Robert Findeis

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Robert Findeis (born August 12, 1877 in Vienna , † September 16, 1949 in Mühlau , Innsbruck ) was an Austrian railway builder and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

Life

Robert Findeis studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Vienna, where he passed the second state examination in 1900. He then joined the Austrian State Railways as an engineer , where he was involved in laying out the Tauern Railway . He later worked as operations manager for the Mittenwaldbahn and, from 1916, for the war-important railway lines in South Tyrol.

From 1920 until his retirement in 1947 he was a full professor for railway construction at the TH Vienna. In the academic years 1928/29 to 1931/32 he was Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, in the academic year 1933/34 he was elected Rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

In his scientific work he also dealt with the construction of cable cars . Findis was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order and was appointed court counselor and senior building officer. He died in 1949 at the age of 72.

Publications (selection)

  • 1923: Mathematical basics for the construction of cable cars , Deuticke-Verlag, Vienna
  • 1945: The Vienna Railway Systems: Proposals , Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna
  • 1946: Marking boards for railway and road construction: circular and transition arcs , Springer-Verlag, Vienna

literature

  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Findeis, Robert. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 306 ( digitized version ).
  • Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 years of the Technical University of Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 114

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official section. In:  Wiener Zeitung , December 6, 1916, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
personal data
SURNAME Findis, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian railway builder and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1949
Place of death Mühlau (Innsbruck)