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