Karl Lueger (
1844-
1910) was the mayor of
Vienna from
1897 to
1910 and led the
Christian Social Party[?] which took political power from the
Austrian Liberals[?] in Vienna and combatted the Social Democrats. A faction in the
Austrian parliament[?], the Christian Social Party won Vienna city council in
1895 and subsequently helped Lueger win mayoralty. After three refusals, Kaiser
Franz Joseph[?] finally sanctioned his election in 1897.
Known for his anti-semitism, Lueger was credited by Adolf Hitler with the latter's more virulent form of anti-semitism.