The ancient town of Wien - mentioned as Vindobona in the 2th century - became the
capital of the Duchy of Austria in 1150 and later also of the whole Habsburg realm.
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Bürgermeister
1838 - 1848 Ignaz Mathias Czapka 1791 - 1881
1848 - 1851 none (1)
1851 - 1861 Johann Kaspar Freiherr von Seiller 1802 - 1888
1861 - 1868 Andreas Zelinka 1802 - 1868
1868 - 1878 Cajetan Felder 1814 - 1894
1878 - 1882 Julius Ritter von Newald 1824 - 1897
1882 - 1889 Eduard Uhl 1813 - 1892
1889 - 1894 Johann Nepomuk Prix 1836 - 1894
1894 - 1895 Raimund Grübl 1847 - 1898
1895 - 1896 Hans Friebeis* 1855 - 1923
1896 - 1897 Josef Strobach 1852 - 1905
1897 - 1910 Karl Lueger 1844 - 1910
1910 - 1912 Josef Neumayer 1844 - 1923
1912 - 1919 Richard Weiskirchner 1861 - 1926
1919 - 1922 Jakob Reumann 1853 - 1925
(1) In 1848 Vienna was the center of revolutionary opposition to the Habsburg.
After the restoration of imperial authority the town was placed under
military rule.
Civilian and Military Governors of Vienna
Zivil- und Militärgouverneure Wien
1848 - 1849 LtFieldmarsh. Franz Ludwig
Freiherr von Welden 1780 - 1853
1849 ...
1849 - 1853 LtFieldmarsh. Franz Ludwig
Freiherr von Welden (2x)
AUSTRIAN LAND WIEN
Vienna was part of the Land Niederösterreich until 1922 when it became a separate
land of the Austrian Republic.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Landeshauptleute and Bürgermeister
1922 - 1923 Jakob Reumann s.a.
1923 - 1934 Karl Seitz 1869 - 1950
AUSTRIAN FEDERAL CAPITAL WIEN
In 1934 Wien lost its status of selfgoverning Land, becoming a Federal Territory,
directly dependent ("Bundesunmittelbar") of the central government.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Bürgermeister
1934 - 1938 Richard Schmitz 1885 - 1954
1938 - 1939 S.A.-Obergrupf Hermann Neubacher,
first N.S.D.A.P. Bürgermeister 1893 - 1960
GERMAN REICHSGAU WIEN
In 1939 Wien was reorganized as a Gau of the Ostmark. In 1940, after the abolition
of the Ostmark, it became a Reichsgau directly subordinated to the German central
government.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Reichsstatthalter
1940 S.S.-Grupf. Josef Bürckel 1895 - 1944
1940 - 1945 S.A.-Obergrupf. Baldur von Schirach 1907 - 1974
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Bürgermeister
1938 - 1939 S.A.-Obergrupf. Hermann Neubacher s.a.
Gauleiter(2)
1939 - 1940 S.S.-Grupf. Josef Bürckel s.a.
1940 - 1945 S.A.-Obergrupf. Baldur von Schirach s.a.
Bürgermeister
(The Bürgermeister continued in office as Heads of the City
administration)
1939 - 1940 S.A.-Obergrupf Hermann
Neubacher s.a.
1940 - 1943 Philipp Wilhelm Jung 1884 - 1965
1943 - 1945 S.S.-Brigf. Hanns Blaschke 1896 - 1971
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PARTY LEADERS
Gauleiter of the N.S.D.A.P. in Wien(2)
1938 - 1939 S.S.-Oberf. Odilo Lotario "Globus" Globocnik 1904 - 1945
1939 - 1940 S.S.-Grupf. Joseph Bürckel s.a.
1940 - 1945 S.A.-Obergrupf. Baldur von Schirach s.a.
(2) Until 1939 "Gauleiter" was only used for the regional leader of the Party.
Afterwards it was also used for the chief executive of a Reichsgau.
AUSTRIAN LAND WIEN
In 1945, after the end of German rule, the land Wien was immediately restored.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Landeshauptmann and Bürgermeister
1945 - 1951 Theodor Körner 1873 - 1957
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