Paul Ballus

* Modor, December 18, 1783 – † Bratislava, April 30, 1848 / fruit breeder, city councilor ; ; He completed his secondary school and theological studies in Bratislava, then studied natural sciences at foreign universities. Upon returning home, he settled in Bratislava, where he engaged in rational viticulture. In the meantime, he also engaged in literary activity. In his works, he primarily dealt with plants, natural conditions, history, and wrote about farming, fruit and grape growing. He supplemented the work written by István Lumnitzer (Bratislava) on the flora of Bratislava. He married for the first time in 1814, and through his wife, Albrecht Karolina, he entered the social life of Bratislava and also acquired a vineyard. In 1823, he married again, marrying the daughter of a soap maker in Bratislava, Zsuzsanna Katalin Stockl. From the 1820s onwards, he was elected to the city council several times, and even appeared in the parliament as the spokesman for the citizens of Bratislava. ; ; His main works: ; Pressburg and its surroundings, 1823, ; Description of the fruit trees in this area; the most harmful caterpillars, 1830, ; History of the origin and foundation of the orphanage in Pressburg, 1833.