{"id":21991,"date":"2024-03-13T11:19:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebammen.at\/the-oehg\/federal-office\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:36:28","slug":"federal-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hebammen.at\/en\/the-oehg\/federal-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21991\" class=\"elementor elementor-21991 elementor-14610\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c37c55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c37c55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-164cc3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"164cc3d\" 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Offices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520cb82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"520cb82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f609003 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f609003\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9bbd84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9bbd84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Federal Office<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7641ad e-flex e-con-boxed 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:praesidentin@hebammen.at\">kanzlei@hebammen.at<\/a><br><strong>Georg Gessner<br><\/strong>Head of the Federal Office<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63df540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63df540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>AUSTRIAN MIDWIFES ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-2); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Federal Office<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-2); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Am Europlatz 2<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-2); letter-spacing: 0px;\">1120 Wien<\/span><\/p><p>\u2706 Tel: +43 (0) 1 71728 163<\/p><p>Office hours: monday to friday 8:00 to 17:00<\/p><p>Appointments by telephone arrangement only.<\/p><p>We do not refer midwives\/courses, etc. Please use the <a href=\"https:\/\/hebammen.at\/en\/for-parents\/midwife-search\/\">midwife search function<\/a> for this purpose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac091ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac091ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6ad182 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6ad182\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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