Herwig van Staa

Who is Herwig van Staa?

Herwig van Staa was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008.

Van Staa was born in Linz, Upper Austria. His father, who came from the Rhine area, worked as a technician in the steelworks in Linz and died in a sick bay in 1943 after military action on the Eastern Front. His mother came from an Austrian family and worked as a midwife. Van Staa attended primary school in Bad Leonfelden and completed his secondary school studies in Wels, where he passed his 'A' levels in 1960.