Styrian wine queen

The Styrian wine queen represents the Styrian wine-growing and the country Weinbauverband Styria at events that serve the Styrian wine advertising.

In order to be eligible, an exam must be taken at the Silberberg viticulture school. The examination committee is made up of eight examiners and a chairman, with the examiners including teachers from the viticulture school, the viticulture director, the chairman of the viticulture association and the reigning wine queen.

The period of her reign is usually two years, a re-election of the queen is not possible. However, an elected area princess can stand for queen election after her reign has expired, as well as officiate as princess for a second period, unless a suitable candidate is made by the area.

Requirements for candidacy: The parents must own a wine-growing business, regardless of size. The applicant must be 18 to 25 years old, single and childless.

Previous wine queens

year	Surname	place
1970-1972	Mag. Ulrike Cramer (married Roth)	Kitzeck in Sausal
1972-1974	Irmgard Skoff (married. Dreisiebner)
1974-1976	Hermine Narat (mrs. Viski Hanak)
1976-1988	Anna-Maria Schliefsteiner
1978-1980	Johanna Malli
1980-1982	Christine Hörzer
1982-1984	Karin Ulz ​​(married Reiterer)	Stainz
1984-1986	Manuela Lindner
1986-1988	Rosalinde Potzinger (married Jöbstl)
1988-1990	Claudia Pronegg
1990-1992	Maria Adma
1992-1994	Helene Lazarus (married Reinbacher)	St. Stefan ob Stainz
1994-1996	Beatrix Petrovich	Shine on the wine route
1996-1998	Barbara Petrovich	Shine on the wine route
1998-2000	Daniela Scharl	St. Anna am Aigen
2000-2002	Brigitte Oswald	Ratsch on the Wine Route
2002-2004	Vera Sammt	Kloch
2004-2007	Regina Elsnegg	Gamlitz
2007-2009	Sigrid Platzer	Tieschen
2009-2011	Helena Ulrike Schmidt	St. Ulrich im Greith
2011-2013	Cornelia Gamser	Shine on the wine route
2013-2015	Anne Grießbacher	St. Anna am Aigen
2015-2017	Johanna Resch	Wildbach near Deutschlandsberg
2017–	Katja Silberschneider	Leutschach on the Wine Route

Web links

• Looking for a new wine queen
• Portrait of the wine queen from 2007, Sigrid Platzer
• Portrait of the wine queen from 2009, Helena Ulrike Schmidt
• Portrait of the Wine Sovereigns 2013-15. Kleine Zeitung , July 12, 2013, archived from the original on October 31, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regina Elsnegg was the first Styrian wine queen to reign for three years: Weinblatt, page 8  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 620 kB), accessed July 8, 2009