Austria 2018

This article lists events in Austria in 2018 .

General

08 January: The complexity researcher Stefan Thurner is named Austrian Scientist of the Year 2017 by the Club of Education and Science Journalists .
23 January: Niki Lauda wins the bidding process for the insolvent Air Berlin subsidiary Niki Luftfahrt
0February 8: 62nd Vienna Opera Ball
March 15 to 24: Nextcomic Festival Linz
April 13th: Long night of research
April 27: Start of the Upper Austrian State Exhibition 2018 - “The return of the Legion. Roman heritage in Upper Austria "
0May 8th: The festival of joy takes place for the sixth time on Heldenplatz in Vienna .
May 25th: 14th Long Night of Churches
0June 2nd: 25th Life Ball
June 13: The computer scientist and mathematician Herbert Edelsbrunner and the ethnomusicologist Ursula Hemetek are awarded the Wittgenstein Prize , each worth 1.4 million euros .
June 15 and 16: European Forum Wachau
June 16: 23rd Rainbow Parade
June 29th: The Austrian Constitutional Court came to the conclusion that intersex people , whose biological gender is not clearly “male” or “female”, have a right to an entry in the civil status register or in documents corresponding to their gender, based on Art 8 ECHR
0July 4th to 8th: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2018 in Klagenfurt
September 1: The daily newspaper Die Presse publishes a list of the most influential economists of the year for the fifth time .
August 15 to 31: European Forum Alpbach
September 15 and 16: Open House in Vienna
September 19 to 23: Philosophicum Lech

Ceremony "100 Years of the Republic of Austria" on Heldenplatz
(October 21, 2018)

September 20 to October 14: Festival for contemporary art Styrian autumn
September 27th to October 14th: Wiener Wiesn Festival
September 30: Monument Day 2018
October 6th: Long Night of the Museums
October 21: Ceremony “100 Years of the Republic of Austria” on Heldenplatz with over 80 rifle companies and around 25 music bands
23 October: Presentation of the Austrian of the Year 2018 award
October 25th: Presentation of the Big Brother Awards in Vienna's Rabenhof Theater
from October 27th: Severe weather in the Alps-Adriatic region in autumn 2018
November 5: Awarding of the Austrian Book Prize 2018
November 7th to 11th: Buch Wien
November 10: Opening of the House of Austrian History
December 6: Announcement of the Austrian word of the year 2018

Austrian Google search terms of the year 2018

Topics of the year: 2nd referendum for smoking ban , 3rd referendum for women , 7th Metaller KV negotiations , 10th 12-hour day
Celebrities & Exciters Austria: 1. Niki Lauda , 2. Roman Rafreider , 3. Cesár Sampson , 4. Pamela Rendi-Wagner , 5. Udo Landbauer , 6. Eva Glawischnig , 7. Karin Kneissl , 8. Philipp Hochmair , 9. Hilde Dalik , 10. Sigi Maurer

Election dates

Gaby Schaunig , Christian Kern and Peter Kaiser on the evening of the state elections in Carinthia 2018

January 28: State election in Lower Austria 2018
February 25: State elections in Tyrol 2018
0March 4: State election in Carinthia 2018
March 11: Election of the Chamber of Agriculture in Burgenland and Vienna

April 22nd: City council and mayoral election in Innsbruck 2018 (last election: City council election in Innsbruck 2012 )

April 22nd: State election in Salzburg 2018

0May 6th: Mayoral election in Innsbruck

politics

Demonstration against the government on January 13, 2018 in Vienna

0January 1st: The Federal Government Kurz I decides by circular resolution to expire the “ Employment Bonus ” measure and to suspend the “Employment Campaign 20,000” measure.
January 13th: Large demonstration against the Kurz government in Vienna. The demonstration was organized by left-wing organizations and, according to the police, had more than 20,000 participants.
January 27: As part of an extraordinary state party convention of the SPÖ Vienna , Michael Häupl hands over his role as SPÖ state party chairman in Vienna, and the handover as mayor of Vienna should also take place at the end of May 2018.
February 12: At a federal party congress, the FPÖ decides to set up a historians' commission
February 15: The referendum “Don't smoke” collects signatures along with two other referendums
March 22nd: Constituent session of the Lower Austrian Parliament of the XIX. Legislative period and election and inauguration of the state government Mikl-Leitner II
March 28th: Constituent session of the Tyrolean Parliament of the XVII. Legislative period and election and inauguration of the state government Platter III
April 12: Constituent session of the Carinthian state parliament of the 32nd legislative period and election and inauguration of the state government of Emperor II
0May 7th: NEOS founding member, party chairman and club chairman Matthias Strolz announces his retirement from politics.
May 24th: Michael Häupl hands over his office as Mayor of Vienna to Michael Ludwig , election of the state government and city senate Ludwig
June 13: Constituent session of the Salzburg state parliament of the 16th legislative period and election and inauguration of the state government Haslauer jun. II

