Hellmuth Swietelsky (23 March 1905 in

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; 23 February 1995 in

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) was an Austrian businessman and founder of the construction company . Swietelsky was born in Traiskirchen (

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) in 23 March 1905. In 1936 he founded the company Swietelsky in

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. In 1978 the

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awarded him the title ''Honorary senator of the University of Vienna'' (German: ''Ehrensenatoren der Technischen Universität Wien''). He was also an honorary president of the ''Austrian society of street construction'' and was a founding member of the ÖAMTC, an Austrian automobile club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swietelsky, Hellmuth 1905 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Austrian businesspeople