Egon Straszer

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Egon Straszer (2007)

Egon Straszer (* 1966 in Malta , Carinthia) is an Austrian sculptor and painter .

Live and act

Sculpture Morgengabe an Gaia , 2009
Sculpture part , 2010
Sculptures butterfly caterpillar and memorabilia , 2008
Sculpture Movable Objects , 2018

Egon Straszer in 1966 in Malta (district Spittal , Carinthia born) and completed 1981-1990 training to the Austrian apprenticeships blacksmith and wood and stone sculptor .

Since 1989 he turned to artistic activities and began to work as a freelance artist in the stone quarries of Adnet near Hallein and by participating in the stone carving symposia there (from 1991). At the same time he began to deal with bronze casting . In 1992 he founded the artist and bronze casting group “ARGE EUG” in Salzburg with Peter Wiener and other colleagues. This group built a melting furnace for the lost wax process and a test workshop for bronze casting in cooperation with the then Oberascher bell foundry . At the same time, Egon Straszer worked for Josef Zenzmaier from 1993–1995 as an assistant at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg (bronze casting and sculpture class).

From the mid-1990s onwards, however, he focused primarily on stone carving and began to explore the possibilities of stone carving in the present through experimental discussions. a. since the beginning of the 2000s through the development of new variants of the artistic stone carving in tight parallel cuts, which reveal sculptural forms through computer-controlled diamond cutting inside square stone blocks (see below).

2006 Egon Straszer received the promotional award for visual arts of the province of Carinthia .

In 2007 he moved from his previous place of residence and work in Carinthia (first Bad Kleinkirchheim , then Seeboden am Millstätter See ) to Großrust near St. Pölten in Lower Austria , where he has lived and his workshop ever since.

Works by Egon Straszer can be found in public and private art collections in Austria and Germany, such as the art collection of the State of Lower Austria , the Kunstforum Strabag or the Infineon collection . His works are also displayed in a number of places as art in public spaces , e.g. B. in Bad Kleinkirchheim (fountain in the spa park and in the St. Kathrein thermal baths), in Obritzberg-Rust , at the Hochleithen rest station on the Austrian north motorway A5, in the state clinic Neunkirchen , in Weinburg an der Pielach, in the sculpture park Thumersbach or in the sculpture line “ Stones without borders ” from Berlin-Buch via Hobrechtswald to Barnim .

Egon Straszer is a member of the Carinthian Art Association and the Krastal Artwork Association , where he was also a member of the board from 2009–2015, and of the Künstlerhaus Wien , where he is also the Sculpture Coordinator as of 2018.

Works and forms

Development of the design language

At the beginning of his work, Egon Straszer also experimented with cast bronze or wood, but soon limited himself to stone. His works have so far explored many possibilities in the design of stones, such as hollowing the stone, breaking through and perforating limiting stone walls, or exposing and shaping a core.

New forms through new technology: sculptures in perspective

In his more recent works, Egon Straszer leaves old traditions of sculpture (actually only forming the surface) behind and tries to find new forms of expression through new technical possibilities. According to his designs, these shapes are created using computer-controlled diamond milling machines only inside stone blocks. This particular technique of stone carving can be described as follows:

  • In a stone block, computer-controlled cuts are milled in tight layers, which leave shapes inside the block.
  • The visible surface is then initially square, is polished smooth and reflects. However, due to the narrow spacing between the spaces, gestalt laws of perception apply. The stone surface closes like a curtain and initially simply shows its stone grain (mostly East Tyrolean serpentinite ).
  • The sculptures are not only defined in this external view, but only in looking through, in perceiving the core, in the light reflections on the upper and lower surfaces of the cut panels and the translucence of the form. It's about the optimal angle to catch the silhouette of the figure. They are “sculptures in perspective”.
  • Perception is actually in the eye of the beholder - a blind opens, a blind closes (depending on the perspective), and this changes the perception.

