1980 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 (until 4 July);[5] Josef Krainer junior (from 4 July)[6]
- Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer[7]
- Upper Austria: Josef Ratzenböck[8]
- Vienna: Leopold Gratz[9]
- Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler[10]
Events
- 6 January – The 1979–80 Four Hills Tournament concludes at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen. The event has a record field of competitors from 19 countries.[11]
- 12 January – The annual Hahnenkamm downhill ski race is won by Canada's Ken Read, the event's first non-European winner.[12]
- 10 March – The 1980 Vienna Diplomatic Conference opens.[13]
- 18 May – In the 1980 Austrian presidential election, Rudolf Kirchschläger is re-elected with the support of both major parties and 80% of the vote.[14]
Births
- 15 March – Jan Marsalek, businessman and spy[15]
Deaths
- 3 January – Joy Adamson, Austrian-born naturalist (born 1910; murdered)[16]
- 14 February – Victor Gruen, Austrian architect (born 1903)[17]
- 22 February – Oskar Kokoschka, artist, poet and playwright (born 1886)[18]
- 21 October – Hans Asperger, physician (born 1906[19]