Final rally of the large demonstration "No to the 12-hour day" at Heldenplatz

June 30: The large demonstration "No to the 12-hour day" organized by the ÖGB with a final rally at Heldenplatz was attended by an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 participants.

Meeting of the Federal Government Kurz I with the European Commission on July 6, 2018 as part of the Austrian EU Council Presidency 2018

0July 1: Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union / Austrian EU Council Presidency 2018

0September 8th: Hans Peter Doskozil is elected as the new state party chairman of the SPÖ Burgenland .

0October 1st to 8th: Registration week for the referendum “Don't smoke” , the women's referendum 2.0 and a referendum against GIS fees.

0October 6: Former Chancellor Christian Kern announces his retirement from politics.

October 31: The federal government announces not to sign the UN migration pact.

Sports

December 29, 2017 to January 6: Four Hills Tournament 2017/18

14th to 21st January: 78th Hahnenkamm race

January 20: Matthias Walkner becomes the first Austrian to win the motorcycle classification of the Dakar Rally

January 23: Marcel Hirscher celebrates the night race in Schladming his 54th World Cup victory and moves with the previous record holder Hermann Maier equal

02nd to 4th February: Austrian Badminton Championship 2018

February 11: The Austrian national hockey team becomes world champion at the 2018 indoor hockey world championship

0February 9th to 25th: Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics

February 20 to March 3: 12th Ice Stock World Championships in Amstetten and Winklarn

0March 9th to 18th: Austria at the Winter Paralympics 2018

April 12-14: Sankt Johann im Pongau Open 2018

April 16-20: Tour of the Alps 2018

21./22. April: Vienna City Marathon

April 20-22 : Austrian Darts Open 2018

0May 6th: Salzburg Marathon

May 27: Austrian Women's Run and Ironman 70.3 Austria

May 31 to June 3: ErzbergRodeo

The podium at the Austrian Grand Prix

June 29-July 1: In Spielberg is Grand Prix of Austria held, with Red Bull Racing this win for the first time an Austrian designer.
July 1st: Ironman Austria
July 7-14: Tour of Austria 2018
July 21 and 22: Austrian State Championships in Athletics 2018
July 24th to 28th: 2018 Women's Fistball World Cup in Linz
July 28 to August 4: Generali Open 2018 / Generali Open 2018 / Qualification
August 12: 2018 Motorcycle World Championship - Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring
August 26th: Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon
August 29 to September 1: European Squash Championship 2018 in Graz
August 31 to September 2: Austria Triathlon

Climbing World Championship 2018 in Innsbruck

September 6 to 16: Jessica Pilz and Jakob Schubert become world champions at the 2018 World Climbing Championships in Innsbruck

15./16. September: Red Bull Air Race 2018 at Wiener Neustadt / West airfield

September 22nd to 30th: UCI Road World Championships 2018 in Innsbruck

October 7-14 : Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2018 / Qualification and Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2018

October 11-13: Klagenfurt Open 2018

October 22 to 28: Erste Bank Open 2018 / Qualification and Erste Bank Open 2018

October 24th: Martina Kuenz wins the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships 2018 in Budapest and thus the first world championship medal in wrestling for Austria since Nikola Hartmann in 2000.

October 31: Presentation of the 2018 Athlete of the Year award

November 6th to 11th: Austrian Open 2018 (table tennis) in Linz

December 15: Caroline Pilhatsch wins the silver medal at the 2018 Short Course World Championships and thus the first Austrian Swimming World Championship medal since Markus Rogan in 2010.

