratky
• humanitarian commitment: Peter Kai

2010

• Creative Industries: Eva Fischer
  • Also nominated were: Bongfish, Mariusz Jan Demner , Ute Ploier, Walking-Chair Design Studio
• Research: Bruno Buchberger
  • Also nominated were: Wolfgang Baumjohann , Sabine Ladstätter , Antje Potthast and Thomas Rosenau, Christiane Spiel
• Business management: Hannes Bardach (Frequentis)
  • Also nominated were: Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger ( bwin ), Axel Kühner ( Greiner Holding ), Josef Zotter ( Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur )
• Cultural management: Johanna Rachinger (Austrian National Library)
  • Also nominated were: Paul Gessl (NÖ Kulturwirtschaft), Tobias Natter ( Vorarlberger Landesmuseum ), Helga Rabl-Stadler ( Salzburg Festival ), Georg Springer (Bundestheater Holding)
• humanitarian commitment: Stefan Pleger (children a chance)
  • Also nominated were: Ute Bock (refugee project), Cecily Corti ( VinziRast-CortiHaus ), Josef Fink (A Heart for People), Ben-David Jost (Styrian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired)

2011

• Creative Industries: Pos Architects, formed by Ursula Schneider and Fritz Oettl
  • Also nominated were: Michael Breidenbrücker, Ovos, Pudelskern, superated
• Research: Giulio Superti-Furga
  • Also nominated were: Marina Fischer-Kowalski , Alexandra Kautzky-Willer , Johann Kollegger, Wolfgang Lutz (social scientist)
• Economic management: Attila Doğudan
  • Also nominated were: Gerhard Kracher, Till Reiter, Waltraud Schinko-Neuroth , Stefan Wehinger
• Cultural management: Anna Badora
  • Also nominated were: Thomas Angyan , Ingried Brugger , Martine Dennewald, Sabine Haag
• humanitarian commitment: Erfried Malle ( Sonne International )
  • Also nominated were: Heidi Burkhart, Monica Culen , Barbara Meisl, Sonja Meznaric

2012

• Creative Industries: Nonconform Architects, formed by Caren Ohrhallinger, Roland Gruber and Peter Nageler
  • Also nominated were: Florian Gschwandtner ( Runtastic ), Alexander Ehrmann , Anna and Gexi Tostmann , Tulga Beyerle , Lilli Hollein
• Research: Helmut Antrekowitsch and Jürgen Antrekowitsch scientists at the Montan University Leoben
  • Also nominated were: Stefanie Lindstaedt , Heinz Redl , Katja Sterflinger , Matthias Sutter
• Economic management: Stefan Pierer , CEO of the motorcycle and sports car manufacturer KTM
  • Also nominated were: Thomas Klein ( Almdudler ), Arnold and Klaus Schmied ( Silhouette ), Dieter Siegel ( Rosenbauer ), Roland Velich ( Weingut Moric )
• Cultural management: Wolfgang Kos , director of the Wien Museum
  • Also nominated were: Thomas Birkmeir ( Theater der Jugend ), Alexandra Grausam ( The White House ) Elisabeth Sobotka ( Graz Opera )
• Humanitarian commitment: Christian and Clemens Fiel, founders of the Feldkirch soccer club FC Tosters 99, handicapped therapist Iris Spitzenstätter and actor August Schmölzer
  • Also nominated were: Burgi Decker (Verein Piva), Robert Sommer ( Augustin )

2013

• Creative Industries: Martin Hollinetz , Otelo Technologielabor
  • The following were also nominated: Hermann Kaufmann , architect; Gerald Kiska, Kiska design office; Jogi Neufeld, subotron game platform; Simone Springer and Yuji Mizobuchi, pink mosa shoes
• Research: Andrea Fischer , glacier researcher
  • Also nominated were: Wolfgang Maass, computer scientist and brain researcher; Wolfgang Neubauer, archaeologist; Hermann Steffan, vehicle safety researcher; Verena Winiwarter, environmental historian
• Entrepreneurship: Stefan Poledna and Georg Kopetz, TTTech Computertechnik
  • Also nominated were: Toni Hubmann, Tonis Freilandeier; Eveline Pupeter-Fellner, Emporia ; Michael Schwarzkopf, Plansee ; Stefan Weissenböck, Weissenböck building materials plant
• Cultural heritage: Willi Resetarits , musician
  • Also nominated were: Felix Mitterer , writer; Peter Simonischek , actor; Gabriele Zuna-Kratky , Technical Museum Vienna ; Manuel Legris , Ballet Vienna State Opera
• humanitarian commitment: Christine Scholten and Renate Schnee, Association "Neighbors in Vienna"
  • Also nominated were: Cecily Corti, VinziRast ; Martina Fasslabend, "Die Möwe" association; Georg Schärmer, Caritas Tirol , Hana Zanin, dance and theater association "I am ok"

