# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vincenz-priessnitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:39:10.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vincenz-priessnitz"
name: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
slug: "vincenz-priessnitz"
description: "Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prießnitz was an Austrian hydrotherapist. Originally a peasant farmer in Austrian Silesia, he is generally considered the founder of hydrotherapy, an alternative medical treatment."
tagline: "Austrian hydrotherapist (1799–1851)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vincenz_Priessnitz%2C_supporter_of_hydrotherapy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1799-10-04"
deathDate: "1851-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.71
  momentum:             1.051332675222113
  historical:           13.61393733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вінценц Прісніц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "فينسينز برييسنيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinzenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vinzenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Prie%C3%9Fnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Prießnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincent Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Prie%C3%9Fnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Prießnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincent Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%84"
    title: "ヴィンチェンツ・プリースニツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincent Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Присниц, Винценц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincenz Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Priessnitz"
    title: "Vincent Priessnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump