Hubert Ginzel

Hubert Ginzel (born September 17, 1874 in Reichenberg , † November 24, 1950 in Vienna ) was an Austrian officer and cartographer .

Hubert Ginzel was retired from the Technical Military Academy as a pioneer in 1896. From 1899 on he attended the kuk war school for two years . In 1907 Hubert Ginzel was on the general staff for mapping, in 1914 head of the 10th Department in the War Ministry . The cartographer at the Austro-Hungarian Military Geography Institute in Vienna was initially Chief of Staff of the Jaroslau infantry troop division when the First World War broke out . In 1915 the major was appointed commander of the Austro-Hungarian war surveying system. With effect from August 1, 1917, he was appointed colonel . After the end of the war, Ginzel took over the management of the Military Geographic Institute. The focus of his work was the continuation of the cartography of Austria and the creation of the topographic map of the Republic of Austria on a scale of 1: 50,000. Promoted to Hofrat , Ginzel headed the department for mapping and country description. Until his retirement in 1924, he was also the deputy group leader in matters relating to the state registration.

Austrian military awards (as of December 31, 1918)

• Commemorative Cross 1912–1913
• Military Jubilee Cross 1908
• Military Jubilee Medal 1898
• Military Merit Cross III. class
• Order of the Iron Crown Knight III. Class, war decoration with swords
• Franz Joseph Order Officer's Cross, war decoration
• Franz Joseph Order Commander's Cross, war decoration

literature

• Ginzel Hubert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 444.
• Schematism of the generals and colonels of the Austro-Hungarian Army, as of December 31, 1918 by Jörg C. Steiner ISBN 3-901215-01-8

Web links

• Entry on Hubert Ginzel in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Literature by and about Hubert Ginzel in the catalog of the German National Library
• https://geo.tuwien.ac.at/fileadmin/editors/VGI/VGI_195101_Neumaier.pdf