Ernst Lindenbauer

Chief Rider Ernst Lindenbauer

Ernst Lindenbauer (born November 18, 1881 in Lichtenegg near Wels , † April 22, 1961 in Vienna ) was chief rider at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

Lindenbauer was born as the son of a farmer in Lichtenegg near Wels , Upper Austria , and received his first riding lessons at the age of 13. He owed it to his outstanding talent that, after completing his schooling in 1895, he came to the riding stables of Archduke Franz Salvator in Lichtenegg as a trainee , where, in addition to lessons in riding and driving, he received valuable instruction in handling horses. During his time in Elevation, Lindenbauer learned to do justice to all saddles, because he not only rode in races and riding hunts , but was also instructed in the dressage training of horses.

In 1900 he volunteered with the 6th Dragoon Regiment in Wels and returned to the service of Archduke Franz Salvator after three years of military service. From there he was hired on November 20, 1906 in the Imperial Royal Campagne riding stables in Vienna as "Hofreitskolar" and in the course of time was appointed rider 2nd and 1st class. While this use Lindenbauer had next to the breaking in of young horses for the Hofmarstall and the holding of riding the opportunity the horses repeatedly Emperor Franz Josef on occasion of military parades and participating in maneuvers provide. In 1919, after the Campagne riding stable was closed, Lindenbauer was transferred to the Spanish Riding School, where he was promoted to chief rider in 1926.

Lindenbauer, the quiet, withdrawn man, played a key role in maintaining the Spanish Riding School during the difficult times of the First World War , the change from monarchy to republic and the interwar period. He was one of the pillars of the Spanish Riding School in his day.

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• Alois Podhajsky in Deutsche Reiterhefte , Berlin November 7, 1941