The Occupation of the Hainburger Au wetlands in December 1984 marked a turning point for environmental awareness in German speaking central Europe and was of great significance for the development of democratic processes in Austria. The Hainburger...
Hainburg an der Donau (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnbʊrɡ an deːɐ̯ ˈdoːnaʊ], lit. 'Hainburg on the Danube'; also referred to simply as Hainburg) is a town located in the Bruck an der Leitha district in the state of Lower Austria of eastern...
Doris Schmidauer (born 21 September 1963) is an Austrian environmentalist and party official for the Green Party. Schmidauer has served as the First Lady of Austria since January 2017 as the wife of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen.
Alfred Sinowatz (5 February 1929 – 11 August 2008) was an Austrian historian and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), who served as Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986. Prior to becoming Chancellor, he had served as Minister of...
Joop Roeland OSA (1931–2010) was a priest. He was born in the Netherlands and relocated to Vienna at the end of the 1960s. Roeland briefly played an important part in the Occupation of the Hainburger Au, which was a turning point for environmental...
Jörg Mauthe (1924–1986) was an Austrian writer, journalist and broadcasting executive. For some years he was prominent in the city politics of Vienna.
