Franz Grossbauer

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Franz Großbauer on a lithograph by Josef Kriehuber (1864)

Franz Großbauer (born December 19, 1813 in Trumau , † May 25, 1887 in Mariabrunn ; since 1875 Franz Großbauer Edler von Waldstätt ) was an Austrian forestry teacher .

Life

Franz Großbauer attended the lower grammar school in Heiligenkreuz Abbey and a lyceum in Vienna . He then studied at the Mariabrunn Forestry School . The kk Oberforstjägermeister- and Niederösterreichische Waldamt accepted him in 1836 as a forest intern.

Großbauer became an assistant at the kk forestry school in Mariabrunn in 1837. There he was appointed full professor for forest nature in 1839. From 1852 to 1875 he was the first professor at the institute. During this time he also worked as an inspector of the school forest in the forest districts of Hütteldorf and Purkersdorf . He was a corresponding member of the kk Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft in Vienna. Franz Großbauer had a forestry museum set up in Mariabrunn , which opened in 1870. In the same year he was honored with the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order . On the occasion of his retirement, he was raised to the nobility in 1875. During his retirement he continued to work as the administrator of the Mariabrunn grounds and as curator of the teaching and museum collections.

Großbauer was married and had several children. He was a grandfather of the physics Nobel Prize winner Victor Hess .

Großbauerstrasse in Vienna- Großjedlersdorf was named after him in 1937 .

Fonts

  • The latest construction of the Winkler pocket dendrometer in its use for tree and stand estimation and for other measurement work occurring in forestry practice . Braumüller, Vienna 1864.
  • A forest study trip to the domains of Teschen and Friedeck in kk Silesia, which belonged to His Imperial Highness the most illustrious Archduke Albrecht, took place from June 6th to 15th, 1875 . Imperial-Royal Forest Academy, Mariabrunn 1875. (With Johann Newald.)
  • The metric measure and the prices of firewood . In: Centralblatt für das Gesammte Forstwesen . February 1875, p. 78-83 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Grossbauer von Waldstätt, Franz. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 77.
  2. ^ Meetings, exhibitions, etc. In:  Wiener Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung , April 17, 1869, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wlz
  3. ^ Museum for Forestry Operations. In:  Neue Freie Presse , September 14, 1870, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  4. ↑ Awards. In:  Morgen-Post , December 23, 1870, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / mop
  5. ^ Official part. In:  Troppauer Zeitung , November 3, 1875, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / okf
  6. ↑ Staff news . In:  Wiener Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung , February 3, 1892, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wlz
  7. ↑ Rudolf Steinmaurer:  Hess, Victor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , pp. 12-14 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Großbauerstraße. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 610 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Großbauer, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Great farmer Edler von Waldstätt, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian forestry teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Trumau
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1887
Place of death Mariabrunn