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Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
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Governors of the

Archduchy of Austria The Archduchy of Austria (german: Erzherzogtum Österreich) was a major Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, principality of the Holy Roman Empire and the nucleus of the Habsburg monarchy. With its capital at Vienna, the archduchy was centered at th ...
under the Enns (1500–1749)

* Wolfgang Freiherr von Polheim (1458–1512) 1501–1512 * Georg von Rottal zu Thalberg (see Rottal) (?–1525) 1513–1521; also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1523–1525) *
Pietro Bonomo Pietro BonomoAlso Petrus. (1458–1546) was an Italian humanist and diplomat, who became bishop of Trieste in 1502 and archbishop of Vienna briefly in 1522. He was born into an important family in Trieste, and studied at the University of Bologna ...
, Bischof von Triest (d. i. Giovanni Antonio Bonomo; 1458–1546) 1521–1523 * Sigismund Freiherr von Dietrichstein (1484–1533) 1523–1524 * Leonhard von Harrach zu Rohrau (1481–1527) 1524–1525 * Cyriak Freiherr von Polheim und Wartenburg (1495–1533) 1526–1527 * Georg Freiherr von Puchheim zu Raabs und Krumbach (?–1531) 1528–1531 * Christoph von Rauber (from 1533: Fürst) (1466–1536) 1532–1536 * Trojan von Auersperg (1495–1541) 1537–1541 * Hans (III.) Ungnad Freiherr von Sonneck (1493–1564) 1542–1544 * Christoph von Eyczing (1501–1563) 1544–1551, außerdem 1542 bis 1544 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände * Gabriel Ritter von Kreuzer (?–1565) 1552–1564 * Joachim Freiherr von Schönkirchen (1517–1572) 1565–1572, außerdem 1560 bis 1563 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände * Oswald Philipp von Eyczing (1512–1587) 1572–1587 * Seifried Freiherr von Breuner (1538–1594) 1587–1591 * Ruprecht Freiherr von Stotzingen (c. 1542–1600) 22 June 1592 – 1600 * Wolfgang Freiherr von Hofkirchen (1555–1611) 1600–1601 * Ernst Mollard Freiherr von Reinegg und Drosendorf (before 1576–1621) 1601–1608 * Paul Sixtus Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1548–1621) 1608–1621 * Leonhard Helfried Graf von Meggau, Freiherr von Creuzen (1577–1644) 1621–1626 * Seifried Christoph Breuner Freiherr von Stübing, Fladnitz und Rabenstein (1569–1651) 1626–1640, also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1600–1609) and Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1620–1626) * Georg Freiherr von Teufel auf Gundersdorf, Eckartsau und Esslingen (c. 1580–1642) 1640–1642 * Johann Franz Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1609–1663) 1642–1663, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1637–1642) * Konrad Balthasar von Starhemberg (1612–1687, from 1643: Graf) 1663–1687 * Johann Quintin Freiherr von Jörger (see Jörger von Tollet) (1624–1705, from 1658: Graf) 1687–1705 * Ferdinand Karl Graf und Herr von Weltz, Freiherr von Ebenstein und Spiegelfeld (1653–1711) 1705–1711 * Sigismund Friedrich Graf von Khevenhüller (1666–1742, from 1725: Reichsgraf) 1711–1742 * Leopold Johann Victorin Wilhelm Graf von Windisch-Graetz (1686–1746) 1742–1746 * Johann Ferdinand Graf von Kuefstein (1686–1755) 1747–1749


GovernorsPresident 1749–1758 and 1782–1809; Statthalter 1759–1782 of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1749–1809)

* Adam Philipp Losy Graf von Losymthal (?–1781) 1749–1750 * Philipp Joseph Graf von Orsini-Rosenberg (1691–1765) 1750–1753 * Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Haugwitz (1711–1758) 1753–1758 * Franz Ferdinand Graf von Schrattenbach (1707–1785) 1759–1770 * Christian August Graf von Seilern-Aspang (1717–1801) 1770–1779 * Joseph Johann Nepomuk Graf von Herberstein (1725–1809) 1779–1782 * Johann Anton Graf von Pergen (1725–1814) 1782–1790, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1775–1790) * Wenzel Graf Sauer von und zu Ankenstein (1742–1799) 1791–1795 * Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1795–1797, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805) * Jakob Reichsfreiherr von Wöber zu Hagenberg 1797–1802 * Joseph Thaddäus Vogt Freiherr von Sumerau (1749–1817) 1802–1804 * Joseph Karl Graf von Dietrichstein (1763–1825) 1804–1805, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1811–1825) *
Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky Ignaz is a male given name, related to the name Ignatius. Notable people with this name include: * Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1807), German musician * Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704), Bohemian-Austrian musician * Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), ...
, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1805–1807 *
Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
(1749–1831) 1807–1809


Governors (Statthalter) of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1809–1918)

* Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1809–1814, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805) *
Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky Ignaz is a male given name, related to the name Ignatius. Notable people with this name include: * Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1807), German musician * Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704), Bohemian-Austrian musician * Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), ...
, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1815–1816 * Augustin Freiherr Reichmann von Hochkirchen (1755–1828, until 1817: Augustin Reichmann) 1817–1828 * Alois Graf von Ugarte (1784–1845) 1828–1829 * Franz Graf von Klebelsberg, Freiherr zu Thumburg (1774–1857) 1829–1830 * Johann Adam Freiherr Talatzko von Gestieticz (1778–1858, until 1834: Johann Adam Talatzko) 1830–1848 * Anton Raimund Graf von Lamberg (1795–1869) 1848–1848 * Joseph Wilhelm von Eminger (1801–1858, from 1856: Freiherr von) 1849–1858 * Karl Johann Joseph Prinz von Lobkowitz (1814–1879) 1858–1860 * Anton Halbhuber Freiherr von Festwill (1809–1886, from 1854 Freiherr) 1860–1862 * Gustav Ignaz Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1806–1873) 1862–1868 * Philipp Weber von Ebenhof (1818–1900, from 1853: Ritter, from 1880 Freiherr) 1868–1872 * Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld (1821–1898, from 1854: Edler. from 1870 Freiherr) 1872–1880 * Ludwig Freiherr Possinger (1823–1899, from 1860: Ritter, from 1870 Freiherr von Choborski) 1880–1889 * Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1889–1895 * Friedrich Freiherr Bourguignon von Baumberg (1846–1907) 1895–1895 * Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1895–1911 * Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918, Ritter von, ab 1868: Freiherr, ab 1915: Graf) 1911–1915 * Oktavian Freiherr Regner von Bleyleben (1866–1945, 1911–1919: Freiherr von Bleyleben, from 1919: Oktavian Regner-Bleyleben) 1915–1918


After 1918


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{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Governors of Lower Austria
Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
Governors A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...