ÖVP top candidate

Christian Sagartz: “I have always been a caretaker”

Christian Sagartz, MEP and regional party chairman of the ÖVP Burgenland, in the vaulted cellar of his cellar in southern Burgenland.(Bild: RaMaR_pictures/Ramona Marinits)

The ÖVP is pinning all its hopes on its top candidate Christian Sagartz for the Burgenland state elections on 19 January 2025. The "Krone" paid him a visit in his cellar in Inzenhof and spoke to him about fizzy drinks, smokers' yards, team spirit and his plan B after politics.

"Please take off your shoes! I've just been vacuuming," says Christian Sagartz (43) as he opens the door to his Kellerstöckl in Inzenhof - an idyllic community of 329 people in the district of Güssing, where celebrities such as Lifeball founder Gery Keszler, cabaret artist Andreas Vitásek and actress Konstanze Breitebner also have a second home. However, Sagartz hardly ever gets to see any of them.