2014

• Family and work: Christa Neuper , University of Graz
  • Also nominated were: Ute habenicht, jewelry and watches; Frank Hensel, Rewe; Sabine Herlitschka , Infineon; Peter Röhrig, MAM Baby Articles
• Research: Dieter Gruber , plastics technician
  • Also nominated were: Gottfried Kirchengast, climate researcher; Dirk Rupnow , contemporary historian; Herta Steinkellner, molecular biologist; Kurt Zatloukal, pathologist
• humanitarian commitment: Gertrude Bogyi , Die Boje
  • Also nominated were: Tobias Judmaier, Sabine Schellander and Paul Streli, www.issmich.at; Michael König, Diakonie Salzburg; Gabi Plattner, Tyrolean women's refuge; Jutta Zagler, MonA-Net
• Cultural heritage: Angelika Kirchschlager , singer
  • Also nominated were: Martha Jungwirth , painter; Michael Köhlmeier , writer; Manfried Rauchsteiner , historian; Michael Schottenberg , director of the Volkstheater
• Entrepreneurship: Stefan Ehrlich-Adám , EVVA Security Technology ;
  • Also nominated were: Reinhold Baudisch and Michael Doberer, Durchblicker.at; Gerhard Höllinger, Höllinger fruit juices; Ulrich Mommert and Hubert Schuhleitner, ZKW lighting systems; Herbert Ortner and Stefan Ortner, eco-stove pellet heating

2015

• International success: Birgit Minichmayr (actress)
  • Also nominated were: Gottfried Helnwein (artist), Marina Hoermanseder (fashion designer), Andreas Sohmen-Pao (Reeder BW Group), Volker Türk (UN Vice High Commissioner for Refugees)
• Family and work: Martin Steiner ( Divine Savior Hospital )
  • Also nominated were: Kerstin Neumayer ( Merkur Markt ), Harald Nograsek ( Österreichisches Verkehrsbüro ), Michaela Novak-Chaid, Norbert Schöfberger ( Hewlett-Packard ), Doris Walter ( Salzburg University of Applied Sciences )
• Research: Marion Huber-Humer (waste manager)
  • Also nominated were: Walter Arnold (wildlife researcher), Wolfgang Baumjohann (space researcher), Silke Bühler-Paschen (physicist), Walther Parson (molecular biologist)
• humanitarian commitment: Marlies Matejka (telephone counseling)
  • Also nominated were: Sabine Gösker (Klosterneuburg hilft), Martina Kronberger-Vollnhofer (MOMO children's hospice), Georg Slawik (Immo-Humana), David Zistl (refugees welcome)
• Cultural heritage: Erwin Wurm (artist)
  • Also nominated were: Karin Bergmann (director Burgtheater), Adele Neuhauser (actress), Elisabeth Scharang (director), Rosemarie Schwarzwälder (gallery owner)
• Entrepreneurship: Andreas Weißenbacher ( BWT Water Technology )
  • Also nominated were: Heinrich Kiener ( Stiegl Brewery ), Erwin Kotányi ( Kotányi Gewürzhandel ), Franz List (List Cabin Equipment), Friedrich, Julian and Susanne Riess ( Riess / Kelomat cookware )

