Kober Franz

Klosterneuburg The Austrian viticulture expert Ing. Franz Kober (1864-1943) attended the Oenological and Pomolgian Institute at the viticulture school in Klosterneuburg. He graduated from the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna with a teaching qualification in viticulture, cellar management and fruit growing. He then worked for several years as a vine grower in Romania and in Burgenland Rust. In 1893, he became head of phylloxera control for Lower Austria at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, based in Klosterneuburg.

Kober 5 BB - Unterlagengarten von Franz Kober 1930 und Trauben

He worked together with the then director August-Wilhelm Freiherr von Babo (1827-1894). He selected some rootstock vines in a vineyard at the Klosterneuburger Weinbauinstitut and, in collaboration with the Hungarian vine breeder Zsigmond Teleki (1854-1910), created the Kober 5 BB (also known as "5 BB" or "Teleki 5 BB") named after him. This became one of the most successful rootstocks, on which numerous other rootstocks bred worldwide were based. Kober was also extensively involved in teaching about grafting, planting and looking after vines in vineyards.

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