Schemerl von Leythenbach, Josef#

Schemerl von Leythenbach, Josef, b. Ljubljana, Slovenia (then Laibach), March 26, 1754, d. Vienna, Jan. 28, 1844, architectural engineer, director of road construction in Ljubljana. Came to Vienna before 1799, where he was responsible until 1803 for the extension of the Wiener Neustadt canal; from 1809 until his death head of the imperial construction council. 1815-1818 the Polytechnikum technical school (several structural alterations, today University of Technology) was built under his management. S. v. L. wrote several publications on road construction and hydraulic engineering, for which he was regarded a leading expert.

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