Georg Leib
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Georg Leib was born on March 9, 1846 in Wallerstein. He died in Munich in 1910.
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He was the Royal Councillor of Commerce and ran a very successful real-estate company in Munich.
Georg Leib was a scaffolding-specialist. He was the head of the Bavarian County Administration. There are two streets named after him, one in Munich and one in Haar http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1262&bih=615&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=leibstrasse+munich+haar&fb=1&gl=us&hq=leibstrasse&hnear=0x479de1e043c869f9:0x41d25a40937a330,Haar,+Germany&cid=9861353367170055266.
After the trademark tower of Venice, (St Mark's Campanile
), had collapsed in 1902, Georg Leib donated the scaffolding for it to rebuild it. The majority wanted to tear the tower down at the time.
He also built the scaffolding for the Dome of Milan, (Milan Cathedral).
Georg Leib also built the original Thalkirchner Bridge http://de.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0002034 - and the Sanatorium named after him in Haar, Munich. The latter was the first institution of the kind in Germany.
Georg Leib is buried in the Old Cemetery (Alter Südfriedhof
) in Munich.
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He was the Royal Councillor of Commerce and ran a very successful real-estate company in Munich.
Georg Leib was a scaffolding-specialist. He was the head of the Bavarian County Administration. There are two streets named after him, one in Munich and one in Haar http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1262&bih=615&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=leibstrasse+munich+haar&fb=1&gl=us&hq=leibstrasse&hnear=0x479de1e043c869f9:0x41d25a40937a330,Haar,+Germany&cid=9861353367170055266.
After the trademark tower of Venice, (St Mark's Campanile
St Mark's Campanile
St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, located in the Piazza San Marco. It is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city....
), had collapsed in 1902, Georg Leib donated the scaffolding for it to rebuild it. The majority wanted to tear the tower down at the time.
He also built the scaffolding for the Dome of Milan, (Milan Cathedral).
Georg Leib also built the original Thalkirchner Bridge http://de.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0002034 - and the Sanatorium named after him in Haar, Munich. The latter was the first institution of the kind in Germany.
Georg Leib is buried in the Old Cemetery (Alter Südfriedhof
Alter Südfriedhof
The Alter Südfriedhof is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Gate between Thalkirchner and Pestalozzistraße.-History:...
) in Munich.