Albert Findeiß
Albert Findeiß (born August 27, 1885 in Naila ; † July 27, 1917 at Holsten in the Forest Carpathians ) was a German alpinist.
Life
Albert Findeiß went to Munich to study and in 1906 became a member of the Corps Vitruvia Munich. He also joined the Academic Alpine Association in Munich , of which he was the first director in the winter semester of 1913/14. With the outbreak of the First World War he volunteered as a war volunteer. After the establishment of the German Alpine Corps in May 1915, he belonged to its 3rd Jäger Regiment and took part in the fighting in the Dolomites, the Balkans and the Carpathians. In 1917 he fell in a storm attack in the Forest Carpathians.
Albert Findeiß undertook a few first route inspections in the Wetterstein Mountains and the Hornbach Range , which he wrote about in the Austrian Alpine newspaper , among others .
Findeiß is the first to climb the following routes:
- South face of the Leutascher Dreitorspitze , also called Findeiß / Gürtler route , 1910 (together with Karl Gürtler)
- South face of the Sattelkarspitze , 1911 (together with companions)
- Southwest face of the Sattelkarspitze, June 9, 1911 (together with Max Rohrer and Erich Wagner)
- West wall through the FF chimney of the southern Wolfebnerspitze, July 29, 1913 (together with Fritz Fuelwell)
Web links
- Find Albert at www.alpinwiki.at
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Findeiß, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Findiss, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German alpinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naila |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1917 |
| Place of death | at Holsten in the Forest Carpathians |