Am Schauplatz: Suche Frau, biete Hof [17.9.2026]
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Being a farmer means structuring your life around the animals and the weather and rarely being able to take a vacation. Is it therefore harder for farmers to find life partners than for other professions? Is the search for a partner about work or love? And what are the advantages of rural life? For the "Am Schauplatz" episode "Looking for a Woman, Offering a Farm"—airing on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 9:05 p.m. on ORF 2 and ORF ON—Tiba Marchetti posed these questions to several single farmers and one female farmer five years ago—and has now followed up for the second time to see what has happened since.
36-year-old Johannes, who took over the sunny farm on the Mitterberg in Lower Austria from his adoptive father, was looking for a woman who appreciates rural life as much as he does. “I’ll only marry if I love the woman,” Johannes gushed. And he added with a grin, “Whether she’s a farmer or an engineer who brings home the bacon is beside the point.” She ended up being neither a farmer nor an engineer. Johannes fell in love with an environmental economist, and she with him. Petra laughs: “I wasn’t looking for a farmer, but I found one—and also my purpose in life.” They both now live together on the farm. And they already have a child.
The Lueger family’s four-generation farm in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria has had some tough years—the farm handover was anything but easy. “I told my wife, leave the young ones alone, the farm doesn’t belong to us anymore,” the older farmer recounts. But his wife, Maria, couldn’t let go of her ways. Young farmer Yvonne was desperate: “I tried to adapt—but I wasn’t happy.” Today, everyone has their own area of responsibility, and the conflict has been resolved. There is also news from forester Viktoria in the Waldviertel region and pig farmer Siegfried in southern Burgenland.
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....aber die Schwiegertochter macht es super, weil sie den Faktor Spass einbringt, was macht sie gern, was macht Ihr Freude. FANTASTISCH.
Genau diese Lücke kann Jahrzehnte dauern. In einem Fall, der 2024 vor dem OLG Frankfurt endete, hatten Eltern ihrem Sohn 1994 den Hof übertragen. 2006 begann ein Streit um einen Graben, danach wollten sie den Hof wegen groben Undanks zurück.
Nach 18 Jahren verloren sie endgültig. Eine Schuld des Sohnes stellte das Gericht nicht fest, nur eine über Jahre gewachsene Feindseligkeit. 📜
Nein, im ernst, Zitat: "... sein eigener Chef mitten in der Natur ..) - das ist genau das, was ich mein Leben lang zu erreichen versuche. Leider wurde die Landwirtschaft, die ich hätte erben sollen, von meiner Verwandtschaft versoffen. Ich bin nicht religiös, aber für den Fall wünsche ich mir dass es das Fegefeuer wirklich gibt.
aber spaß beiseite, tolle reportage wie immer. schauplatz beste
danke fürs hochladen maxx!
Am Schauplatz: Suche Frau, biete Hof [17.9.2026]
Maxx
122,132 views
►§~All rights belong to ORF or the producing companies, individuals, and their performers!~§◄
Being a farmer means structuring your life around the animals and the weather and rarely being able to take a vacation. Is it therefore harder for farmers to find life partners than for other professions? Is the search for a partner about work or love? And what are the advantages of rural life? For the "Am Schauplatz" episode "Looking for a Woman, Offering a Farm"—airing on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 9:05 p.m. on ORF 2 and ORF ON—Tiba Marchetti posed these questions to several single farmers and one female farmer five years ago—and has now followed up for the second time to see what has happened since.
36-year-old Johannes, who took over the sunny farm on the Mitterberg in Lower Austria from his adoptive father, was looking for a woman who appreciates rural life as much as he does. “I’ll only marry if I love the woman,” Johannes gushed. And he added with a grin, “Whether she’s a farmer or an engineer who brings home the bacon is beside the point.” She ended up being neither a farmer nor an engineer. Johannes fell in love with an environmental economist, and she with him. Petra laughs: “I wasn’t looking for a farmer, but I found one—and also my purpose in life.” They both now live together on the farm. And they already have a child.
The Lueger family’s four-generation farm in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria has had some tough years—the farm handover was anything but easy. “I told my wife, leave the young ones alone, the farm doesn’t belong to us anymore,” the older farmer recounts. But his wife, Maria, couldn’t let go of her ways. Young farmer Yvonne was desperate: “I tried to adapt—but I wasn’t happy.” Today, everyone has their own area of responsibility, and the conflict has been resolved. There is also news from forester Viktoria in the Waldviertel region and pig farmer Siegfried in southern Burgenland.