# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niklaus-riggenbach
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:09.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niklaus-riggenbach"
name: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
slug: "niklaus-riggenbach"
description: "Niklaus Riggenbach was an Alsatian-born Swiss mechanic, railway engineer, politician and inventor of the rack railway system as well as the counter-pressure brake. Riggenbach was primarily known for introducing his railway system and using it within the tourism industry such as on the Rigi, Pilatus or even on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India. In 1878 he was the recipient of a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris. He served on the Cantonal Council of Solothurn from 1866 to 1868."
tagline: "Swiss engineer (1817–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niklaus_Riggenbach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1817-05-21"
deathDate: "1899-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.61854
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "尼克劳斯·里根巴赫"
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    title: "نيكلاوس ريجينباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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    title: "Niklaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Riggenbach"
    title: "Nikolaus Riggenbach"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump