!!!Landeshauptmann

Landeshauptmann (Provincial governor), from the 13%%sup th/%  century 
onwards, an official who was subordinate to the sovereign, first 
documentary mention as "vicarius" or "capitaneus" in 1236, at first in 
charge of military matters, later administrator of the demesne and 
chairman of the assembly of the Estates and of the Adelsgericht 
(nobility court). The Landeshauptmann was committed to loyalty and 
obedience to both the sovereign and the Estates, from which he was 
recruited. In Lower Austria he used to be called Landmarschall 
(provincial marshal).

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Today the Landeshauptmann is head of the  Provincial Government (in 
Vienna at the same time mayor) and the authority in charge of indirect 
federal administration. S/he is elected by the  Landtag (provincial 
diet) and sworn in by the Federal President, pledging allegiance to 
the Federal Constitution. The Landeshauptmann represents the province, 
passes on adopted bills from the Landtag to the  Federal Government, 
publishes these adopted bills in the provincial Law Gazette, swears in 
the members of the provincial government. The Landeshauptmann is a 
member of the provincial government and in charge of the highest 
administrative tasks of the province. In this respect s/he is 
responsible to the Landtag, while in his/her capacity of authority in 
charge of indirect federal administration s/he is answerable to the 
federal government. His/her deputy is a member of the provincial 
government and is appointed by the other members of the provincial 
government (Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter/deputy of the 
Landeshauptmann, called Landesstatthalter in Vorarlberg).

!Literature
W. Pesendorfer, Der Landeshauptmann, 1986; K. Weber, Die 
mittelbare Bundesverwaltung, 1987; G. R. Burkert, Die 
Landeshauptmaenner der oesterreichischen Erblaender vom Beginn der 
Reformation bis zum Generallandtag von Augsburg, Festschrift 
H. J. Metzler-Andelberg, 1988.


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