Franz Xaver Bergauer

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Franz Xaver Bergauer (born December 3, 1805 in Horowitz , † October 11, 1886 in Linz ) was a pioneer of European railway construction . He is the maternal grandfather of the writer Robert Musil .

Life

Franz Xaver Bergauer was the son of the chief economist of the Horowitz rule in Bohemia . From 1821 to 1824 Franz Xaver attended the technical college in Prague. After his engineering exam, he took up a position at K. k. Privileged first railroad company . Bergauer was busy building and operating the Budweis – Linz – Gmunden horse-drawn railway . First as a railway inspector, from 1853 as a deputy local director and from 1855 as an operations inspector. He was employed by the company until the end of the horse-drawn tram operation in December 1872.

Franz Xaver Bergauer was married to Emmeline (1820–1905), née Böhm, the daughter of a senior magistrate from Horowitz. From this marriage came seven children, including the daughter Hermine, the mother of the writer Robert Musil.

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personal data
SURNAME Bergauer, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Horowitz
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1886
Place of death Linz