page_title: Vöcklabruck
section_title: Personalities related to Vöcklabruck
hierarchical_section_title: Vöcklabruck / Personalities related to Vöcklabruck
caption_attribution_description: English: Posthumous portrait of Austrian painter, Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, by her husband, Karl
context_page_description: Vöcklabruck is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway.
  Vöcklabruck's name derives from the River Vöckla which runs through the town, whose name in turn originates from a person's name and 'Ache', meaning 'flowing water' or 'river'.
  Vöcklabruck has many shops as well as services and schools. It was chosen for Europäisches Schützentreffen in 2003, and has and will play host to other events such as the Internationale Musiktage, Landesgartenschau 2007, and an Erdbeerfest, among others.
context_section_description: Leonhard Schiemer (born around 1500-1528), important figure in the Anabaptist movement
  Emilie Mediz-Pelikan (1861-1908), landscape painter
  Oskar Czerwenka (1924–2000), a bass whose residence was expanded to a state music school named after him
  Werner Kreindl (1927-1992), Austrian actor (among other things, student Gerber)
  Gerhard Narholz (born 1937), production music composer/conductor,
  Jim Silye (born 1946), Canadian politician, businessman and former sportsman (football) emigrated to Canada in 1951
  Wolfgang Holzmair (born 1952), renowned baritone recitalist and opera singer
  Franzobel (=Stefan Griebl, born 1967), writer
  David Six (born 1985), musician
  Peter Hackmair (born 1987), Austrian footballer
  Lukas Pöstlberger (born 1992), Austrian cyclist
  Princess Alexandra of Hanover, the daughter of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover and Caroline, Princess of Hanover
caption: Emilie Mediz-Pelikan
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