!!!Engelmann, Eduard junior

b. Vienna, July 14, 1864, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 31, 1944, engineer and athlete; son of Eduard  
Engelmann Sr., father of Helene  Engelmann. Successful cyclist and 
figure skater. 1892 and 1894 European figure skating champion, 1909 
designed and built the world's first open-air ice-skating rink on the 
E. skating rink in Hernals, 17th district of Vienna (now on the roof 
of a shopping centre); laid the groundwork for the electrification of 
the Mariazell railway (Wienerbruck power station).

!Literature
A. Meisel, 60 Jahre Sportplatz E., 1932.



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