Carl Hochenegg

Carl Hochenegg (born October 27, 1860 in Vienna ; † February 6, 1942 there ) was an Austrian electrical engineer.

Life

Like his brother, the surgeon Julius von Hochenegg (1859–1940), he was the son of court attorney Johann Baptist Hochenegg and his wife Cäcilie; his maternal grandfather was the lawyer and university professor Joseph von Winiwarter . During his studies in 1879 he became a member of the Libertas Vienna fraternity . After studying electrical engineering at the kk Technische Hochschule in Vienna , he worked for Siemens & Halske in Vienna from 1883 to 1899 , where he was deputy director of the department for electrical railways and control centers. With the inaugural lecture on March 1, 1900, Hochenegg took over the chair for electrical engineering at his alma mater , which until then had been headed by Adalbert von Waltenhofen (1828–1914), and worked as a full professor until 1920. Hochenegg earned special merit around the between Electrotechnical institutes built in 1900 and 1904, whose design and furnishings he significantly influenced. When in 1903 the areas of electrical engineering were split up, he took over the chair for the construction and operation of electrical systems and electrical work transmission. In 1906/07 he held the office of rector , in 1909/10 he was president of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects . Around 1904 he examined the experiments of Alexander Just (1874–1937) and referred him to Siemens. Hochenegg made a contribution to the electrification of Vienna. He was buried at the Grinzing cemetery .

In 1960, Hocheneggasse in Vienna- Döbling (19th district) was named after him and his brother Julius (spelling from 1960 - the street name was not adapted to the new spelling, according to which it should be called Hocheneggasse ).

Prizes, awards, honors

• Lifelong member of the manor of the Reichsrat (1917)
• kk Hofrat
• Honorary Citizenship of the Vienna University of Technology (1925)
• Honorary doctorate from the Vienna University of Technology (1928)
• Wilhelm Exner Medal (1931)
• Naming of a street in the 19th district of Vienna (1960; honor shared with Julius von Hochenegg)
• Foundation of the Carl von Hochenegg Prize of the Vienna Academic Fraternity Libertas (2005)

Fonts

• Arrangement and dimensioning of electrical lines , 1893
• Via electrical work transfer. Lecture given on November 9, 1904 . In: Writings of the association for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in Vienna . Volume 45.1905, Verlag der Zoologischer-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich, Vienna 1905, ISSN  0371-4608 , pp. 507-544. - Full text online (PDF; 4.4 MB) .
• Safety regulations for electrical high-voltage systems , 1907
• Project concerning electric subways through the Inner City of Vienna , 1909
• Suggestions for improving traffic conditions in Vienna , 1910
• About the electrification of the railways in Austria. In:  Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna. Organ of the Association of Austrian and Hungarian Electricity Companies / Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna (and organ of the branch association Brno) / E. u. M. (E and M) electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna from 1883 to 1938 / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Organ / magazine of the Electrotechnical Association of Austria , year 1918, issue 10/1918 (XXXVI. Year), March 10, 1918, pp. 113–122. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Contributions to the improvement of traffic conditions in Vienna , 1923
• Project concerning the electrification of the rapid transit system of the Vienna light rail. In:  Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna. Organ of the Association of Austrian and Hungarian Electricity Companies / Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna (and organ of the branch association Brno) / E. u. M. (E and M) electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna from 1883 to 1938 / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Organ / magazine of the Elektrotechnisches Verein Österreichs , year 1923, issue 51/1923 (XLI. Year), December 23, 1923, pp. 729–734. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Is it possible to lift ships from great depths of the sea? In:  Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna. Organ of the Association of Austrian and Hungarian Electricity Companies / Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna (and organ of the branch association Brno) / E. u. M. (E and M) electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna from 1883 to 1938 / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Organ / magazine of the Electrotechnical Association of Austria , year 1926, issue 37/1926 (XLIV. Year), September 12, 1926, pp. 660–669. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Proposal to stimulate the Austrian economy (preface: Richard Reisch ), 1933

literature

• Hochenegg, Carl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 343 f. (Direct links on p. 343 , p. 344 ).
• Heinrich Sequez:  Hochenegg, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 287 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. Directory of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934, p. 201.
2. ^ Carl Hochenegg: Inaugural Lecture . In: Johann Sahulka (Red.): Journal for electrical engineering . Volume 18.1900, issue 11/1900, ISSN  1013-5111 . Spielhagen & Schurich ( Commission ), Vienna 1900, pp. 125–130.
3. ↑ OBV .
4. ↑ OBV .
5. ↑ Entry on Carl Hochenegg in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
6. ↑ Grave site Carl Hochenegg , Vienna, Grinzinger Friedhof, Group 3, No. 23.
7. ^ Hocheneggasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
8. ↑ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 116/1917, May 22, 1917, p. 1 center. (Online at ANNO ). .

Web links

Wikisource: Carl Hochenegg  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Carl Hochenegg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Carl Hochenegg in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .