Georg Luger


Georg Johann Luger was an Austrian designer of the famous Luger pistol and the 919mm Parabellum cartridge.

Georg Luger was born in Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol to Dr. Bartholomaeus von Luger, a surgeon. After Georgs birth, his family moved to Italy, where Dr. Luger taught at the University of Padua. Georg grew up with Italian as his second mother tongue and finished Grundschule and Gymnasium in Austrian Padua. After graduation, his parents sent him to Vienna, where he studied at the Wiener Handelsakademie , the predecessor to todays Vienna Business School.

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