Maks Izidor Klodič Ritter von Sabladoski (13 August 1875 – 11 November 1953) was a

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. He was born in

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, to the pedagogue and public servant Anton Klodič and Matilda née Pagliaruzzi. His mother came from a

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n noble family of Venetian origin but of Slovene national identity, while his father was ennobled when Maks was four years old, acquiring the

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Ritter von Sabladoski (''vitez Sabladoski'' in Slovene). Maks got his middle name, Izidor, after his maternal grandfather Izidor Pagliaruzzi, a Slovenian politician, mayor of

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and member of the

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Gorizia and Gradisca The Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (german: Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca; it, Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca; sl, Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska), historically sometimes shortened to and spelled " ...

. Klodič completed his elementary studies in

and enrolled to the naval academy in

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. After finishing his high school studies at the

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(technical high school) in

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in 1894, he enrolled at the Vienna Technical University graduating in 1901 with a thesis on

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, a subject on which he spent most of his professional life. In the early 1900s, he was the chief engineer of the

Bohinj Railway The Bohinj Railway ( sl, Bohinjska proga, it, Transalpina, german: Wocheiner Bahn) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new ...

, which included the construction of the

Solkan Bridge The Solkan Bridge ( sl, Solkanski most, it, Ponte di Salcano) is a arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (by railway terminology it is a viaduct). With an arch span of , it is the world's longest stone arch rai ...

, with the hitherto largest stone arch in the world. After

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, he moved to the

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and continued his work on railways, publishing several monographs on the subject. He died in

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and is buried in Žale cemetery. In his youth, he was also a

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like his brother, Paolo Klodic. He would sign his art as Max Klodic. Klodič was married to Mina Miczuda, an Austrian noblewoman of Polish descent, with whom he had three children. His granddaughter Neda Klodič was married to engineer Anton Jež,

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survivor and author. In 2017, the

Slovenian Railways Slovenian Railways ( sl, Slovenske železnice, ''SŽ'') is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991. Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Slovenia is 79. History What is no ...

named one of its

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es after Maks Klodič, with his image painted on the outside and information on his life in the inside of the car.

References

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