stone_clearing

In this experimental process, an extensive series of works has emerged over the past few years and to this day, which Egon Straszer himself calls "stone_clearing". The serpentinite and granite used for this function both as a technical and an aesthetic material: “ This involves both the question of new possibilities for figurative design and also with regard to material immanence, that is, the ability to design in the material itself. A decisive new thing is taking place here Moment of his artistic self-image. Using meticulous, computer-controlled cross-sections of the stone with diamond saws, he succeeds in "shaping" human figures in the stone itself. Depending on the viewing angle of the geometrically cut stone, a human body becomes visible in three dimensions. The artist creates a new transparency of the hard stone material, inside and outside are permanently reversed: the personages carved out in the stone blocks appear and disappear depending on the perspective. "

Egon Straszer as a painter

More recently Egon Straszer has also been experimenting as a painter with the means of expression of drawing and lithography .

Exhibitions and symposia (selection)

Personal exhibitions

  • 2019 "EEU" (with Ulrich Plieschnig and Eduard Lesjak), Gallery II, Sankt Andrä (Carinthia) , (January 24th - March 30th, 2019)
  • 2018 "Always in Sight" (with Thomas Nemec), Kunstraum pro arte, Hallein (April 20 - May 26, 2018)
  • 2015 "oel - stein - faden" (with Ulrich Plieschnig and Eduard Lesjak), exhibition space.at - space for art and everyday culture, Vienna (December 8, 2015 to January 20, 2016)
  • 2014 "Thuma & Straszer" (with Gerlinde Thuma), Art Workshop Tulln (October 17th - November 2nd, 2014)
  • 2014 "Transformation and Inversion" (with Larissa and Frank Tomassetti), Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (May 8th - 28th, 2014)
  • 2013 "out_standing" , solo exhibition in the artwork Krastal , Einöde (23 August - 23 September 2013)
  • 2013 "Wine and art on the Seggauberg" (with Gerlinde Thuma), Kodolitsch winery, Seggauberg (May 24th - 26th, 2013)
  • 2012 “Judith Wagner. Egon Straszer. JWES " (with Judith Wagner), exhibition bridge in the Landhaus St. Pölten , Sankt Pölten (23 May - 13 June 2012)
  • 2011 "Schein Raum Movement" (with Ludwig Wilding), Kunstraum Walker, Klagenfurt (December 1 - 17, 2011)
  • 2011 "Egon Straszer: stone_clearing" , solo exhibition in the Kelag show power plant Forstsee , Techelsberg (July 28th - August 15th 2011)
  • 2010 "Egon Straszer: Works" , solo exhibition in the Restaurant-Galerie Vierzehn, St. Gallen (February 25 - March 17, 2010)
  • 2006 "Outdoor Show II" (with Sybille von Halem, Max Seibald), Kärntner Kunstverein , Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (June 29th - September 30th, 2006)
  • 2004/2005 “Things in themselves. Zum Kantjahr " (with Michael Kos), Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach (December 17, 2004 - January 22, 2005)
  • 2004 "Dish apples. Michael Kos & Egon Straszer: Sculptures, Objects " (with Michael Kos), Galerie Gmünd (August 12 - September 20, 2004)
  • 2000 “Tree campaign: in the middle of the forest a tree-free zone, because the sculptures are our plants and they need a place. We need space. A provocation - a wake-up call ” , solo exhibition in the artwork Krastal, Einöde (summer 2000).

