Hörbiger, Hanns#
Hoerbiger, Hanns, b Vienna-Atzgersdorf, Nov. 29, 1860, d. Vienna, Oct. 11, 1931, engineer; grandson of Alois Hoerbiger, father of Paul Hoerbiger and Attila Hoerbiger. Constructed the first light, frictionless disk valve for blowers, pumps and compressors (patent 1895). Originator of the Welteislehre, a theory of cosmogony which is not based on scientific principles.
Publication#
P. Fauth (ed.), H. Glacial-Kosmogonie, 1913.Literature#
B. Nagel, Die Welteislehre. Ihre Geschichte und ihre Rolle im "Dritten Reich", 22000; OeBL; NDB.