{"id":3575,"date":"2023-03-31T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:14:52","slug":"herbert-ursprunger-when-youre-young-youre-convinced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/en\/news\/herbert-ursprunger-when-youre-young-youre-convinced\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018When you&#8217;re young, you&#8217;re convinced.\u2019 Herbert Ursprunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pb-1 pb-lg-2\">Herbert Ursprunger was young and convinced when he worked on planning the landscape integration of the Wachau road in the late 1950s. Just before his ninetieth birthday, we met him for an interview in his home in Vienna. In her artistic work, Iris Andraschek is interested in the stories behind the people. In conversation with Herbert Ursprunger, we learnt how it came about that he was commissioned with the Wachau road project at the age of 22. Film and photo recordings were made during the conversation. Iris Andraschek has artistically processed photos from the early years of Wachau road and combined that with clips from the detailed interview into a short film.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2vt025-088fc795d9343b81e91a6e557bae7e7a\">\n.avia-video.av-2vt025-088fc795d9343b81e91a6e557bae7e7a{\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ursprunger-film-1-1240x698.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-video av-2vt025-088fc795d9343b81e91a6e557bae7e7a avia-video-16-9 av-preview-image avia-video-confirm_all av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YL7wH_rXsv8'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe title=\"Ursprunger (EN)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YL7wH_rXsv8?feature=oembed&autoplay=1&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"avia_textblock image-description smaller\"><strong>Ursprunger, Iris Andraschek 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nMore information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/en\/road-studies\/\">https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/en\/road-studies\/<\/a><br \/>\nSource: <a class=\"mfp-iframe lightbox-added\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YL7wH_rXsv8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YL7wH_rXsv8<\/a><\/div>\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-1wgpkr-c319de719b8a1309e918e79b038a9c4b noHover av-fixed-size av-large-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation- av-masonry-col-2 av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery av-orientation-landscape pt-2 pt-lg-3' data-post_id=\"3575\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-1240x930.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-1240x930.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\"  aria-label=\"image image with no title\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-3553' data-av-masonry-item='3553' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-3553 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"\" alt=\"\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230331_151852-1240x930.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-1240x930.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-1240x930.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\"  aria-label=\"image image with no title\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-3555' data-av-masonry-item='3555' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-3555 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"\" alt=\"\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container lazyload' style=\"background-image:inherit;\"  data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.wachauroutes.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5918-1240x930.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbert Ursprunger was young and convinced when he worked on planning the landscape integration of the Wachau road in the late 1950s. Just before his ninetieth birthday, we met him for an interview in his home in Vienna. In her artistic work, Iris Andraschek is interested in the stories behind the people. In conversation with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-road-studies-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018When you&#039;re young, you&#039;re convinced.\u2019 Herbert Ursprunger &#8211; Wachau Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018When you&#039;re young, you&#039;re convinced.\u2019 Herbert Ursprunger &#8211; Wachau Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Herbert Ursprunger was young and convinced when he worked on planning the landscape integration of the Wachau road in the late 1950s. 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