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4 unusual facts about Kuffner


Kuffner

Joseph Küffner (Kueffner) (1776–1856), German musician and composer

Moriz von Kuffner (1854–1939), Jewish-Austrian industrialist, art collector, mountaineer and philanthropist

Palais Kuffner, city-palace in Vienna that was built for the brewery barons von Kuffner

12568 Kuffner (1998 VB5), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1998


Brauerei Ottakringer

The heirs of Moriz von Kuffner, who had died in Zürich in the meantime, were compensated because of their expulsion and the threats of the Nazi regime, which had led to the sale of the business to the Harmer family.

Moriz von Kuffner

In 2006 the main-belt asteroid 12568 Kuffner was named in honor of Moriz von Kuffner's sponsorship of astronomy.


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