Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Langer

Hans Langer was born the son of an imperial and royal state railway official who was the stationmaster at the Kaiser-Franz-Josephs railroad station in Vienna and died in an accident at the beginning of December 1912, when Langer was just five years old. After graduating from the Klosterneuburger Gymnasium in 1926, he began studying at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna (Dr. med. 1932), where he joined the Welfia student fraternity.

After graduating, Hans Langer began training as a specialist in dentistry and was offered an assistant position at the Vienna University Clinic for Dentistry in 1934. In the same year, he was seconded to the Klosterneuburg municipal council for public service and remained a member until 1937. He is also a member of the Patriotic Front. Due to his political views, he was dismissed after the Anschluss and declared unworthy of military service.