STROBL

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3.9.1859 Gastl/A - 29.2.1916 Graz/A

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Konstantin Strobl started engineering studies at Vienna Technical University in 1876 but graduated in 1882 at the Technical University of Graz. Strobl then was an engineer with the County Engineering Department of Styria, first in Liezen and then in Bruck a.d. Mur. He was thus involved around 1895 in the correction and rehabilitation of Mur River, with 440 km the second longest river of Austria, until it runs into the Drau River at the Hungarian-Croatian border. The river has its sources in Salzburg County, and counts currently to the cleanest rivers in Europe.

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Strobl was transferred in 1897 to the Enns River, where similar works were in progress and where he stayed for the following 15 years. He was particularly confronted with the large inundations of the 1899 flood in the Styria County and was also involved in the execution of the second Wiener-Hochquellenleitung, a large drinking water supply for the capital, then directed by Karl Kinzer (1857-1916). Strobl thus was a practicing engineer who added considerably to the hydraulic works of his country. He was awarded the Cross of the Franz-Josef-Order in 1911 following his works for the Vienna water supply project, and received the title Oberbaurat shortly before passing away.

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