1938 in Austria

Events from the year 1938 in Austria

Incumbents

 * President: Wilhelm Miklas (until March 13)
 * Chancellor: Kurt Schuschnigg (until March 11), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (March 11-March 13)

Governors

 * Burgenland: Hans Sylvester (until 11 March)
 * Carinthia: Arnold Sucher (until 11 March)
 * Lower Austria: Josef Reither (until 12 March)
 * Salzburg: Franz Rehrl (until 12 March); Rolph Trommer (3 March-12 March)
 * Styria: Karl Maria Stepan (until 12 March)
 * Tyrol: Josef Schumacher (until 12 March)
 * Upper Austria: Heinrich Gleißner (until 11 March)
 * Vienna: Richard Schmitz (until 11 March)
 * Vorarlberg: Ernst Winsauer (until 12 March)

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: 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