List of governors and governors in Styria

The list of governors and governors gives an overview of the highest politicians and officials of the state of Styria , duchy until 1918, then federal state, from 1940 to 1945 Reichsgau (with different borders).

The rulers were the reigning (arch) dukes of Austria (the only woman in this position was Maria Theresa from 1740–1780), 1804–1918 in personal union as Emperor of Austria . The highest liege lord of the Duchy of Styria was the Roman-German king until 1806, but since the 16th century at the latest, this has always been a Habsburg in personal union.

Since 1920, the formal head of state has been the incumbent Austrian Federal President , and the provincial head the incumbent governor.

Governors in the Duchy of Styria (1236/1237 to 1749)

In the course of the Habsburg inheritance divisions 1379 / 1411–1457 and 1564–1619, Styria (also called Duchy of Styria) formed with the Duchy of Carinthia , Duchy of Krain and the coastal region of Inner Austria . The inner Austrian residence was Graz .

Governors in the Duchy of Styria (1236/1237 to 1494)

• Ekbert , Bishop of Bamberg (around 1173–1237) 1236/1237
• Eberhard IV. Count of Eberstein 1237–1239
• Otto Graf von Eberstein 1247/48
• Meinhard I. , Count of Gorizia 1248–1250
• Stephan von Agram 1255-1259
• Heinrich von Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg 1260
• Wok from Rosenberg 1260–1262
• Bruno von Schauenburg , Bishop of Olmütz (around 1205–1281) 1262–1269
• Otto von Haslau 1269/1270
• Burkhard von Klingenberg 1270/1271
• Konrad von Tulln 1271-1275
• Milota von Diedlitz 1275/1276
• Heinrich von Pfannberg
• Otto d. J. von Saldenhofen 1285
• Heinrich II, abbot of Admont 1285 / 1286–1290
• Leopold , Bishop of Seckau († 1291) 1290
• Heinrich II., Abbot of Admont 1290–1292
• Hartnid von Stadeck († around 1299) 1292–1299
• Ulrich I. von Walsee († 1329) 1299–1329
• Ulrich II of Walsee († 1359) 1329–1359
• Eberhard VIII von Walsee († 1363) 1360-1361
• Albero von Puchheim 1361-1362 / 63
• Leutold von Stadeck († 1367) 1362–1363 / 1364
• Cholo von Saldenhofen 1363 / 1364-1366
• Wernhard von Maissau 1368
• Friedrich VI. von Walsee († 1372) 1369; 1367–1372 Land Marshal of Lower Austria
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein-Murau 1370-1375
• Rudolf I of Walsee 1373-1379 / 84
• Ulrich IV von Walsee at the earliest from 1379 to around 1384
• Nikolaus Schenk von Osterwitz 1386
• Hertlein von Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg 1388-1394
• Rudolf von Perneck 1394/1395
• Hans Graf von Maidburg-Hardegg 1396
• Hans von Stadleck († 1399) 1396–1398
• Bernhard of Liechtenstein-Murau 1399–1402
• Moritz Welzer 1402–1404 (1408?)
• Friedrich von Fladnitz 1408–1412
• Hugo von Montfort 1413-1415
• Rudolf von Liechstenstein-Murau 1416/1417
• Jakob von Stubenberg 1418/1419
• Hans von Winden 1420, 1423
• Wilhelm von Perneck 1427
• Hans von Winden 1428–1431
• Friedrich von Pettau 1432
• Hans von Stubenberg 1435-1450
• Leutold von Stubenberg (1424–1469) 1453–?
• Ulrich III. von Graben 1462–1469
• Wilhelm Graf von Thirnstein 1472–1475
• Georg Herr von Tschernembl 1479–1480
• Georg von Losenstein (around 1440–1509) 1491–1494

Governors in the Duchy of Styria (1494 to 1749)

