1979 in Austria
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Incumbents
Governors
- Burgenland: Theodor Kery
- Carinthia: Leopold Wagner[3]
- Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Sr.[4]
- Styria: Friedrich Niederl[5]
- Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer[6]
- Upper Austria: Josef Ratzenböck[7]
- Vienna: Leopold Gratz[8]
- Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler[9]
Events
- 19 April – Andreas Mihavecz unintentionally breaks the record for surviving the longest without any food or liquids, after being mistakenly put into custody in a holding cell in Bregenz, and left there for 18 days.[10]
- 6 May – In the Austrian legislative election, the country's Socialist Party won a fourth consecutive term in government.[11]
- 23 August – The Vienna International Centre is inaugurated.[12]
Births
- 9 April – Mario Matt, Olympic alpine skier[13]
Deaths
- 13 July – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (born 1913)[14]