Burglary of Churches in Austria in 2012

Country: Austria

Date of incident: December 31, 2012


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

Burglary:
• Catholic Kindergarten in Graz in September 2012
• Ebersdorf in October 2012
• Ehrenhausen in December 2012
• Frohnleiten Adriach on November 15, 2012
• Gerolding in the summer of 2012
• Gratkorn in March 2012
• Graz-Münzgraben several times in 2012
• Graz-Schmerzhafte Mutter in 2012
• Graz-Waltendorf in December 2012
• Kaindorf in September 2012
• Kammern on July 14/15, 2012
• Kirnberg an der Mank in 2012
• Kulm in der Ramsau in May 2012
• Lilienfeld in the summer of 2012
• Mank in the summer of 2012
• Maria Steinparz in the summer of 2012
• Obergrafendorf on August 31, 2012
• Parish building of Graz Herz Jesu in January 2012
• Parish building of Graz-Liebenau in April 2012
• Parish building of Graz-St. Vinzenz in March 2012
• Parish building of llz in September 2012
• Parish building of Krieglach in October and November 2012
• Parish building of Leoben in November 2012
• Parish building of Neudau in June 2012
• Parish building of Pischelsdorf in October 2012
• Parish building of Turnau in November 2012
• Parish of St. Ruprecht a.d. Raab in October 2012
• Parish office of Hönigsberg in October 2012
• Parish office of Zeltweg in November 2012
• St. Marein bei Neumarkt in September 2012
• St. Oswald bei Plankenwarth on October 22, 2012
• Texing in the summer of 2012
• Türnitz in August 2012
• Wieselburg in August 2012 Burglary of Offertory Box:
• Bad Mitterndorf in the summer of 2012
• Deutschlandsberg on August 17,18 and 20, 2012
• Friedberg in November 2012
• Gamlitz on December 20, 2012
• Gleisdorf on December 30, 2012
• Graz-Graben in 2012
• Graz-St. Josef on July 31, 2012
• Graz-Mariatrost in November-December 2012
• Graz-St. Vinzenz in November 2012
• Großlobming on March 30, 2012
• Hitzendorf in December 2012
• Kirchberg an der Raab on October 7, 2012
• Laßnitzhöhe two times in December 2012
• Murau in November-December 2012
• Mureck in Summer 2012
• Passail in November 2012
• Pölfing-Brunn in December 2012
• Scheifling in January, April und June 2012
• Selzthal in November 2012
• St. Margarethen bei Lebring in January 2012
• St. Stefan ob Leoben in 2012
• Straden in Spring 2012
• Thörl in September 2012
• Wies in 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.