Anton Döller

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Anton Döller around 1880

Anton Döller (born January 5, 1831 in Wynnyky , Galicia , † September 29, 1912 in Kesmark , Austria-Hungary ) was a career officer and founder of the Carpathian Association .

Life

Anton Döller came from a Galician family of officers and therefore it was obvious that he should also aim for an officer career. Little is known about his childhood and youth.

The hour of birth of the Carpathian Association is closely linked to the name of Anton Döller. He was a career officer in the Imperial and Royal Army and took part in the campaigns of 1848, 1859 and 1866. Döller retired in 1872 with the rank of major and settled in Kesmark.

Döller was married three times. From his first marriage there was a son. He concluded his second marriage with the respected Kesmarker daughter Gisela Demiany. He entered into his third marriage in 1877 with Marie von Kail, from this connection a daughter and a son (Anton Döller the Younger) were born. Döller was on friendly terms with Archduke Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria in whose regiment he had served (as the Archduke's adjutant) and was therefore often his guest at the Archduke's estate in Altschmecks . Thanks to these good relationships, his son was also appointed private secretary to the Archduke.

Döller was an excellent, imaginative promoter of tourism and tourism, co-founder of the Carpathian Association and executive chairman of this association. He was also committed to the economic development of the Spiš region and was also active in charities.

In May 1873 Anton Döller succeeded in setting up an organizing committee to found a Carpathian Association . After a relatively short preparation period, the Hungarian Carpathian Association - UKV ( Hungarian Magyarországi Kárpátegylet - MKE) was founded on August 10, 1873 in Altschmecks in a constituent general assembly. The founding of the association sparked great enthusiasm in circles of the bourgeoisie of the Spiš, but also elsewhere in old Hungary, interested in the mountains. 250 members joined the association during the founding phase. As a co-founder of the Carpathian Association, he was executive chairman of the association between 1876 and 1883. In 1891 he founded the Tatra section of the "Hungarian Tourist Association" ("Magyar Turista Egyesület" MTE), which was split off from the Carpathian Association, in Kesmark and remained its vice-president until 1902.

As a mountaineer, Döller started the "Felker Trial" with the mountain guide Johann Still on the Gerlsdorfer Spitze , the highest mountain not only in the High Tatras , but also in the entire Kingdom of Hungary at the time . Döller was a co-founder of the Tatra Museum with library and was involved in the construction of several shelters in the High Tatras during the pioneering days. He was also an author who published his many articles in various magazines and in numerous periodicals.

During his lifetime he was honored with numerous awards. As early as 1879 a lake in the high mountain region of the High Tatras was named after him "Döller See". Then there was the neighboring "Döller-Spitze" and the "Döller-See-Turm". On June 13, 1887, he was ennobled by Emperor Franz-Joseph with the title "poprádvölgyi" (= from Poppertal) because of his services .

His advocacy of tourist promotion and mountaineering has been recognized by many institutions at home and abroad. He was made an honorary member of the Galician Tatra Association in 1875 and of the Transylvanian Carpathian Association in 1889. Döller died on September 29, 1912 in Kesmark and was buried in a grave of honor in the city of Kesmark.

literature

  • Ernst Hochberger: High Tatras, mountains of northern Slovakia. 4 volumes. Sinn / Hessen 1992, ISBN 3-921888-06-9 .
  • Anton Klipp: The High Tatras and the Carpathian Association. Karlsruhe 2006, ISBN 3-927020-12-5 .
  • Heike Drechsler-Meel: Anton Döller in Ostdeutsche Gedenktage 2012, Bonn 2013, pp. 191 - 194, ISBN 978-3-88557-232-9

Web links

Commons : Anton Döller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton Klipp: The High Tatras ... p. 178 (see literature)
  2. ↑ After 1918, the Döller See was renamed ( Slovene ) Okruhlé pleso . This is a relatively small lake at an altitude of 2105 m above sea level in the high mountain region, which remains partially frozen over even in the summer months.
  3. ↑ slow. Malé Solisko
  4. ↑ slow. Furkotské Solisko
personal data
SURNAME Döller, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Professional officer and founder of the Carpathian Association
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Wynnyky , Galicia
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1912
Place of death Kesmark , Austria-Hungary