Participation in exhibitions

  • 2019 Spotlight 60s to 90s , Maringer Gallery, St Pölten (November 24th - December 31st, 2019)
  • 2019 Art out of the box - the bent collection , Small Gallery in the Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt , (June 27th - August 2nd, 2019)
  • 2019 Difficulty , KUNST: WERK, St. Pölten , (February 15 - March 17, 2019)
  • 2018 " KUNSTradln in Millstatt " , 25 stations in Millstatt am See (Egon Straszer present at stations 4, 6, 10, 11; May 11 - October 28, 2018)
  • 2018 "Art on prescription - art on prescription - art sur ordonnance" , Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris (organized by the Kunstverein precarium, Vienna , coop EHESS Paris; March 8, 2018)
  • 2017 "Toda 2017: Umbria / Austria" , Schupfengalerie cultural initiative, Herzogenburg (October 13 - November 11, 2017)
  • 2017 "friendsandart" , Kunstraum Bernsteiner in "die Tischlerei", Vienna X (March 24th - April 2nd, 2017)
  • 2016 "Wine and art at the Kodolitsch winery" , Kodolitsch winery, Seggauberg (November 25-27, 2016)
  • 2016 "First Weinburger Art Festival" , Kulturbahnhof Klangen (September 17th - 18th, 2016)
  • 2016 "Significant Positions in Art in Lower Austria" , Kunsthaus Laa an der Thaya (September 10th - October 2nd, 2016)
  • 2016 "black, white & gray" , St. Pöltner Künstlerbund, Galerie KUNST: WERK St. Pölten (February 18 - March 20, 2016)
  • 2016 "Art Innsbruck" , Innsbruck Exhibition Center, Hall A (exhibition booth at Galerie 9900 (Lienz); January 27th - 31st, 2016)
  • 2015 “sculpsit - plastic object sculpture I” , kunstraumarcade. Room for contemporary art, Mödling (September 27 - October 31, 2015)
  • 2015 “Accessibility in the head. The art exhibition for an inclusive society " , former Ankerbrot -Expedithalle, Vienna X (organized by the cultural association LIFESPAN, May 5th - 12th 2015)
  • 2015 "KRASTAL CONNECTION - Exhibition and documentation of the Krastal artwork association" , artP.kunstverein, Perchtoldsdorf (March 21 - April 18, 2015)
  • 2015 "3D" , Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art (NöDOK), Sankt Pölten (February 13 - March 15, 2015)
  • 2014 " Art austria 2014" , Leopold Museum , Vienna VII (exhibition booth of Galerie Walker, April 3 - 6, 2014)
  • 2014 "The city as a gallery: Jasna Samarin, Ingrid Marquardt, Egon Straszer and Walter Teschl" , Sankt Andrä (Carinthia) (March 8 - 31, 2014)
  • 2013 "Made of stone?" , Judith Walker Gallery, Ebenau Castle , Feistritz im Rosental (September 29 - October 26, 2013)
  • 2013 "25 years for art" , Judith Walker Gallery, Ebenau Castle, Feistritz im Rosental (July 8th - September 15th, 2013)
  • 2013 "Wegmarken" , summer refectory in St. Pölten Cathedral (February 14th - March 17th, 2013)
  • 2012 “Melancholie” , kunstraumarcade. Room for Current Art, Mödling (September 22nd - November 3rd, 2012)
  • 2012 “Structure and Immateriality. Sculpture. Object and its dissolution " , Kunstverein Kärnten, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (June 29th - August 18th 2012)
  • 2012 "ART & ANTIQUE art fair" , Salzburg Residence (exhibition booth of the Judith Walker Gallery), Salzburg (March 31 - April 9, 2012)
  • 2011 “Cycle 6.0: Distant Proximity. Contemporary art Central Europe: Lower Austria, Friuli, Julisch Venetien ” , Dormitorium Stift Lilienfeld (October 6th - 30th, 2011)
  • 2010 "Expositions" , Art Room Würth, Böheimkirchen (June 2 - September 26, 2010)
