2013 in Austria

none July 2025 2013 Incumbents President: Heinz Fischer Chancellor: Werner Faymann Governors Burgenland: Hans Niessl Carinthia: Gerhard Dörfler (until 28 March); Peter Kaiser (from 28 March) Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll Salzburg: Gabi Burgstaller (until 19 June); Wilfried Haslauer Jr. (from 19 June) Styria: Franz Voves Tyrol: Günther Platter Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer Vienna: Michael Häupl Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner Events 21 January - Two Vienna S-Bahn trains packed with morning commuters collide on a single-track stretch of line between Hütteldorf and Penzing in Vienna's suburbs in eastern Austria, leaving 41 people injured, five of them seriously. Among the injured is the driver of one of the trains. Both trains were operating the Line S45 service, and both trains were made up of 4024-series rolling stock.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-crash-idUSBRE90K0HW20130121 Dozens hurt in head-on Vienna commuter train crash Reuters 21 January 2013 Michael Shieldshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21120778 Austrian trains in head-on crash BBC News 21 January 2013https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/9815155/Five-hurt-in-Vienna-rush-hour-train-crash.html Five hurt in Vienna rush hour train crash AFP via The Telegraph 21 January 2013 Londonhttp://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2567971/ Zugscrash: 'Menschliche Fehlleistung' German Train Crash: Human Failure wien.orf.at ORF 5 February 2016 30 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130001017/http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2567971/ dead Deaths 7 May: Peter Rauhofer, DJ, remixer and record producer, 48https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22446656 Peter Rauhofer, award-winning DJ, dies aged 48 BBC News 8 May 2013 26 May: Otto Muehl, artist, 87https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/arts/design/otto-muehl-actionist-artist-dies-at-87.html Otto Muehl, Actionist Artist And Provocateur, Dies at 87 30 May 2013 Margalit Fox New York Times 23 June 2026 References 2013 Category:2010s in Austria Category:Years of the 21st century in Austria Austria Austria