Franz Pitzinger
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Enzersdorf an der Fischa
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|10|10|1858|5|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Hofstetten-Grünau
| nationality = Austrian
| education = Vienna University of Technology
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| significant_awards = Order of Franz Joseph
| significant_projects = Ersatz Monarch-class battleship
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Franz Pitzinger (22 May 1858, Enzersdorf an der Fischa – 10 October 1933, Hofstetten-Grünau) was a naval architect in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Austria-Hungary.{{cite web|url=http://www.viribusunitis.ca/pitzinger.html|title=Viribus Unitis – 3D: The story of Franz Pitzinger|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_P/Pitzinger_Franz_1858_1933.xml|title=Pitzinger, Franz|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2015}}
Naval career
He studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology and started his career at Clayton & Shuttleworth.
Pitzinger joined the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1886. He spent much of his career at the naval arsenal in Pula. He had significant design responsibilities for the Erzherzog Karl-class battleships and the Radetzky-class battleships.
He led the design of the Ersatz Monarch-class battleships which were cancelled when World War I broke out in 1914. In 1914 he was promoted to Naval Constructor General. His naval career ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
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Category:Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
Category:Austro-Hungarian Navy officers
Category:Naval architects from Austria-Hungary
Category:Commanders of the Order of Franz Joseph