  • 2010 "Movimenti & stone_clearing" , Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (Egon Straszer in the "Small Gallery" of the Künstlerhaus) (April 16 - May 15, 2010)
  • 2009 "In memoriam Marianne Schoiswohl" , Gallery Denkraum, Vienna (November 12th - December 12th, 2009)
  • 2009 "Sculptures in Rothschild Park" , Waidhofen an der Ybbs , (organized by the "Kunstbank Ferrum"; August 7th - September 6th, 2009)
  • 2009 "Overlaps II" , Judith Walker Gallery, Ebenau Castle, Feistritz im Rosental (May 25 - September 20, 2009)
  • 2009 "Drawing: Space" , Carinthia Art Association, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (May 14 - June 26, 2009)
  • 2008 “K08 - Emancipation and Confrontation. Art from Carinthia from 1945 to today ” , various locations, here location of the Krastal artwork (outdoor:“ Moving stone sculpture ”), Solitude (June 26th - August 31st, 2008);
  • 2007 “first flush. Works of art from the Krastal in the Casino am See " , Casineum Velden (July 6th - September 16th 2007)
  • 2006 "Artwork Krastal" , Galerie Nothburga, Innsbruck (September 26th - October 21st, 2006)
  • 2006 "Solysombra - Parcour of Perception" , Judith Walker Gallery and Schlosspark, Ebenau Castle, Feistritz im Rosental (June 25th - September 10th, 2006)
  • 2006 "Gemmakunstschaun" , Kunsthaus brewhouse of the Villacher Brewery , Villach (May 18 - June 10, 2006)
  • 2005 "ENTGEGNUNG_members' exhibition 2005" , Kärntner Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (July 1 - August 13, 2005)
  • 2005 “for five” , gallery “Art space” in the Millstatt Abbey (June 2nd - 25th, 2005)
  • 2005 “Expedition Companions. Carinthian Artists in South Tyrol " , Galerie Prisma, South Tyrolean Artists Association, Bozen (May 7th - 21st, 2005)
  • 2004 “NaturArte. Mostra a Rozzano " , sculpture exhibition, artwork Krastal in cooperation with the artist group NaturArte, Cascina Grande, Rozzano (June 2004)
  • 2003 "Stone washed I. Sculpture focus: Stone" , Barockschlössl, Museum M. and Hauptplatz, Mistelbach (May 2003)
  • 2002 "Private pleasure" , action and exhibition by the Krastal artwork association as part of the Treffner Kulturtage, Einöde (November 8-10, 2002)
  • 2002 “europe art languages. Identità Europa: linguaggi ed artisti a confronto “ , European exhibition project, several locations, here: Castello Mediceo, Melegnano near Milan (July - September 2002)
  • 2002 “Out Door Show. The work of art Krastal in the Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt " , Kärntner Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (4th July - 15th August 2002)
  • 2001 "PSSWK 8.8.01" (PSSWK = Michael Printschler , Max Seibald , Egon Straszer, Rupert Wenzel , Richard Kaplenig ), Galeria, Sala di Azienda di Promozione Turistica, Sistiana near Trieste (beginning of July - 8th August 2001)
  • 2001 "Accompanying exhibition to the symposium stones without borders" , vaulted cellar in the Künstlerhof Buch of the Academy of the Arts (Berlin) , Berlin-Buch (September 2nd - 30th 2001)
  • 1995 "now = later: Group EUG" , cultural center "Fabrik BKK 600", Salzburg (autumn 1995)
  • 1994 "Salzlos" , accompanying exhibition to the Salzburg State Exhibition 1994 (subject of salt), Pernerinsel, Hallein (April 30 - October 30, 1994)
  • 1994 "CHAOS as a unit of order" , Berchtoldvilla , Salzburg (September 1994)
  • 1993 "Group EUG" , Gallery Forum Wels
  • 1993 "The Human Body" , Lainz Hospital , Vienna 13 (May 25 - October 3, 1993)