2016

• International success: Hikmet Ersek (CEO Western Union)
  • Also nominated were: Angelika Amon (molecular biologist), Christian Fuchs (soccer player), Charly Kleissner (impact investor), Bernhard Paul (Circus Roncalli)
• Family and work: Petra Mathi-Kogelnik (dm)
  • Also nominated were: Viera Juzova (Ikea), Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner (Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich), Inge Schulz (Allianz Group), Anita Tscherne (Geriatric Health Centers of the City of Graz)
• Research: Robert Galler (tunnel researcher)
  • Also nominated were: Thomas Bugnyar (behavioral researcher), Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein (age researcher), Barbara Imhof (space architect), Martin Wagner (food researcher)
• humanitarian commitment: Roswitha Zink (e.motion Lichtblickhof)
  • Also nominated were: Ingeborg Freudenthaler (licht.blicke demenz.hilfe.tirol), Georg Geyer (Doctors Without Borders), Alexander Karakas and Karim Mabrouk (Not in God's Name), Ina Pervan-Al Soqauer, Claudia Winkler and Kathrin Limpel (Fremde become friends),
• Cultural heritage: Tobias Moretti (actor)
  • Also nominated were: Barbara Frischmuth (writer), Ursula Krinzinger (gallery owner), Elisabeth Sobotka (director of the Bregenz Festival), Harri Stojka (musician)
• Entrepreneurship: Leopold Bauernfeind and Helmut Fallmann ( Fabasoft )
  • Also nominated were: Erhard Grossnigg (entrepreneur), Andreas Kraler (Hella), Werner Lampert (organic pioneer), Peter Neumann and Stefan Engleder (Engel), Egyd Pengg (Pewag)

2017

• International success: Manuela Zinsberger (soccer goalie)
  • Also nominated were: Arthur Arbesser (fashion designer), Hermann Hauser (investor), Martin A. Nowak (mathematician and biologist), Nora Waldstätten (actress)
• Family and work: Julia Ganglbauer (Biogena Natural Products)
  • Also nominated were: Lisa Muhr and Igor Sapic (Goddess of Happiness), Johanna Rachinger (Austrian National Library), Stefan Scheuch ( Scheuch Ventilation and Environmental Technology ), Andreas Steuer (responsibility and competence for special children and young people)
• Research: Ille C. Gebeshuber (experimental physicist)
  • Also nominated were: Rainer Blatt (quantum physicist), Peter Jonas (neuroscientist), Otto Koudelka (communications engineer), Reingard Riener-Hofer (lawyer)
• humanitarian commitment: Walter Emberger (Teach for Austria)
  • Also nominated were: Michael Chalupka (Diakonie Österreich), Ulla Konrad (Concordia), Christina Kraker-Kölbl (Divan), Sabine Reisinger (Kinderhospiz Netz)
• Cultural heritage: Peter Simonischek (actor)
  • Also nominated were: Ernst Hilger (gallery owner), Eva Jantschitsch (singer), Veronica Kaup-Hasler (director of Steirischer Herbst), Harriet Krijgh (cellist)
• Rural development: Stefanie Essl (rural doctor)
  • Also nominated were: Clemens Horacek (solar entrepreneur), Gebhard Neumayr (torrent and avalanche control), Nadine Schüller (winemaker), Christian Stromberger (pastor)
• Entrepreneurship: Thomas Moser and Martin Öller (Loxone Smart Home)
  • Sub-category “women entrepreneurs”: Elisabeth Gürtler
  • Sub-category "Start-up": Florian Bauer (Moonshiner GmbH)
  • Also nominated were: Robert F. Hartlauer ( Hartlauer Elektronikhandel ), Alfred Heinzel ( Heinzel Paper Industry ), Axel Kühner ( Greiner Packaging ), Wolfgang Platz (Tricentis Software-Tests)

2018

• International success: Stefan Sagmeister (graphic designer)
  • Also nominated were: Ernst Fehr (behavioral economist), Markus Platzer (hotel manager), Jakob Pöltl (basketball player), Anna Prohaska (soprano),
• Family and work: Rudolf Freidhager, Georg Schöppl (Austrian Federal Forests)
  • Also nominated were: Gottfried Kraft, Ewald Lanzl (Klipp Frisör), Dietbert Timmerer (Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen), Family Trauner (Trauner Verlag + Buchservice), Peter J. Zehetner (Kraftwerk Glatzing-Rüstorf)
• Research: Sepp Hochreiter (computer scientist)
  • Also nominated were: Holger Friehmelt (aeronautical engineer), Ute Schäfer (biologist), Michael Stadler (energy researcher), Werner Telesko (art historian)
• humanitarian commitment: Werner Waldmann (Austrian Doctors)
  • Also nominated were: Andrea Brem (Viennese women's shelters), Eva Grabherr (Okay. living together), Doris Regele (Make-A-Wish Foundation Austria), Emina Saric (HEROES - Against Suppression in the Name of Honor)
• Cultural heritage: Helga Rabl-Stadler (President of the Salzburg Festival),
  • Also nominated were: Ruth Beckermann (director), Philipp Hochmair (actor), Oswald Oberhuber (painter), Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violinist)
• Responsible company: Sabine Herlitschka (Infineon)
  • Also nominated were: Frank Dumeier, Michael Trcka (WEB Windenergie), Julian M. Hadschieff (PremiQaMed), Katharina Tinnacher (Weingut LacknerTinnacher), Alexander Windbichler (Anexia IT)

