Vandalised Churches in Austria in 2012

Country: Austria

Date of incident: December 31, 2012


Numerous cases of vandalism against churches and church buildings took place in Austria in 2012. Find here a non-exhaustive list of recorded incidents.

• Amstetten, arson in three churches on December 23, 2012
• Bad Mitterndorf vandalised in 2012
• Deutschlandsberg vandalised twice in November 2012
• Gleisdorf vandalised on July 12, 2012
• Graz-Graben vandalised in 2012
• Graz-Kalvarienberg vandalised several times in 2012
• Graz-Mariatrost vandalised in May 2012
• Graz-Mariatrost vandalised on May 29, 2012
• Graz-Münzgraben vandalised several times in 2012
• Graz-Salvator vandalised in 2012
• Graz-Schutzengel vandalised three times in July and December 2012
• Graz-St. Peter vandalised on December 10, 2012
• Graz-St. Vinzenz vandalised in 2012
• Graz-Süd vandalised on December 26, 2012
• Graz-Thondorf vandalised in 2012
• Graz-Waltendorf vandalised in the spring and twice in December 2012
• Johann ob Hohenburg vandalised in November 2012
• Kleinzell vandalised in the beginning of 2012
• Köflach-Pichling vandalised in July 2012
• Leoben-Lerchenfeld vandalised in 2012
• Mureck vandalised in April and June of 2012
• Nesteibach Bichelkreuzkapelle vandalised in 2012
• Passail vandalised twice in 2012
• Pöllauberg, vandalised on April 7, 2012
• Schladming, vandalised on December 7, 2012
• St. Margarethen/Raab, vandalised in 2012
• St. Michael i.d. Obersteiermark, vandalised on September 14/15, 2012
• St. Oswald b. Plankenwarth, vandalised in March 2012
• Turnau, vandalised in August 2012
• Wies, vandalised in the end of 2012
Source: Submission of the Holy See to the OSCE / Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for the Hate Crimes Report 2012 on May 27, 2013.