Mathias von Schönerer
Mathias (since 1860 Ritter von ) Schönerer (born January 9, 1807 in Vienna ; † October 30, 1881 ibid) was one of Austria's most important railway engineers. He was the builder of the southern ramp of the horse-drawn railway line Linz - Budweis and its extension to Gmunden am Traunsee. Then he was responsible for the construction of the southern railway from Vienna to Gloggnitz and the Laxenburg railway .
Life
After Franz Anton von Gerstner's dismissal, Mathias Schönerer completed the first railway in continental Europe, the horse-drawn railway Budweis – Linz – Gmunden , despite financial and technical difficulties , and was responsible for the construction of the first Austrian railway tunnel (156 m) near Gumpoldskirchen , the so-called Busserltunnel , in 1841 , the north portal of which also bears Schönerer's motto “Recta sequi” (“Follow the straight lines”) in large roman letters.
He was construction and operations director of the Vienna-Gloggnitzer Bahn (WGB) and in 1839 founded the repair workshop near the WGB train station in Vienna, which later became the StEG's locomotive factory .
During the war of 1848/49 he organized the first military transports carried out by rail.
From 1856 he was a member of the board of directors of the Empress Elisabeth Railway , from 1867 that of the Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn . On December 16, 1860, Emperor Franz Joseph I raised him to hereditary knighthood for his services to railroad construction .
In 1938, Matthias-Schönerer-Gasse in Vienna's Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th district) was named after him. Mathias Schönerer was the father of the German national politician Georg von Schönerer and the actress Alexandrine von Schönerer .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schönerer, Mathias Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 147–149 ( digitized version ).
- Schönerer, Mathias von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999,ISBN 3-7001-2803-7, p. 68 f. (Direct links on p. 68 , p. 69 ).
Web links
- Entry on Mathias von Schönerer in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Leo Pammer: Hitler's role models - Georg Heinrich Ritter von Schönerer . (PDF; 259 kB) with information about his father
- Schönerer, in: http://www.novanobilitas.eu/rod/schoenerer
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönerer, Mathias von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicer, Mathias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian railway technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1881 |
| Place of death | Vienna |