• Reinprecht von Reichenburg (1434-1505) 1494-1505
• Siegmund von Dietrichstein (1484–1533) 1515–1529
• Hans Ungnad von Sonnegg (1493–1564) 1530–1556
• Georg Freiherr von Herberstein (1501–1560) 1556–1560
• Hans von Schärfenberg 1562–1580
• Georg Freiherr von Herberstein (1529–1586) 1580–1586
• Johann Graf von Montfort (? –1619) 1586–1590
• Max von Schrottenbach (1537–1618) 1591–1593
• Siegmund Friedrich Freiherr von Herberstein (1549–1620) 1595–1620
• Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg (1568–1634, Prince from 1623) 1621–1634
• Karl Graf von Saurau (1587–1648) 1635–1648
• Johann Maximilian I, Count of Herberstein (1601–1680) 1648–1660
• Siegmund Friedrich Graf von Trautmannsdorff 1660–1674
• Johann Maximilian II. Count von Herberstein (1626–1701) 1675–1679
• Georg Christian Graf von Saurau 1680–1687
• Georg Herr von Stubenberg (1632–1703) 1687–1703
• Georg Seifried Count of Dietrichstein (1645–1714) 1703–1714
• Karl Weikhard Count Breuner von Stübing-Fladnitz (1656–1729) 1715–1729
• Siegmund Rudolf von Wagensperg (1674–1734) 1730
• Karl Adam Count Breuner von Stübing-Fladnitz (1689–1777) 1730–1749

Governors in the Duchy of Styria (1750 to 1918)

Governors in the Duchy of Styria (1750 to 1852)

• Franz Ludwig Graf von Kuenburg (1705–1762) 1750–1762
• Max Probus Count von Wildenstein 1763–1765
• Karl Leopold Graf von Herberstein (1712–1789) 1765–1781
• Franz Anton Count von Khevenmüller (1737–1797) 1781–1791
• Karl Thomas Franz Graf Breuner von Stübing-Fladnitz (1719–1800) 1791–1800
• Ferdinand Maria Graf Attems (1746-1820) 1801-1820
• Ignaz Maria Graf Attems (1774–1861) 1820–1852

Governors of the Duchy of Styria (1861 to 1918)

until 1861 the office was not occupied

• Karl Graf von Gleispach (1811–1888) 1861–1870
• Moritz Ritter von Kaiserfeld (1811–1885) 1871–1884
• Ladislaus Gundacker Count Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1838–1901) 1884–1893
• Edmund Graf von Attems (1847–1927) 1893–1896
• Ladislaus Gundacker Count Wurmbrand-Stuppach (2nd term of office) 1896–1897
• Edmund Graf von Attems (2nd term of office) 1897–1918

Governors in the federal state of Styria (1918 to 1938)

• Wilhelm Kaan (1865-1945) 1918-1919
• Anton Rintelen (1876–1946) 1919–1926
• Franz Prisching (1866–1935) 1926
• Alfred Gürtler (1875–1933) 1926–1927
• Hans Paul (1871-1948) 1927-1928
• Anton Rintelen (1876–1946) 1928–1933
• Alois Dienstleder (1885–1946) 1933–1934
• Karl Maria Stepan (1894–1972) 1934–1938
• Rolph Trummer (1890–1954) 1938 (only 10 days)

Governor, Reich governor of Styria (1938 to 1945)

until March 1940 governor of the state, then Reich governor of the Reichsgau Styria

• Sepp Helfrich (1900–1963), also Gauleiter in 1938
• Sigfried Uiberreither (1908–1984), also Gauleiter 1938–1945

Governors in the state of Styria (1945 to the present day)

• Reinhard Machold (1879–1961) 1945
• Anton Pirchegger (1885–1949) 1945–1948
• Josef Krainer senior (1903–1971) 1948–1971
• Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012) 1971–1980
• Josef Krainer junior (1930–2016) 1980–1996
• Waltraud Klasnic (1945–) 1996–2005
• Franz Voves (1953–) 2005–2015
• Hermann Schützenhöfer (1952–) since 2015

literature

• Hannes P. Naschenweng : The governors of Styria. 1236-2002. Styria Verlag, Graz 2002, ISBN 3-222-12996-7 .

Web links

• List on the website of the State of Styria link
• Listed on www.worldstatesmen.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Baptist von Winklern : Chronological history of the Herzugthums Steyermark. Page 116
2. ↑ Losenstein Castle