Franz Pitzinger (22 May 1858,Enzersdorf an der Fischa – 10 October 1933,Hofstetten-Grünau) was anaval architect in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuryAustria-Hungary.^[1][2]

He studied mechanical engineering at theVienna University of Technology and started his career atClayton & Shuttleworth.Pitzinger joined theAustro-Hungarian Navy in 1886. He spent much of his career at the naval arsenal inPula. He had significant design responsibilities for theErzherzog Karl-class battleships and theRadetzky-class battleships.He led the design of theErsatz Monarch-class battleships which were cancelled whenWorld War I broke out in 1914. In 1914 he was promoted to Naval Constructor General. His naval career ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

• 1858 births
• 1933 deaths
• Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
• Austro-Hungarian Navy officers
• Naval architects from Austria-Hungary
• Commanders of the Order of Franz Joseph
• People from Bruck an der Leitha District
• TU Wien alumni

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