Franz Wallack

Franz Wallack ( born August 24, 1887 in Vienna, † October 31, 1966 in St. Johann im Pongau) was an Austrian planners and technicians.

Life

Wallack is known by the planning and building of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road between Salzburg and Carinthia, which was built in the years 1930-1935. But even the Gerlos Alpine Road and other mountain roads, cable cars and power plants, he planned.

After completion of the building he remained until his death on the Board of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road PLC. He was an honorary citizen of the city of Salzburg, and in 1952 one of the winners of the Karl Renner Prize.

In addition to the Fuscher paints a museum was built in an old Tollhouse representing Franz Wallack and his work. 1977 named to the Wallackgasse in Vienna Liesing after him. According to him the location in 2304 meters altitude on the Carinthian side on the Glockner road mountain inn Wallackhaus was named.

In addition to the road construction from Wallack also the beginning of 1950, are developed by him Rotationsschneepflüge to mention " system Wallack ", the annual the Grossglockner road, free from snow during April, which is often achieved at the time a height of 8 meters.

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