Sebastian Auer

Sebastian Auer (* 22. October 1922 in Karavukov in Backa ) is from Serbia originating Austrian engineer and inventor .

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After serving in the war in 1941 and being captured by British and French war prisoners , he came to Linz in October 1945 and worked as a technician . In 1973 he received the right to use the status of engineer . Patents submitted by him :

Device for adjusting the driving lever in vehicles (1973)

Large gold medal from the Austrian Patent Holder and Inventor Association (1973)
Grand Prix de la Chambre Syndicale, the world's highest award for an invention (Brussels - World Inventions Fair, 1974)
Entry in the Guinness Book of Records with the construction of the smallest functional steam - threshing machine in the world at a scale of 1:10 (1988)
Golden Medal of the Welser Fair (1993)
Silver Merit of the Republic of Austria (1997)
Silver Medal of Honor from the Association of Austrian Engineers
Culture needle of the city of Traun (city)
Gold medal of merit of the Danube Swabian Landsmannschaft in Upper Austria
Culture Medal of the State of Upper Austria (2010)

Over the years, Auer collected old radios , record players , TV and tape recorders , phono furniture and other technical devices. In 2002 the Upper Austrian Provincial Museum, with the support of the Institute for Cultural Research of the Provincial Directorate, acquired the Fono collection, which consists of more than 800 individual items, under the aspect of technology history is always cultural history, and set up a radio museum in Linz Castle .

personal data
SURNAME	Auer, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian technician and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karavukov , Batschka