1938 in Austria
Events from the year '''1938 in Austria'''
Incumbents
Governors
- Burgenland: Hans Sylvester
- Carinthia: Arnold Sucher
- Lower Austria: Josef Reither
- Salzburg: Franz Rehrl ; Rolph Trommer
- Styria: Karl Maria Stepan
- Tyrol: Josef Schumacher
- List of governors of [Upper Austria|Upper Austria]: Heinrich Gleißner
- Vienna: Richard Schmitz
- Vorarlberg: Ernst Winsauer
Events
- February 12 - Chancellor Kurt [von Schuschnigg] meets Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government.
- March 12 - Anschluss: On March 11–13, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria. This event is known as the Anschluss. “Anschluss” is a German word that means “connection” or “joining.”German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day. German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day.
- * In a result, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum approved Anschluss by an 99.73%.
- July - The Mauthausen concentration camp is built.
Births
- 9 October - Heinz Fischer, politician
- 13 October - Christiane Hörbiger, actress
Deaths
• May 17 Jakob Ehrlich, politician and Zionist- June 4 – Otto Bauer, Social Democrat
- October 18 – Karl Kautsky, Philosopher and Marxist theorist