List of well-known Weinviertel residents

List of important Weinviertel people: The Weinviertel or quarter under the Manhartsberg is one of the four historical regions of Lower Austria. The fertile land is the oldest settlement area in Austria and is still characterized by viticulture and agriculture today. For several decades this region has been a valued retreat for Austrian artists. The list gives an overview of personalities who were born in the Weinviertel, who live here or who are connected to the Weinviertel through their other biographies:

A.

Hans Asperger (1906–1980), pediatrician, psychologist
Werner Auer (* 1965), actor and singer

B.

Alexander Freiherr von Bach (1813-1893), politician
Hilde Berger (* 1946), author
Wilhelm Bernatzik (1853–1906), landscape and genre painter
Dieter Berner (* 1944), director and screenwriter
Julius Bittner (1874–1939), composer
Max Brand (1896–1980), composer
Seyfried Christoph von Breuner (1569–1651), advisor to three emperors

D.

Nico Dostal (1895–1981), film composer

E.

Thomas Ebendorfer (or Thomas von Haselbach) (1388–1464), theologian, historian, advisor to Emperor Friedrich III.
Josef Sigmund Ebersberg (1799–1854), publicist and writer
Gottfried von Eine (1918–1996), composer
Eyczinger , an important late Middle Ages family
Wilhelm Exner (1840–1931), physicist, founder of the Technical Museum Vienna

F.

Werner Fasslabend (* 1944), lawyer and politician
Dominik Finkes (1821–1889), composer
Günther Frank (* 1936), actor, presenter, singer and painter
Franz Xaver Frenzel (* 1945), musician and composer (real name Friedemann Katt)
Joseph Friebert (1724–1799), composer, court conductor in Passau
Adolf Frohner (1934–2007), artist
Reinhard Führer (* 1945), German politician ( CDU ), chairman of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge eV , former president of the Berlin House of Representatives
Johann Bernhard von Fünfkirchen (1561–1635), representative of the estates, involved in the Prague window lintel

G

Helmut A. Gansterer (* 1946), author, journalist and editor
Gustav Gunz (October 26, 1831, † December 11, 1894 in Frankfurt am Main), Dr. med., royal Prussian chamber singer (tenor) and professor

H

Anton Haizinger (1796–1869), opera singer, student of Salieri
Anton Hanak (1875–1934), sculptor
Joseph Hardtmuth (1758–1816), classicist architect
Joachim Haspinger (1776–1858), pastor and Tyrolean freedom fighter
Leopold Hawelka (1911–2011), cafetier legend
Gottfried Helnwein (* 1948), artist
Renate Holm (* 1931), opera singer
Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), violinist, composer

K

Oswald Kabasta (1896–1946), musician and conductor
Johann Carl Khevenhüller (1839–1905), nobleman and participant in the volunteer corps in Mexico
Eduard Klablena (1881–1933), ceramist at the Wiener Werkstätte
Ladislaus Kmoch (1897–1971), artist and local researcher
Manfred Kmoch (1925–1979), local history researcher
Hans Knesl (1905–1971), sculptor
Bernhard Kohl (* 1982), racing cyclist
Alfred Komarek (* 1945), writer
Christian Konrad (* 1943), business leader
Viktor Kraft (1912–1998), architect, writer and watercolor painter
Johann Krahuletz (1848–1928), prehistoric researcher
Theodor Kramer (1897–1958), poet
Michael Krickl (1883–1949), local poet
Josef Kühschelm (1895–1908), priest, member of the Reichsrat and member of the state parliament

L.

Prince Anton Florian of Liechtenstein (1656–1721)
Felix von Luschan (1854–1924), anthropologist, explorer and ethnographer

M.

Erni Mangold (* 1927), actress
Godfried Marschall (1840–1911), auxiliary bishop of Vienna
Hermann Maurer (* 1948), prehistorian
Josef Maurer (1853–1894), pastor, local historian and poet
Johanna Mikl-Leitner (* 1964), politician (ÖVP), Minister of the Interior from 2011 to 2016, Lower Austria since 2017. Governor
Josef Misson (1803–1875), poet
Herbert Mitscha-Märheim (1900–1976), prehistorian and medieval archaeologist

N

Hermann Nitsch (* 1938), artist

P

Joseph Gottfried Pargfrieder (1787–1863), owner of the Heldenberg
Josef Pazelt (1891–1956), author and member of the National Council
Hermes Phettberg (* 1952), author and talk show host
Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1757–1831), composer
Gottfried von Preyer (1807–1901), Austrian musician and composer
Erwin Pröll (* 1946), politician (ÖVP) and governor of Lower Austria a. D.
Josef Pröll (* 1968), politician, former Vice Chancellor of Austria. D.
Willy Puchner (* 1952), photographer and author
Alois Puschnik (1922–2007), local history researcher
Herbert Puschnik (* 1944), local researcher and artist

R.

Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1742–1825), natural scientist
Heinrich Reinhart (1927–2013), local historian, poet
Franz von Retz (1343–1427), theologian
Heinrich XXIV. Prince Reuss-Köstritz (1855–1910), composer
Johann Römer (1949–2011), former 2nd President of the Vienna State Parliament
Horst Rosenkranz , publicist and former politician
Eva Rossmann (* 1962), author

S.

Martina Schettina (* 1961), visual artist
Lois Schiferl (1906–1979), teacher and dialect poet.
Johann Baptist Schneider (1840–1905), auxiliary bishop of Vienna
Kurt Scholz (* 1948), special representative of the City of Vienna for restitution issues and columnist
Kaspar Schrammel (1811–1895), composer
Nikolaus Seyringer (1360–1425), Abbot of Subiaco and Melk, initiator of the Melker Reform.
Oskar Sima (1896–1969), actor
Othmar Skala (1895–1958), local history researcher
Walther Sohm (1909–2001), local and dialect researcher
Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812), composer
Anton von Stadler (1850–1917), Austrian-German painter.
Maximilian Stadler (1748–1833), musician and composer, friend of Mozart
Matthias Steiner (* 1982), Olympic champion in weightlifting
Johann Baptist Stöger (1810–1883), servant of God

T

Rudolf von Teuffenbach (1582–1653), General of the Thirty Years' War
Johann Joseph von Trautson (1707–1757), cardinal, archbishop of Vienna
Peter Tscherkassky (* 1958), filmmaker
Peter Turrini (* 1944), writer
Francis Triesnecker (1745–1817), astronomer, Jesuit, director of the Vienna observatory

U

Hieronymus Übelbacher (1674–1740), provost of Stift Dürnstein

V

Ernst Franz Salvator von Violand (1818–1875), revolutionary, member of the Reichstag

W.

Friedrich Wailand (1821–1904), miniature painter
Ehrenreich Weismann (1641–1717), Protestant general superintendent
Johann Nepomuk Graf Wilczek (1837–1922), collector, patron, builder of Kreuzenstein Castle
Franz Wild (1791–1860), opera singer
Hermann Withalm (1912–2003), politician, Vice Chancellor
Ignaz Withalm (1851–1910), miller and politician
Lina Woiwode (1886–1971), actress

literature

Michael Staribacher: HU is HU in the Weinviertel . ISBN 3-9500871-0-9