December 29 to January 6, 2019: Four Hills Tournament 2018/19

Championships, cups and leagues

Music, theater, stage, art

“Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo” in Baden

0January 1: New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic 2018

February 12: Protest song contest

April 26: Amadeus Awards 2018

May 11th to June 17th: Vienna Festival Weeks

May 31: Summer night concert by the Vienna Philharmonic

June 8th to September 30th: “Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo” under the motto “I Love Africa” in the public space in Baden near Vienna

June 23: Austrian brass music festival in Vienna

June 14th to 17th: Nova Rock Festival

June 19: Awarding of the Austrian Music Theater Prize 2018 / Austrian Music Theater Prize

June 22nd to 24th: Danube Island Festival

June 28th to July 1st: Woodstock's brass band

July 5th to 29th: Tyrolean Festival Erl

July 12th to August 24th: Mörbisch Lake Festival

July 17th to August 27th: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

July 20 to August 30: Salzburg Festival

July 18 to August 20, 2018: Bregenz Festival

July 26th to 29th: Popfest in Vienna

August 16-19: FM4 Frequency Festival

17th August to 9th September: Grafenegg Festival

September 14th to 16th: Folk culture festival in Aufsteirern

September 27-29 : Waves Vienna 2018

October 25th: National Day concert

November 17th: Awarding of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2018 / Nestroy Theater Prize

List of number one hits in Austria (2018)

Film, television and radio

Winner of the Austrian Film Prize 2018

January 28: At the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival , Cops is awarded the Feature Film Audience Award and the Socially Relevant Film Award by Stefan A. Lukacs , Anna Suk is honored as the best young actor (supporting role) .

January 31: Presentation of the Austrian Film Prize 2018 in Grafenegg

February 24: Waldheim's waltzes by Ruth Beckermann , Styx by Wolfgang Fischer and L'Animale by Katharina Mückstein are awarded at the Berlinale 2018 .

0March 7-11 : Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival

March 13th to 18th: Diagonale film festival in Graz

0April 7th: 2018 Romy Awards

April 13-22 : LET'S CEE Film Festival in Vienna

April 25th to 30th: Crossing Europe film festival in Linz

May 29th to June 4th: Vienna Shorts

June 30th to September 2nd: Film Festival on Vienna's Rathausplatz

Theatrical releases of Austrian productions

date	Movie title	Visitors (in thousands)
January 12th	Life guidance
January 19th	Help, I've shrunk my parents	122
January 26th	The hermits
0February 2nd	The miracle exercise	60
February 16	Arthur & Claire	90 (85)
02nd March	Erik & Erika	26 (20)
02nd March	Ugly
March 16	L'Animale
March 16	Murer - anatomy of a process	18 (16)
March 23	The last party of your life	41
April 13th	3 days in Quiberon	14 (12)
20th of April	wizard
25. May	The legend of the ugly king
08th June	The testament
15th June	Looking for Oum Kulthum
June 22	Interpreter
21st September	Cops	10
04th of October	Glossary of Broken Dreams
05th October	Waldheim's waltz	26th
05th October	Smash my heart
October 12th	The little pleasure
October 12th	The tobacconist	56
October 12th	The Dark
October 19th	Ciao Chérie
0November 9th	Angelo	10
November 23	Styx
30th of November	How did we deserve this?	60 (50)
December 14th	Manaslu - mountain of souls

Memorial days

January: The January strike took place 100 years ago

January 24th: The composer Gottfried von Eine was born 100 years ago

January 28: 150th anniversary of the death of the writer Adalbert Stifter

0February 6: 100th anniversary of the death of the painter Gustav Klimt

February 25 40 years ago, is on the subpart Reumannplatz-Karlsplatz line U1 the Vienna subway in operation.

March 12th: Union of Austria 80 years ago

March 13: 170 years ago the revolution of 1848/1849 began in the Austrian Empire

0May 5th: Day of Remembrance against violence and racism in memory of the victims of National Socialism

0June 2nd: The Innsbruck Music Association was founded 200 years ago, from which the Tyrolean State Conservatory emerged .