2019

• International success: Harald Ott (surgeon)
  • Also nominated were: Brigitte Streller (manager), Adi Hütter (soccer coach), Gabriel Felbermayr (economist), Gerald Krischek (hotel manager)
• Research: Wolfgang Kern (plastics chemist)
  • Also nominated were: Andreas Bergthaler (veterinarian), Martina Mara (robot psychologist), Johannes Khinast (pharmaceutical process technician), Barbara Stelzl-Marx (contemporary historian)
• Start-Ups: Cornelia Diesreiter (not wasted)
  • Also nominated were: Baher Al Hakim (Medicus), Christoph Prieler (Abacus), Sigismund Gänger (snorefree), Christian Adelsberger (Parkbob)
• humanitarian commitment: Harald Kubiena (Noma Aid)
  • Also nominated were: Christine Bodendorfer (girls' counseling), Anneliese Gottwald (Superhands), Maria Hengstberger (Aktion Regen), Gabriele Mantl (Ankyra)
• Heritage: Caroline Peters (actress)
  • Also nominated were: Petra Hartlieb (bookseller and author), Bernd Roger Bienert (director), Sudabeh Mortezai (director), Monika Sommer-Sieghart (historian)
• Responsible company: Walter Scherb ( Spitz )
  • Also nominated were: Reinhard Kepplinger and Kuno Haas ( Grüne Erde ), Valentin Stalf ( N26 ), Maximilian Riedel ( Riedel Glas ), Ludwig Richard ( Dr. Richard )

Multiple nominations

The following people were nominated twice:

• Wolfgang Baumjohann (2010 and 2015)
• Ute Bock (2004 and 2010)
• Heidi Burkhart (2005 and 2011)
• Cecily Corti (2010 and 2013)
• Sabine Herlitschka (2014 and 2018, 2018 also award winner)
• Stefan Pierer (2006 and 2012, 2012 also award winner)
• Helga Rabl-Stadler (2010 and 2018, 2018 also award winner)
• Stefan Sagmeister (2007 and 2018, 2018 also award winner)
• Josef Zotter (2005 and 2010)
• Gabriele Zuna-Kratky (2009 and 2013)

Web links

• Austria 07
• Austria 08 in Die Presse
• Austria 09
• Austria 10
• The parade of the Austrians 2011
• Austria 13
• Austria 14

Individual evidence

1. ↑ E-mail from ORF customer service dated June 30, 2011, and individual articles on AUSTRIA 06 in: Die Presse , accessed on June 27, 2011.
2. ↑ diepresse.com: Humanitarian: Victory over the "Hascherl Syndrome" . Article dated October 21, 2008, accessed December 3, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The 2012 nominees from October 26, 2012, accessed on October 26, 2012.
4. ↑ diepresse.com - Robert Sommer - co-founder of "Augustin" . Article dated September 28, 2012, accessed February 16, 2015.
5. ↑ diepresse.com - Austria 15 . Retrieved September 12, 2015.
6. ↑ Marlies Matejka named Austrian of the year 2015 . Article dated October 24, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015.
7. ↑ diepresse.com - Austria 16 . Retrieved September 15, 2016.
8. ↑ diepresse.com: Austria'16: Austrians awarded the year . Article dated October 24, 2016, accessed October 25, 2016.
9. ↑ diepresse.com: Austria'17-Gala: Top performers in front of the curtain . Article dated October 24, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017.
10. ↑ diepresse.com - Austria 17 . Retrieved September 16, 2017.
11. ^ Diepresse.com: Courage, creativity and commitment: The Austrians of the year . Article dated October 23, 2018, accessed October 23, 2018.
12. ↑ diepresse.com - Austria 18 . Retrieved October 3, 2018.
13. ↑ Köksal Baltaci: Austria Gala: The Austrians of the year. In: The press . October 23, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 . 
14. ↑ diepresse.com - Austria 19 . Retrieved October 6, 2019.