Franz Xaver Riepl

Franz Xaver Riepl, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1855

today's grave of Franz Xaver Riepl in the Hinterbrühl

Franz Xaver Riepl (born November 29, 1790 in Graz , † April 25, 1857 in Vienna ) was an Austrian geologist, railway and metallurgical specialist.

Life

Riepl, who worked at the kk polytechnic institute in Vienna from 1819 to 1838 as a professor of commodity science and natural history, suggested mining the Styrian Erzberg in open-cast mining. Riepl also developed the plan for a rail link from Galicia via Vienna to Trieste as early as 1828, and he developed detailed route plans. He also initiated the construction of the Witkowitz ironworks, which were important for the construction of the Northern Railway . In 1836 he presented the first plan for a railway network for the whole of Austria. Instead of the Semmering Railway, he recommended a route via Varasd (see Archduke Johann Railway ).

Franz Xaver Riepl, kk emerit, died on April 25, 1857 . Professor and Director of the Nordbahn , in the house on Landstrasse 484, from paralysis . His body was first buried at the Sankt Marxer Friedhof - but Riepl found his final resting place in the cemetery of the market town of Hinterbrühl (Eichbergstrasse) in Lower Austria .

In 1904 , Rieplstrasse , located in the area of the Südbahnhof in Vienna- Favoriten , was named after him. Likewise, a street in Graz-Gries was named Franz-Riepl-Gasse in honor of the railway pioneer.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Riepl, Franz X. . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, pp. 138–141 ( digitized version ).
The first fifty years of the Emperor Ferdinand's Northern Railway. 1836-1886. Publishing house of the kk priv. Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn, Vienna 1886, p. 10 ff. (Online at ALO ).
Wilhelm vom Gümbel: Riepl, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 567.
L (ieselotte) Jontes: Riepl Franz X. Laurenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 156 f. (Direct links on p. 156 , p. 157 ).
Jana Geršlová: Riepl, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 602 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Entry on Franz Xaver Riepl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Prof. Riepl in the context of Austrian railway history

Individual evidence

↑ Wurzbach: Riepl , p. 139.
^ Deceased in Vienna (...) In the suburbs (...). In: Die Presse , Abendbeilage, No. 96/1857 (Xth volume), April 28, 1857, p. 2, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
↑ Daily news (...) Mr. F. X. Riepl (...). In: Die Presse , Abendbeilage, No. 95/1857 (Xth volume), April 27, 1857, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.

personal data
SURNAME	Riepl, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian geologist, railway specialist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1857
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Wurzbach: Riepl , p. 139.

[2] Deceased in Vienna (...) In the suburbs (...). In: Die Presse , Abendbeilage, No. 96/1857 (Xth volume), April 28, 1857, p. 2, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.

[3] Daily news (...) Mr. F. X. Riepl (...). In: Die Presse , Abendbeilage, No. 95/1857 (Xth volume), April 27, 1857, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.