Franz Xaver Riepl
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Franz Xaver Riepl was an important Austria
n geologist, railway and metallurgical specialist.
Riepl was born in Graz
, Austria, on 20 November 1790. Between 1820 and 1835 he worked as a professor at the Vienna Technical University. It was from him that the initiative came to quarry the Styrian Ore Mountains
using open cast mining. As early as 1828 Riepl had developed a plan for a railway link from Galicia
via Vienna to Trieste
and produced the detailed route diagrams. He also gave the impulse for building the important Witkowitz
iron works which was important in the construction of the North railway (Nordbahn). In 1836 he produced the first plan for a railway network across the whole of Austria.
In 1904 the street of Rieplstrasse in Vienna's Favoriten
district was named after him.
He died in Vienna, Austria, on 25 April 1847.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n geologist, railway and metallurgical specialist.
Riepl was born in Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Austria, on 20 November 1790. Between 1820 and 1835 he worked as a professor at the Vienna Technical University. It was from him that the initiative came to quarry the Styrian Ore Mountains
Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range...
using open cast mining. As early as 1828 Riepl had developed a plan for a railway link from Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
via Vienna to Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
and produced the detailed route diagrams. He also gave the impulse for building the important Witkowitz
Vítkovice (Ostrava)
Vítkovice is an administrative district of the city of Ostrava, capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Situated on the left bank of the Ostravice River in the Moravian part of the city, Vítkovice was a town in its own right until its incorporation in 1924.-History:The...
iron works which was important in the construction of the North railway (Nordbahn). In 1836 he produced the first plan for a railway network across the whole of Austria.
In 1904 the street of Rieplstrasse in Vienna's Favoriten
Favoriten
Favoriten, the 10th district of Vienna, Austria , is located south of the central districts. It is south of Innere Stadt, Wieden and Margareten...
district was named after him.
He died in Vienna, Austria, on 25 April 1847.
External links
- Riepl, Franz X., in Constant von Wurzbach, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, 26. Band, Wien 1874,
- Prof. Riepl im Kontext der "österr. Eisenbahngeschichte"
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany