The first decade of the Second Republic belonged to: Lower Austria!

That’s a steep thesis put forward by the Carinthian historian Stefan Karner, full professor in Graz until 2018 and head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on the Effects of War. The first post-war decade of the Second Republic belonged entirely to Lower Austria! Karl Renner: a Lower Austrian from Gloggnitz. Leopold Figl from Rust im Tullnerfeld: a Lower Austrian. Julius Raab: from St. Pölten. By the way: Who founded the ÖGB in 1945 and forged the social partnership in 1955? That’s right, a Lower Austrian, Johann Böhm from Stegersbach.