Hugo Drolz
Hugo Drolz (born January 6, 1862 in Markt Tüffer , Lower Styria , † May 3, 1950 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mining engineer.
Life
Drolz studied mining at the Montanistische Hochschule Leoben and became a member of the Erz Association in 1882. In 1935 he received the ribbon from the newly founded Erz Corps . As a graduate engineer , Drolz was employed in the Archduke Friedrich's Chamber of Commerce in Teschen in 1886 . From 1904 he worked in the mining inspection. In 1909 he was appointed General Director of the Austrian Mining and Metallurgical Company. Drolz was in charge of the mining work for the construction of the Simplon Tunnel and the Jungfrau Railway . As a recognized ore specialist , he was also in demand abroad (Asia Minor, Sweden). As a result of his election as chairman of the directors' conference and the Moravian-Silesian Federation of Industrialists, Drolz gained special importance not only for the mining industry, but also for the entire Moravian-Silesian industrial area.
Honors
- Mountain ridge
- Dr. hc (Leoben 1910)
literature
- Alfons Perlick : Drolz, Hugo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 129 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugo Drolz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 31/3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drolz, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mining engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tüffer market |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1950 |
| Place of death | Vienna |