Symposia

  • 2014 “Who the f *** is Otto?” , 47th International Sculptor Symposium, Artwork Krastal , Einöde (Symposium and exhibition July 11 - August 2, 2014); Participation and organization: Egon Straszer; in addition: Exhibition Otto Eder (founder of the Krastal Symposia);
  • 2011 “Symposium Himmelberg” , Kunstmühle Himmelberg (exhibition July 16 - October 10, 2011);
  • 2011 “Sculptures through the Krastal - from the river to the lake” , sculpture trail, built as part of the 43rd International Sculptor Symposium, Association of Krastal Artwork, Einöde (exhibition June 27 - August 17, 2011);
  • 2009 “1⁰ Simposio Internazionale di Scultura di Legno” , organized by the “Consorzio Levico Terme in Centro”, Levico Terme (symposium and exhibition December 2-8 , 2009);
  • 2009 “Landscape in Transition” , symposium as part of the Weinburger Kulturtage 2009, Weinburg (symposium September 16-18, 2009);
  • 2009 “ART / POWER / PEOPLE / COURAGE. VIII. Alpen-Adria Sculptor Symposium 2009 “ , Domplatz, Maria Saal (symposium and exhibition June 18-27, 2009);
  • 2008 “Symposion PATHFINDER” , 41st International Sculptor Symposium, Artwork Krastal, Einöde (also part of the exhibition “K08 - Emancipation and Confrontation. Art from Carinthia from 1945 to today”, see below; Symposium June 30th - July 26th, 2008; Exhibition 3. August 28th - October 28th, 2008);
  • 2005 “Closed Society - Open House” , 38th International Sculptor Symposium, Krastal Artwork, Einöde (Symposium and exhibition July 3 - 30, 2005);
  • 2003 “Krastal - Öhringen - Treffen” , 36th international sculpture symposium, Krastal artwork, location: Town Hall and Hofgarten, Öhringen (symposium and exhibition June 15-25, 2003);
  • 2001 “Symposium Stones Without Borders II” , Mühlendorf Art Gallery, Teltow (exhibition October 5 - November 17, 2001);
  • 2001 “Symposium Stones Without Borders I” , Buch Forestry Office, Berlin-Buch and Zepernicker Rieselfelder (municipality of Panketal ) (Symposium September 2 - 30, 2001);
  • 2001 "34. International Sculpture Symposium “Artwork Krastal” (no special title, symposium July 3 - 31, 2001; organization: Helmut Machhammer and Egon Straszer);
  • 1998 “European Sculptor Workshop / Cantiere Europeo della Sculptura” , Alpe-Adria working week in the artwork Krastal, Einöde (workshop / symposium July 5-29, 1998);
  • 1993 “International Sculpture Symposium Malta ” , organized by the “EUG” group (summer 1993, also the only symposium in Malta (Carinthia));
  • 1992 "2. International Sculptor Symposium Adnet bei Hallein ” , organized by the“ EUG ”group (summer 1992);
  • 1991 "1. International Sculptor Symposium Adnet bei Hallein ” , organized by the“ EUG ”group (summer 1991).

  • Egon Straszer specific_stück , 2004

  • Egon Straszer coming out & narrenkastel schaun , 2004

  • Egon Straszer lust_stück , 2006

  • Egon Straszer seeds for heaven , 2001

  • Egon Straszer Geh_hilfe , 2006

  • Egon Straszer KUNSTradln in Millstatt , 2018

Publications by and about Egon Straszer (selection)

  • 2015 Egon Straszer (ed.): Lichtungen , Salzburg: Artbook, ISBN 978-3-9503492-7-6 (texts by Peter Zawrel, Nora Leitgeb. Carl Aigner, plus many illustrations of works by Egon Straszer);
  • 2015 Helga Cmelka, Gerlinde Thuma (ed.): Sculpsit - plastic object sculpture , Brunn am Gebirge : Art & Print, ISBN 978-3-9503475-9-3 ;
  • 2014 Theresia Hauenfels, Alexandre Tischer (Red.): Because art is created - Art Never Ends . Oper [stätt] en Niederösterreich - Work [Spaces] in Lower Austria, Salzburg etc .: Residenz-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7017-3349-1 (Egon Straszer in Vol. 1, pp. 128-131);
  • 2013 Erika Inger (ed.): Out and about together: wait a while, and drink tea - artists in residence - sound spaces - Symphonija - Egon Straszer. 46th International Sculpture Symposium Krastal , Einöde: Artwork Krastal;
  • 2011 Nora Leitgeb: Egon Straszer stone_clearing online ;
  • 2010 Gerhard Rainer u. a .: Documentation: 43rd Symposium of [kunstwerk] krastal 2010. keen on experimenting , Einöde: Artwork Krastal (40 min film on DVD) by Gerhard Rainer, with contributions by Silvie Aigner, Carl Aigner and others. a. (with enclosed booklet);
  • 2008 Silvie Aigner (ed.): Art in the quarry. From the "Association of Encounters in Carinthia" to [kunstwerk] krastal. Sculpture, symposium, interdisciplinary projects 1967–2007 , Klagenfurt: Ritter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-85415-409-9 ;
  • 2008 Egon Straszer: Fresh Energy 2000 , in: Silvie Aigner (ed.): Art in the quarry. From the "Association of Encounters in Carinthia" to [kunstwerk] krastal. Sculpture, symposium, interdisciplinary projects 1967–2007 , Klagenfurt: Ritter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-85415-409-9 , pp. 127–131;
  • 2004 Egon Straszer, Michael Kos (ed.): Things in themselves. Ding, art, Kant and contemporaries , Klagenfurt: Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-590-0 ;
  • 2004 Egon Straszer: From all things , in: Egon Straszer, Michael Kos (ed.): Things, in themselves. Ding, Kunst, Kant and Contemporaries , Klagenfurt: Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-590-0 , pp. 21–24;
  • 2002 Francesca Pensa (ed.): Europe art languages. Identita Europa, linguaggi e artisti a confronto , Milano: Poliartes;
  • 2001 Horst L. Ebner (editor), Ivan Klaric (camera): Four weeks of the Stone Age. The international sculpture symposium in the Carinthian Krastal , ORF for Alpha Austria (45 min TV broadcast, broadcast on August 31, 2001, 10 p.m. on BR-Alpha ).

