Ombuds Offices for Environmental Protection

Contact details

As independent bodies of the federal states, the Austrian Ombuds Offices for Environmental Protection (Umweltanwaltschaften Österreichs) have the task of maintaining environmental protection and improving the situation of the environment. They also serve as contact points for individuals who wish to take action against environmental problems.

The common platform of the Ombuds Offices can be found here: www.umweltanwaltschaft.gv.at

Please Note: All websites linked on this site are available in German only!

The Ombuds Offices for Environmental Protection of the federal states

Burgenland: 
Ombudsman Michael Graf
Thomas-Alva-Edison-Straße 2 
TechLab Eisenstadt, Bauteil 1 – Erdgeschoß
7000 Eisenstadt
Tel.: 057 / 600 2192
Fax: 057 / 600 72193
E-Mail: umweltanwalt.burgenland@bgld.gv.at
Link: http://www.burgenland.at/umweltanwalt/

Carinthia:
Chairwoman of the secretariat for Nature Conservation Advisory Board/Ombudsoffices for Environmental Protection: State Secretary Sara Schaar
Flatschacher Straße 70
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Tel.: 050 / 536 18012
Fax: 050 / 536-18200
E-Mail: rudolf.auernig@ktn.gv.at
Link: https://www.ktn.gv.at/Verwaltung/Amt-der-Kaerntner-Landesregierung/Abteilung-8/Organisation?oid=10121425

Lower Austria:
Ombudsman Thomas Hansmann
Wienerstraße 54
3109 St. Pölten
Tel.: 02742/9005-12746
Fax: 02742/9005-13540
E-Mail: post.lad1ua@noel.gv.at
Link: http://www.umweltanwaltschaft.gv.at/de/umweltanwaltschaften/niederoesterreich

Upper Austria:
Ombudsman Martin Donat
Kärntner Straße 10 -12,
4021 Linz
Tel.: 0732 / 7720 13450
Fax: 0732 / 7720 213459
E-Mail: uanw.post@ooe.gv.at
Link: http://www.ooe-umweltanwaltschaft.at/

Salzburg: 
Ombudsman Wolfgang Wiener
Membergerstraße 42
5020 Salzburg
Tel.: 0662 / 629805 0
Fax: 5572 / 629805 20
E-Mail: office@lua-sbg.at
Link: http://www.lua-sbg.at/

Styria:
Ombudswoman Ute Pöllinger
Stempfergasse 7
8010 Graz
Tel.: 0316 / 877 2965
Fax: 0316 / 877 5947
E-Mail: umweltanwalt@stmk.gv.at
Link: http://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10126672/74836447/

Tyrol:
Ombudsman Johannes Kostenzer
Meranerstraße 5
6020 Innsbruck
Tel.: 0512 / 508 3492
Fax: 0512 / 508 743 495
E-Mail: landesumweltanwalt@tirol.gv.at
Link: http://www.tiroler-umweltanwaltschaft.gv.at/

Vorarlberg:
Ombudswoman Katharina Lins
Jahngasse 9
6850 Dornbirn
Tel.: 05572 / 25108
Fax: 05572 / 25108 8
E-Mail: office@naturschutzanwalt.at
Link: http://www.naturschutzanwalt.at/

Vienna:
Ombudswoman Andrea Schnattinger
Muthgasse 62
1190 Vienna
Tel.: 01 / 37979
Fax: 01 / 37979 99 88989
E-Mail post@wua.wien.gv.at
Link: http://www.wua-wien.at/

Updated: January 2019
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