title: Dr Franz Tripold (1865-1956), one of the most important pioneer physicians in Opatija/Abbazia.
abstract: Dr Tripold was one of the first Austrian physicians to practice in Opatija. He graduated from  Karl-Franzens University in Graz in 1889 and moved to Opatija in 1891. Along with his  medical practice, Tripold was the head physician of the volunteer Fire Brigade and Rescue  Society of Opatija and meteorological observer. In 1906, he published a climatological study  entitled das Klima von Abbazia (The Climate of Opatija), which was based on his own  8-year observations of the weather conditions and the 12-year observations done by his predecessor,  E. Krainz. In 1908, he was appointed Imperial Counsellor by the Austrian emperor.  For his medical practice in Opatija, Dr Tripold received several foreign awards, and the  Viennese Volunteer Rescue Society appointed him its honorary member. The Tripolds moved  to Turin in 1947. He was buried there at Cimitero monumentale. Opatija, Town-Museum  of Central Europe, a project designed to identify and reunite old friends, has honoured the  memory of Dr Tripold by including him in a poster of the ten most famous citizens of Opatija,  and the fire station in Opatija placed a plaque on the wall in his honour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. dusa.fischinger@gmail.si
authors.forename: Janez
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fischinger
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fischinger
authors.forename: Dusa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fischinger
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D017523:Croatia; D006294:Health Resorts / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century