Anton Freissler Explained

Anton Freissler
Nationality:Austrian
Birth Date:13 March 1838
Birth Place:Kujavy, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Hinterbrühl
Significant Projects:elevators

Anton Freissler, aka Anton Freißler (13 March 1838, in Kujavy – 29 February 1916, in Hinterbrühl) invented and developed a number of elevators including paternosters.

Biography

thumb|upright|left|Oldest Paternoster in Austria by Freissler, installed in 1911Freissler was born in Kujavy in northern Moravia, which was a part of Austrian empire. Freissler developed paternosters and other elevators, which were sold very successfully throughout the empire and abroad. One of the oldest paternosters, installed in 1911, is still in use in the House of Industry in Vienna.

Freissler was also issued an imperial warrant as a Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court.

The company existed until the 1970s until it was incorporated into Otis Austria.

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See also: Freissler.