András Mechwart
Balogh Mechwart | |
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András Mechwart de Belecska | |
| Born | Dániel Mechwart 6 December 1834 |
| Died | 14 June 1907 (aged 72) |
| Education | Polytechnikum of Augsburg |
| Spouse | Luise Eichleiter |
| Children | Ernest Hugo Emma |
| Parent(s) | Georg Mechwart Elisabetha Hofmann |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | Ganz Works |
András Mechwart de Belecska (or András Mechwart, born as Andreas Mechwart, Schweinfurt, 6 December 1834 – Budapest, 14 June 1907) was a Hungarian-German mechanical engineer, chief executive of the Ganz Works, and a pioneer in the Hungarian mechanical and electrical engineering. As an inventor and as a businessman he contributed to the development of the Hungarian transport manufacturing industry, and made the Ganz Works a flagship of the Hungarian economy of the 19th century.