Web links

Commons : Egon Straszer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see here also the CV of Stefanie von Quast, who mentions this group of artists , requested June 12, 2018
  2. ↑ s. STRABAG Art Forum (ed.); Silvie Aigner (text): Half remembered, half foreseen. Works from the STRABAG Artcollection, Salzburg 2015: Ritterverlag, ISBN 978-3-85415-537-9 , p. 132
  3. ↑ s. Infineon Technologies Austria AG: Collection directory, Villach 2014: Infineon, pp. 128–129
  4. ↑ Information on the “Stones without Borders” sculpture line in Berlin and the surrounding area , requested on June 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ cf. the text for the entry Egon Straszer in the Lower Austrian Culture Network , requested on June 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Text by Nora Leitgeb on Egon Straszer , accessed June 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ Carl Aigner: From Inside to Outside - On the series of works “stone_clearing” by Egon Straszer, in: Egon Straszer (Hg): Lichtungen, Salzburg 2015: Artbook, ISBN 978-3-9503492-7-6 , p. 19-20
  8. ↑ Report in Carinthia TV kult1.tv the exhibition "stone_clearing" at Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt . queried April 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Egon Straszer (ed.): Lichtungen , Salzburg: Artbook, ISBN 978-3-9503492-7-6 , pp. 76–79, pp. 102–117
  10. ↑ Announcement of the exhibition , requested April 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Report on the exhibition in "Der Salzschreiber" , queried June 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ see the homepage "KUNSTradln in Millstatt", menu item "Stations" , queried June 19, 2018.
  13. ↑ Data on the exhibition in the art database "basis Wien" , queried April 23, 2019.
  14. ↑ see Helga Cmelka; Gerlinde Thuma (ed.): Melancholie. Exhibition catalog, Brunn am Gebirge 2012: art & print, ISBN 978-3-9503475-0-0 .
  15. ↑ s. Theresia Hauenfels; Silvie Aigner (ed.): Nature: Format. Freiraum Kunst - Mikrokosmos Garten, Vienna 2010: Praesens Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7069-0650-0 (= Res urbanae - Waidhofen encounters; a project by Kunstbank Ferrum - Kulturwerkstätte, Vol. 3), Fig. 31 on p. 65
  16. ↑ see Silvie Aigner u. a .: Emancipation and confrontation. K 08 - Art from Carinthia 1945 to today, Vienna etc. 2008: Springer, ISBN 978-3-211-75622-5 , pages 162, 164, 173, 175, 183, 273.
  17. ↑ Mention in the archives of the artist group Natur_Arte , queried June 15, 2018; as well as: Note in the chronicle of the artwork Krastal , queried June 27, 2018.
  18. ↑ See the catalog “Europe art languages” online, Egon Straszer on p. 41 , accessed June 12, 2018.
  19. ↑ Heliane Wiesauer-Reiterer: A Chronology of the Sculpture Symposia in the Krastal, p. 227 , queried June 27, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Straszer, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Malta (Carinthia) , Carinthia