!!!Czeija, Karl August b. Vienna, Feb. 20, 1843, d. Vienna, Feb. 14, 1909. Engineer, pioneer in the field of telegraph and telephone communications, father of Oskar Czeija. Founded a workshop for mechanical engineering and telegraphic equipment in Vienna in 1880, which became the "Telephon- und Telegraphenfabrik Czeija, Nissl & Co." in 1884, when Franz Nissl joined the company. The firm played an important role in developing the telephone network of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. !Literature P. Kudlicza, ITT Austria 1884-1984, 1984 %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Czeija,_Karl_August|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]