Georg Springer
Georg Springer | |
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Springer in 2015 | |
| Born | 20 August 1946 Vienna, Allied-occupied Austria |
| Died | 11 December 2025 (aged 79) Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Cultural manager |
Georg Springer (20 August 1946 – 11 December 2025) was an Austrian secretary general and later on managing director of the Austrian federal theatres.[1]
Life and career
Springer was born in Vienna on 20 August 1946. He studied law in Vienna and subsequently worked as a university assistant in constitutional and administrative law in Vienna, before joining the Federal Chancellery of Austria in 1988 and holding for years the position of Deputy Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Theatres.
From 1999 to June 2014, Springer was managing director of the Federal Theatres Holding Company (Bundestheater-Holding GesmbH), a position he resigned from following the financial scandal.[2][3] He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Salzburg Festival.
Springer died in Vienna on 11 December 2025, at the age of 79.[4]
References
- ^ "Regarding the death of Georg Springer". wiener-staatsoper.at. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "Bundestheater: Georg Springer tritt als Geschäftsführer zurück". DERSTANDARD. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "Die Bundestheater-Holding veröffentlicht die folgende Erklärung ihres Geschäftsführers Georg Springer". OTS. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "Ober-Impresario der Bundestheater: Georg Springer tot". Salzburger Nachrichten.