Hans Steger (Mayor)

Hans Steger (* around 1398, † around 1460 in Vienna ) was an Austrian landowner and politician. He was mayor of Vienna three times .

Life

Steger can be found in Vienna from 1418. He was a businessman and housemate in Vienna . Between 1422 and 1457 he held various municipal offices in the city of Vienna without major interruptions. He was knighted on January 1, 1438 on the occasion of the election of Duke Albrecht V as King of Hungary . He was mayor of Vienna a total of three times in the years 1434 to 1439, 1443 and 1447 to 1449. As mayor, in 1435 he had the walls reinforced to secure the city of Vienna. In 1439 the first bridge was built under him, which led continuously over the still heavily branched Danube .

He was married three times. Steger was buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral, the tombstone was found in 1886 by the Agnes Altar.

Literature and web links

• Hans Hülber: Knight Hans Steger. Mayor of Vienna. In: Walter Aspernig: Mayor of Vienna in the late Middle Ages. Vienna [u. a.]: Jugend & Volk 1980 (research and contributions to Viennese city history, 7), p. 27 ff.
• Steger Hans , Mayor of Vienna - life data, website of the City of Vienna
• Hans Steger in the Regiowiki
• Hans Steger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna