August ride

August Ritt (born August 26, 1852 in Budweis , Bohemia , † March 30, 1934 in Vienna ), 1911 to 1919 Ritter von Jaufen , was an Austrian construction technician, administrative officer and minister for public works .

August ride

Life

Ritt, the son of a landowner in Bohemia, studied at the technical colleges in Vienna and Munich and entered the civil service in 1876 at the Lieutenancy of the Coastal Country . In 1882 he moved to the Ministry of the Interior, in 1887 as the kk senior building officer and head of the building department in the Lieutenancy for Tyrol and Vorarlberg . There he promoted water protection structures , was responsible for the Adige and Rhine regulation as well as the construction of the Great Dolomite Road . In 1898 he was given the title of Hofrat.

From November 10, 1909 to January 9, 1911, Ritt was Austrian Minister for Public Works in the Bienerth government . Then he became a privy councilor retired and was awarded the title Knight of Jaufen - after Jaufenpass he was responsible for the development of well - ennobled .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Fritz Steinegger: Ritt von Jaufen, August (1852–1934), technician. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 176.
↑ 100 years of the Jaufenpass road. Festschrift on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Jaufenpass road between Sterzing and Meran. Published by the parishes of Ratschings and St. Leonhard in Passeier, 2012, p. 14.

personal data
SURNAME	Ride, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ride Ritter von Jaufen, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant and minister for public works
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ceske Budejovice
DATE OF DEATH	March 30, 1934
Place of death	Vienna

[ÖBL-1] A ^b Fritz Steinegger: Ritt von Jaufen, August (1852–1934), technician. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 176.

[2] 100 years of the Jaufenpass road. Festschrift on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Jaufenpass road between Sterzing and Meran. Published by the parishes of Ratschings and St. Leonhard in Passeier, 2012, p. 14.