Emil Ritter von Škoda ~ Plzen, Czech republic
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N 49° 44.361 E 013° 23.112
33U E 383650 N 5510902
Emil Škoda was a Czech engineer and industrialist. Director and founder of the Skoda factory (Austria-Hungary's leading arms and machines manufacturer).
Waymark Code: WM7HCF
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/27/2009
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Emil Ritter von Škoda was a Czech engineer and industrialist.
Director and founder of the
Skoda Works (Austria-Hungary's leading arms and machines manufacturer).
Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Knight, not a first or middle name.Art Nouveau grave stone from 1903 is the work of Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli.
On the grave stone is mistakenly mentioned the date of baptism (November 19, 1839),
not the date of birth (November 18, 1839).
The cemetery, founded in 1414, was used in 1901.
In 1966, the cemetery was a park adjusted.
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