Karl Innerebner

Memorial plaque for Josef Riehl and Karl Innerbener (right) in Innsbruck

Karl Innerebner (born April 6, 1870 in Bolzano ; † September 5, 1970 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian civil engineer and contractor .

Life

Karl Innerebner came from an old family of farmers in Sarntal , he was born in Bozen in 1870 as the youngest of 13 children. After attending the secondary school in Rovereto , he began to study at the Graz University of Technology , where he was expelled for participating in a student protest meeting. He then completed his studies at the Technical University of Munich . In 1897 he entered the Austrian civil service and was adjunct in the renovation of the Stilfser-Joch- Strasse. In 1899 Josef Riehl appointed him as a senior engineer in his construction company. The first task he was given was construction management at the Sillwerk . After Riehl's death in 1917, Innerebner took over the company together with August Mayer.

As construction manager for Riehl or as partner in the construction company Innerebner & Mayer , he was responsible for numerous railway, road and bridge constructions in Tyrol, but also in other federal states, including the construction of the Tauferer Bahn , the Mittenwaldbahn , the Hungerburgbahn , the Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn , the Stubaitalbahn or the Nordkettenbahn . The construction of power stations such as the Ruetzwerk , the Untere Sill power station, the Rienzwerk and the Schnalstalwerk played an equally important role in his work .

Innerebner also promoted scientific research in many areas of civil engineering and advocated the establishment of a technical faculty at the University of Innsbruck , which was finally realized in 1969. He and his colleagues also carried out research work himself, in particular in the field of bed load management and the construction of pressure tunnels and dams.

In 1901 he married Anna Czichna, the couple had two sons and four daughters. Innerebner died in 1970 at the age of 100.

Awards

1916: Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
1921: Senior building officer eh
1923: Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich
1936: Commander's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit
1950: Large silver medal of merit from the Chamber of Commerce for Tyrol
1950: Ring of Honor of the City of Innsbruck
1956: golden ring of honor from the Chamber of Commerce for Tyrol
1965: Honorary Senator of the University of Innsbruck
1966: Honorary citizen of the city of Innsbruck
1974: Name of Karl-Innerebner-Straße in the Innsbruck district of Hötting West near the Mittenwaldbahn

literature

Senior building officer Dipl.-Ing. Innerebner, honorary citizen of Innsbruck †. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck , number 9/10, September / October 1970, pp. 3-4. ( Digitized version )
Karl Innerebner, hydropower and railway pioneer , Tecneum - museo della tecnica

Individual evidence

↑ New street names in the urban area of Hötting north of Kranebitter Allee. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, No. 6, June 1974, pp. 6-7 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Innerebner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil engineer and building contractor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bolzano
DATE OF DEATH	5th September 1970
Place of death	innsbruck

[1] New street names in the urban area of Hötting north of Kranebitter Allee. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, No. 6, June 1974, pp. 6-7 ( digitized version ).