Heinrich von Littrow

Heinrich von Littrow

Heinrich von Littrow (26 January 1820 in Vienna – 25 April 1895 in Abbazia, today Opatija, Croatia) was an Austrian cartographer and writer.

Life

Heinrich von Littrow was a son of the astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow and his wife Karoline von Ulrichsthal. Among his twelve brothers, Karl Ludwig von Littrow was a prominent astronomer. His daughter Lea von Littrow was a noted painter.

Heinrich von Littrow died on 25 April 1895 at the age of 75 years in Abbazia.

Relief portrait of Heinrich von Littrow

Books by Heinrich von Littrow

Cartography

• Aus dem Seeleben, 1892
• Die Marine, 1848
• Die Semmeringfahrt, 1883
• Deutsches Marine-Wörterbuch
• Handbuch der Seemannschaft. Verlag Gerold, Wien 1859.

Fiction

• Seemöven. Gedichte 1857
• Von Wien nach Triest, 1863
• Der Kuss. Lustspiel
• Eine gute Lehre. Lustspiel
• Xanthippe. Lustspiel

External links

• Works by or about Heinrich von Littrow at the Internet Archive
• Heinrich von Littrow in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
• Heinrich von Littrow in the German National Library catalogue