June 26: 100th anniversary of the death of the writer Peter Rosegger

0July 1st: Ignaz Semmelweis was born 200 years ago

July 17th: The Lassing mine disaster occurred 20 years ago

July 31: The writer Peter Rosegger was born 175 years ago

August 8: The first edition of the Wiener Zeitung appeared 315 years ago

August 21: 50 years ago, the Prague Spring was violently crushed by invading Warsaw Pact troops

0September 3: 60 years ago Austria ratified the European Convention on Human Rights

September 17th: Five years ago there was multiple murder in Annaberg

September 18: 100 years ago there was a fire in the munitions factory in Wöllersdorf , in which 423 people were killed.

0October 6: The Vienna October Uprising in 1848 began 170 years ago

October 27: 50th anniversary of the death of nuclear physicist Lise Meitner

October 31: 100 years ago the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended with the departure of Hungary; 100th anniversary of the death of the painter Egon Schiele

09/10 November: November pogroms 1938 80 years ago

November 11th: 100th anniversary of the death of the politician Victor Adler

November 12th: State act in the Vienna State Opera on the occasion of the proclamation of the Republic of German-Austria 100 years ago

December 10: 70 years ago the General Assembly of the United Nations passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 21: 100 years ago, the future Federal President Kurt Waldheim was born

December 24th: Silent Night, Holy Night was performed for the first time 200 years ago

December 30th: 130 years ago the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (SDAP) was founded at the Hainfeld Party Congress .

The Austrian National Library was founded 650 years ago

Selection of known deceased

January

0January 1: Walter Pilar , writer
January 10: Walter Knofel , director
January 12: Peter H. Fürst , photographer
January 13: Walter Schuster , ski racer
January 15: Harald Wittig , politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
January 18: Alexander Götz , politician, federal party leader of the FPÖ
January 19: Ute Bock , refugee helper
23 January: Gertraude Portisch , writer
January 24th: Willibald Riedler , space researcher
January 27: Bernhard Naber , Abbot of Altenburg Abbey
January 30th: Robert Rebhahn , legal scholar

February

0February 2nd: Reinhold Purr , politician, President of the Landtag of Styria
0February 4th: Hugo Westreicher , politician, member of the National Council
0February 6: Heinz Petters , actor
0February 7th: Manfred Payrhuber , sports journalist
February 12: Heinz Rudolf Unger , writer ( Proletenpassion , Zwölfeläuten )
February 19: Peter Pikl , actor, director and director of the Porcia Comedy Games
February 24: Erich Padalewski , actor
February 25: Joachim Rathke , old superintendent
February 26th: Elfriede Irrall , actress
February 27: Achill Rumpold , politician, Provincial Councilor in Carinthia

March

0March 3: Franz Pacher , civil engineer
0March 4th: Trude Ackermann , castle actress
0March 6: Margarethe Stolz-Hoke , painter
March 12th: Gertrude Stiehl , politician
March 12th: Waldemar Jud , lawyer and university professor
March 14th: Franz Wolny , soccer player
March 21: Martha Wallner , castle actress, fanatics in the Salzburger Jedermann from 1956 to 1959
March 27th: Gernot Piccottini , archaeologist and epigraphist
March 27th: Ernst Eisenmayer , painter and sculptor

April

0April 1: Anna Medwenitsch , age record holder
0April 4: Alfred Payrleitner , journalist and author
0April 7th: Helma Schimke , mountaineer
0April 7th: Gerd Honsik , author and Holocaust denier
0April 8: Josef Schmid , sociologist
April 13: Heinrich Ferenczy , Benedictine abbot
April 16: Günter Högner , musician
April 21: Guggi Löwinger , singer, actress and dancer

May

0May 1st: Harald Renner , rapper and drummer
0May 2nd: Karl Ignaz Hennetmair , traveling salesman, piglet wholesaler and real estate agent
0May 7th: Andreas Findig , writer
May 13: Manfred Swarovski , entrepreneur
May 24th: Heinrich Kraus , theater scholar and theater director
May 24th: Horst Hirnschrodt , soccer player
May 27th: Herbert Pichler , medic
May 27: Dietmar Kainrath , graphic artist and caricaturist
May 31: Fritz Hofmann , politician (SPÖ), Vienna City Councilor for Planning and President of the State Parliament

June

June 2nd: Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , behavioral scientist

June 2nd: Werner Wigelbeyer , politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, Vice Mayor of Wels

