Fritz Stoeckl

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Fritz Stöckl (born January 8, 1912 in Ober Sankt Veit ; † October 12, 1989 in Bad Ischl ) was an Austrian lawyer and railway writer.

After law studies and the subsequent promotion Fritz Stöckl was a notary in Bad Ischl down. As a wealthy lawyer, Stöckl pursued his hobby as a globetrotter and railroad enthusiast for decades . He traveled the railways of all continents, often with his family.

From the 1950s onwards he reported on his travels in numerous books and magazine articles and presented railway lines and special trains around the world. He was particularly interested in upscale travel in dining and sleeping cars , so some of his books were particularly dedicated to these vehicles.

Publications (selection)

  • European railway trains with illustrious names. Carl Röhrig Verlag, Darmstadt 1958.
  • The railways of the earth. Volume I, Great Britain. , Magazine publisher Ployer & Co., Vienna 1961.
  • The railways of the earth. Volume II, France. Magazine publisher Ployer & Co., Vienna 1961.
  • The railways of the earth. Volume III, Spain and Portugal. Magazine publisher Ployer & Co., Vienna 1962.
  • The railways of the earth. Volume IV, Scandinavia. Magazine publisher Ployer & Co., Vienna 1963.
  • The Railways of the Earth, Volume VI, Germany. Bohmann Publishing House, Vienna 1964.
  • Rolling Hotels Part 1: The International Sleeping Car Company . Rudolf Bohmann Industry and Trade Publishers, Vienna and Heidelberg, 1967.
  • Comfort on rails. Sleeping car , dining car , saloon car of the European railways. Comfort on Rails. Sleepers, Diners and Saloon cars on the European Railways. (together with Claude Jeanmaire) Verlag Eisenbahn, Basel 1970.
  • Trans-Europ-Express : The development of the TEE company. Rösler and Zimmer, Augsburg 1971.
  • In the land of the Beyer-Garratts : Rhodesia Railways. G. Röhr, Krefeld, 1972.
  • Railway experience Ethiopia. G. Röhr, Krefeld, 1975.
  • Railways in Southeast Europe: Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey. Bohmann Verlag, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7002-0431-X .
  • The railroad museums of the world. Ferrovia-Verlag, Grenzach-Wyhlen 1981, ISBN 3-88275-021-9 .
  • Wagons-lits: exquisite travel. Slezak publishing house , Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85416-091-7 .
  • The great railroad routes in the world. Rasch & Röhrig, Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-89136-046-0 .
  • Dining car: 100 years of gastronomy on the rails. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-613-01168-9 .

literature

  • Alfred B. Gottwaldt : Hobby intercontinental. Memory of Fritz Stöckl - globetrotter, railway enthusiast and notary. Railway history 66, October / November 2014, pp. 74–75.

Remarks

  1. ↑ This volume was supposed to be published by the magazine publisher Ployer & Co, but the publisher's information that had already been printed was then pasted over with Bohmann-Verlag, Vienna-Heidelberg .
personal data
SURNAME Stoeckl, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and railway writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Ober Sankt Veit
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1989
Place of death Bad Ischl