Franz von Škoda

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Franz von Škoda

Franz (since 1867) Knight of Škoda (born February 26, 1801 in Pilsen in Western Bohemia , † March 1, 1888 in Gries am Brenner near Bozen ) was a Bohemian medic and honorary citizen of the city of Eger in Western Bohemia.

Life and loved ones

Franz Škoda, a son of the nail smith Josef Škoda in Pilsen, who comes from Letkov near Pilsen (Škoda: Rise and End of an Industrial Family, in: Yearbook Mies Pilsen, Volume 3, Dinkelsbühl, page 84) was the father of the large industrialist and founder of the Škoda Works in Pilsen Emil von Škoda (1839–1900) and brother of the new founder of physical diagnostics, Josef von Škoda (1805–1881). Franz graduated from the high school in Pilsen and from 1821 a student of medicine at the University of Vienna . In 1826 he became a doctor of medicine there and completed a two-year course in ophthalmology, obstetrics and surgery. Then he was a city doctor in Pilsen and a district physician .

In his capacity as district physician, Franz Škoda was sent to Galicia by the Austrian government in 1833 , at that time a crown land of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , where he almost died while fighting a cholera epidemic . Returning to Pilsen , he became the primary physician of the newly established city hospital. A fortune that he inherited after the death of his first wife Anna Pivetz (1806–1836) increased his reputation among the city's citizens. In 1840 he became a district physician in Eger . The former Free Imperial City of Eger made him an honorary citizen for his commitment to the city and Egerland in 1848 as a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly . In 1864 he received the Imperial Franz Joseph Order and in 1865 was appointed State Medical Officer for Bohemia in Prague.

In October 1866 Franz Škoda was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class and received the associated elevation to the hereditary Austrian nobility as Franz Ritter von Škoda with diploma Vienna April 11, 1867 and the management of a coat of arms , whose coat of arms u. a. also shows an Aesculapian staff.

As the father of the industrialist and founder of the Škoda works Emil von Škoda , Franz Ritter von Škoda was the grandfather of Karl von Škoda (1878–1929). With the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the title of nobility fell under the Nobility Repeal Act in 1918 .

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personal data
SURNAME Škoda, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Czech medic
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1888
Place of death Gries am Brenner , Tyrol