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Anton Freissler, aka Anton Freißler (13 March 1838, in Kujavy – 29 February 1916, in
Hinterbrühl Hinterbrühl () is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is home to the Seegrotte, a system of caves including Europe's largest underground lake. During World War II, a satellite camp of Mauthausen concentr ...
) invented and developed a number of
elevators An elevator (American English) or lift (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive tracti ...
including paternosters.


Biography

upleft, Oldest Paternoster in Austria by Freissler, installed in 1911 Freissler 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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1838 births 1916 deaths People from Nový Jičín District People from the Margraviate of Moravia Moravian-German people Austrian people of Moravian-German descent 19th-century Austrian people 20th-century Austrian people Austrian businesspeople Manufacturing companies of Austria Elevator manufacturers Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court {{Austria-engineer-stub