Edith Klestil

Edith-Maria Klestil (* 13. November 1932 in Vienna , † 29. March 2011 ibid ), born Wielander , was the former wife of the Austrian diplomat and politician Thomas Klestil .

Edith-Maria grew up as the only child of the post office clerk Leopold Wielander and his wife Rosalia Wielander in the 3rd district of Vienna , Landstrasse . In 1932 and 1938, his parents' apartment was at 3., Paulusplatz 9, in the Erdberg district (Vienna) , not far from the St. Marx slaughterhouse, which no longer exists . (Thomas Klestil also grew up in Erdberg; he attended high school in Hagenmüllergasse.)

Leopold Wielander was born on October 25, 1896 and died at the age of 54 in March 1951. Rosalia Wielander was born around 1896 and died in April 1985 at the age of 89. Both grave, in which Edith-Maria Klestil was buried, is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 153, row 28, number 38).

In 1949, at the age of 17, she met Thomas Klestil, who was the same age. She was married to him from June 8, 1957 to September 1998.

Her trained profession was women's fashion director. With Thomas Klestil she had two sons and a daughter.

In 1992 Thomas Klestil was elected Federal President; Edith Klestil was active with him in the election campaign.

In January 1994 Edith separated from her husband when she no longer wanted to accept his affair with Margot Löffler . When they divorced in September 1998, it was agreed that Edith Klestil would be granted the right to rent an apartment on Vienna's Landesgerichtsstrasse .

The separation of the Klestil couple further alienated the Federal President from Austria's conservative camp, which put him up for election in 1992. Edith Klestil, on the other hand, received numerous expressions of sympathy.

literature

Senta Ziegler: Austria's first ladies. From Luise Renner to Margot Klestil-Löffler. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-8000-3719-X , pp. 111-129.

Individual evidence

^ Daily newspaper Die Presse , Vienna, No. 19.059 of April 5, 2011, p. 2
↑ Daily newspaper Kurier , Vienna: Edith Klestil is dead ( Memento from April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
↑ International Biographical Archive 35/2004 of August 28, 2004
^ Austria Press Agency on September 23, 1998 (possibly the last residential address); Retrieved April 9, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Klestil, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Klestil, Edith-Maria (full name); Wielander, Edith-Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian first lady
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 2011
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Daily newspaper Die Presse , Vienna, No. 19.059 of April 5, 2011, p. 2

[2] Daily newspaper Kurier , Vienna: Edith Klestil is dead ( Memento from April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[3] International Biographical Archive 35/2004 of August 28, 2004

[4] Austria Press Agency on September 23, 1998 (possibly the last residential address); Retrieved April 9, 2011