June 6: Franz M. Wuketits , biologist and science theorist
June 7th: Stefan Weber , musician, founder of Drahdiwaberl
June 8: Sissy Mayerhoffer , Commercial Director and Head of the Humanitarian Broadcasting Department at ORF ( Licht ins Dunkel )
June 12: Walter Langer , actor
June 12: Nikolaus Wiplinger , pianist and professor at the Bruckner Conservatory
June 14th: Theodor Österreicher , lawyer
June 16: Herbert Grubinger , cultural technician and hydraulic engineer
June 17th: Thomas Chorherr , journalist, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Die Presse
June 23: Stefan Matousch , actor
June 28: Christine Nöstlinger , writer

July

July 2nd: Gottfried Wegleitner , Franciscan priest
July 3: Hans Hautmann , historian
July 5: Heinrich Gattermeyer , composer
July 10: Edvin Hodžić , football player
July 12: Peter Heintel , psychologist, rector of the University of Education in Klagenfurt (1974 to 1977)
July 14th: Hans Kronberger , journalist and politician, MEP
July 18: Johann Loos , politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the national council
July 20: Heinz Schilcher , soccer player and manager
July 20: Christoph Westerthaler , soccer player and coach
July 20: Alfred Kleinheinz , actor
July 24th: Sepp Oberkirchner , politician (SPÖ), regional councilor in the Salzburg regional government from 1976 to 1989
July 27th: Herbert Moritz , journalist and politician (SPÖ), Minister of Education
July 27th: Herbert Friedl , artist
July 27: Herbert Keßler , Governor of Vorarlberg from 1964 to 1987
July 30th: Gerhard Jagschitz , historian

August

August 1st: Heinrich Kienberger , lawyer, constitutional judge and administrative lawyer
August 5th: Alfred Hertel , oboist
August 6: Ferdinand Gstöttner , politician (SPÖ), member of the state parliament, federal councilor
August 7th: Anton Lehmden , painter and graphic artist
August 7th: Hubert Wallner , moderator
August 11: Götz Fritsch , theater and radio play director
August 16: Ferdinand Rostásy , civil engineer
August 27th: Hermann Lehr , actor and ballet dancer
August 29: Erich Lessing , photographer

September

September 9: Robert Opratko , composer
September 12th: Erich Kleinschuster , trombonist and university professor
September 15: Fritz Wintersteller , mountaineer
September 20: Reinhard Tritscher , ski racer
September 21: Adolf Knoll , soccer player
September 23: Helmut Köglberger , soccer player
September 23: Zipflo Weinrich , jazz musician
September 25th: Maria Jonas , feminist
September 27: Helga Michie , artist and writer
September 28: Josefa Tomsik , politician, member of the Viennese state parliament

October

October 1: Peter E. Pieler , lawyer
October 4th: Herbert Tumpel , President of the Chamber of Labor
October 4th: Hermann J. Painitz , artist
October 6th: Antonia Meinke , badminton player
October 8: Klaus Hutterer , politician, member of the National Council
October 14th: Harald Schmied , founder of the soccer world championship for the homeless
October 14th: Karl Wegrath , table tennis player
October 16: Franz Stauber , educator
October 17th: Sebastian Fischer , castle actor
October 24th: Rudolf Gelbard , Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness

November

November 2nd: Severin Schneider , religious
November 18: Erich Mittenecker , psychologist
November 20: Gerhard Jäger , journalist and writer
November 23: Volker Mahnert , entomologist
November 28: Uli Scherer , pianist
November 29th: Otto Stark , cabaret artist

December

December 1: Wolfgang Mayrhuber , Manager, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
December 2: Josef Krawina , architect
December 2nd: Hilli Reschl , dancer, soubrette and actress ( senior club )
December 6th: Doris Mayer , actress and writer
December 6th: Hellmuth Sitte , biologist, rector of Saarland University
December 6th: Ralf Egger , painter
December 9: Werner Linkesch , medic
December 16: Eduard Rieger , politician (FPÖ), member of the state parliament in Tyrol
December 22nd: Thomas Kenner , doctor
December 24th: Hermann Walenta , sculptor, graphic artist and painter
December 26: Michael Coudenhove-Kalergi , painter
December 29th: Eva Twaroch , journalist
December 30th: Thomas Pühringer , painter and sculptor