Karl Lueger (German: [ˈlu̯eːɡɐ]; 24 October 1844 – 10 March 1910) was an Austrian lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Vienna from 1897 until his death in 1910.

Mar 14, 2025 · Karl Lueger (born October 24, 1844, Vienna, Austria—died March 10, 1910, Vienna) was a politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, and …

Karl Lueger was the leader of the antisemitic Christian Social Party in Austria. Born in Vienna into a lower-middle-class family, he qualified as a lawyer. He began his political career with the left …

With Karl Lueger's election as Mayor of Vienna in 1897, political anti-Semitism reached its climax and became a social force dominating everyday life.

There was one political leader in Vienna in Hitler's time who understood this, as well as the necessity of building a party on the foundation of the masses. This was Dr Karl Lueger, the …

With his persuasive but polarizing rhetoric, Karl Lueger won a convincing victory in the elections for Mayor of Vienna. However, the Jewish population and Emperor Franz Joseph I were …

Karl Lueger was arguably the most consequential mayor of Vienna from 1848, the year of European revolution, till 1938, the year of Anschluss. His rule lasted nearly thirteen years …

Jan 6, 2015 · Karl Lueger was an Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, and leader and cofounder of the Austrian Christian Social Party. He is credited with the transformation of the city of …

In 1885 Lueger associated himself with Baron Vogelsang, the eminent social-political worker, whose influence and principles had great weight in the formation of the future Christian Socialists.

Lueger, KARL, burgomaster of Vienna, Austrian political leader and municipal reformer, b. at Vienna, October 24, 1844; d. there, March 10, 1910. His father, a...