Viktor Schauberger

1885
Viktor Schauberger was born on June 30th in Holzschlag, Mühlviertel region, in Upper Austria.

1914
Shortly after the birth of his son Walter he was called up for military service (First World War 1914-1918).

1919
Junior forest warden, senior forest warden, game keeper; 1920/24 head warden of the forest and hunting territories in Brunnenthal/Steyrling, district of Kirchdorf/Krems in Upper Austria, under Prince Adolf von Schaumburg-Lippe.

1922
Schauberger designs and builds timber flotation installations (log flumes) in Steyrling, based on his observations of nature. Reduces logging costs to one tenth. Promotion to “Wildmeister”.

1924
Imperial adviser on timber flotation installations.

1926
Timber flotation installation in Neuberg an der Mürz/Styria. First applications for patents in the fields of assorting timber in log flumes.

1928
Construction of further flotation installations in Austria, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

1930
Film “Carrying Water” (Tragendes Wasser) about the log flumes in Neuberg.

1931
Experiments with extracting electrical energy directly from water (Water Capillary Research/”Kelvin-Generator”).

1932
Production of Pure Water; fuel production from water.

1933
Publication of his first and only book “Unsere Sinnlose Arbeit” (“Our Senseless Toil”) in Vienna.

1934
Meeting with Hitler, discussion about fundamental principles of agriculture, forestry and water engineering. Schauberger refuses to work for the German Reich.

1935
Application for two patents: “air turbine”; “procedure for lifting liquids and gases”.

1937
The “warmth-cold machine”, constructed for Siemens, melts in an unauthorized test run.

1938
He instructs his son Walter to repeat the Water Capillary Research (Lord Kelvin’s Falling Water Experiment): A voltage of up to 20.000 volt is achieved.

1940
Construction of the “Repulsine” in Vienna.

1941
An intrigue caused by the Viennese Association of Engineers resulted in Schauberger’s enforced confinement in a mental hospital in Mauer-Öhling and in continuous observation by the SS. In Augsburg, Schauberger works with Messerschmidt on engine cooling systems. Correspondence with designer Heinkel about aircraft engines.

1944
Further development of the “Repulsine”. The aim is to develop an Aircraft resp. submarine propulsion system.
Continuous development of the “Repulsator” at a Technical College of Engineering at Rosenhügel in Vienna.

1945
Transfer to Leonstein in Upper Austria. Schauberger starts to work on his “Klimator”. After the end of the war, observation of his work by the American occupying forces and confiscation of all his devices and materials.

1947
Construction of further “water refining apparatus” in Salzburg.

1948
Co-operation with the company Rosenberger in Salzburg concerning the production of apparatus for soil cultivation (“Golden Plough”).

1950
Taking out patent on “Apparatus for soil cultivation made of copper”.

1952
Tests with “spiral pipes” at the Technical College in Stuttgart. Schauberger proves his theory that different materials and different shapes used in pipes influence the friction of the various fluids. Further tests with copper ploughs by the agricultural research institute in Linz.

1954
Development of the “suction spiral”, the centrepiece of the so-called Heimkraftwerk (“Home Power Generator”) which was demolished during the first test run due to regulatory failure.

1955
Publication of the book “Implosion statt Explosion” (“Implosion instead of Explosion”) by Leopold Brandstätter.

1957
Co-operation with the company Swarovski from Tyrol. Construction of more Home Power Generators. Problems regulating the number of revs can’t be solved.

1958
An US-American consortium offers financial means for practical experiments with “Implosion Energy”. Visit to Texas with his son Walter. Heavy dispute with the hosts. Schauberger is forced to sign an agreement that any further research with Implosion will belong to the Americans. All documents, models and equipment are left behind in the USA.

Five days after his return to Austria, Viktor Schauberger dies on September 25th.

Viktor’s Children: Walter, Margarete & Huberta