At 1.28 am he was there!

Frederik is the first new Lower Austrian 2025

New year, new happiness! Little Frederik with mom Sandra and family after the spontaneous birth at the provincial hospital in Amstetten - both are doing well.(Bild: LK Amstetten)

Lower Austria's New Year's baby 2025 is called Frederik Tagwerker. He was born at 1:28 a.m. at the Amstetten Regional Hospital. The healthy boy is 53 centimeters tall and weighs 4020 grams. He is the second child of happy parents Sandra and Gerald Tagwerker from Stephanshart (municipality of Ardagger) in the district of Amstetten.

The ringing of the buzzer had long since died away by the time the first baby cry of the new year could be heard in Lower Austria. At exactly 1.28 a.m., little Frederik saw the light of day at the Amstetten Regional Hospital. "The mother and her little son are doing well," the midwife announced. Weighing 4020 grams and measuring 53 centimeters, Frederik is the second child for mom Sandra Tagwerker and her husband Gerald.

Celebrity well-wisher
Even if the time is not enough to break the record, the joy of having a baby is immeasurable. On Wednesday, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Head of the Province of Lower Austria, joined in as a prominent well-wisher: "Welcome home to us in Lower Austria, dear Frederik!

The provincial hospital congratulates the proud parents on their new addition to the family.(Bild: LK Amstetten)

Less than an hour later, the hospital in Tulln followed suit: At 2.17 am, the second new Lower Austrian of the still young New Year's Day came into the world. However, the new parents still have to decide on a name for the boy . . .