The FIL European Luge Championships 1956 took place in Imst, Austria under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in (in French)) under their "Section de Luge". It would be the last championship under the FIBT until formation of the International Luge Federation (FIL) the following year.
Lieber ends Isser's European championship reign at this event.