State visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Austria in 1969

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On May 5, 1969 , Queen Elizabeth II made her first and so far only state visit to Austria . She came with Prince Philip , the Duke of Edinburgh , and her daughter Princess Anne , whose first official visit abroad was this. They stayed in Austria until May 10, 1969. This was the first official state visit by a UK head of state in 61 years.

Arrivals

The Queen arrived at Vienna-Schwechat Airport on May 5, 1969 at 3:43 p.m. and was welcomed with all military honors , red carpet , 21 gun salutes and a children's choir from Carinthia by the assembled Austrian Federal Government and Federal President Franz Jonas and his wife receive. In addition, some diplomats from countries of the Commonwealth of Nations , around 3,000 onlookers and 100 photographers were waiting for the arrival of the Queen at the airport . During her stay in Vienna, the Queen stayed at the Hotel Imperial on Vienna's Ringstrasse . When they arrived, 50,000 onlookers had gathered to see the Queen arrive. The arrival was secured by a large contingent of the Austrian police , which was on site with hundreds of officers. Both arrival and the following five-day visit were broadcast live by imported only in the same year, color TV in the ORF transmitted. The daughter Anne had to cancel her trip due to a flu illness, but followed on May 7, 1969. The royal society first visited Vienna and then other cities and places in Austria such as Innsbruck , Salzburg , Graz , Klosterneuburg and Piber . The royal guests returned to London on May 10th .

Vienna

In Vienna, a reception for lunch in the Vienna City Hall by Mayor Bruno Marek was on the program. In the course of this, the Queen signed the city of Vienna's golden book . The royal visit had previously visited the Albertina , the art history museum , a gala performance by the Spanish Riding School , the treasury , Schönbrunn Palace , St. Stephen's Cathedral , as well as the Parliament and the Marschallhof , a municipal housing estate in Vienna. In the Spanish Riding School was Princess Anne allowed on the Lipizzaner - Stallion Siglavy Bona ride.

Marshal Court

With the visit to the Marschallhof, the City of Vienna wanted to showcase the achievements of modern social democracy , social housing. The Queen was led by Mayor Bruno Marek to Mrs. Chlumetzky's apartment in the Marschallhof in Vienna, Donaustadt , Am Kaisermühlendamm 1-5, staircase 1, 11th floor, door 67, where she visited the two-room apartment and with Mrs. Chlumetzky could drink a tea. The Marschallhof was specially prepared for this visit in order to be able to show it in the best possible light. For this reason, the access road was re-asphalted, some flowers were planted, trees and bushes were tended six months in advance. In the Marschallhof, the elevator was overhauled, a mirror was installed and the floor was newly laid on the eleventh floor.

State Opera

Due to the Queen's visit, the State Opera's program was even changed. Previously, it had leaked through diplomats that the Queen was not a big opera fan and that the opera Fidelio on the program was probably a torture for her. For this reason, the operetta Fledermaus (cast: Eberhard Wächter , Hilde Güden , Erich Kunz , Renate Holm and Otto Schenk as a frog) was played on the day of the visit .

Vienna presented the Queen with a reproduction of the Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini made of silver, which was made for the first time by the silversmiths Jarosinski & Vaugoin as a gift for this state visit.

Tyrol

From Vienna's Westbahnhof we took the train to Tyrol , where a stop was made at Wörgl station so that the Queen could make a phone call to Buckingham Palace . In the Tyrolean capital, the royal company was received by Governor Eduard Wallnöfer , Innsbruck Mayor Alois Lugger , skiing legend Karl Schranz and Olympic champions Olga Pall and Josef Feistmantl . You will visit Innsbruck's old town as well as the Europabrücke , which was the highest bridge in Europe at the time.

Isserhof

The express wish of the Queen, a Tyrolean farm to visit, have been and so it happened that the Queen and guidance, after the council in Vienna, now in Sistrans the Isserhof visited the family Schweiger and there is a Tyrolean snack ate. A memorial plaque still adorns the courtyard today and commemorates the royal visit. From Tyrol, the Queen was given a Zillertal chest, Prince Philipp with a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Josef Bachlechner , which depicts Margarete Maultasch and Princess Anne was presented with ski equipment.

Salzburg

In Salzburg , the royal family visited the old town including the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and resided in Kleßheim Palace .

Styria

After Salzburg, the Styrian capital Graz and the Lipizzaner stud in Piber were on the program.

Lower Austria

In Lower Austria they visited Klosterneuburg Abbey .

Individual evidence

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