Weißenbach Alois, * 1. 3. 1766 Telfs (Tirol), † 26. 10. 1821 Salzburg. He participated in the war against France as a surgeon and was named professor of surgery and chief doctor at the Hospital of St. John in Salzburg.
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| WEISSENBACH Aloys He met Beethoven in Vienna in 1814 at the time of a scientific residence. They had become friends. Weissenbach published his memoirs and assertions on the deafness of the composer; this particular Ludwig van Beethoven biography was published under the title "Meine Reize zum Kongress, Vienna 1816". An amateur play write and poet, he also eventually became deaf. Weißenbach Alois, relief in Hauptschule in Telfs, Tirol von Prof. Heinrich Tilly  According to Dr.Weißenbach opinion, Beethoven's deafness was associated with Typhus. |