Edmund Kammel

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Edm. Kammel's cyclist tour book for southern Bavaria and Tyrol with neighboring countries

Edmund Kammel (born October 2, 1846 in Munich , † October 28, 1914 in Weilheim ) was a self-employed pharmacist in Weilheim and author of tour books and maps for cyclists.

Life

For his services he was made an honorary member in the summer of 1897 at the general assembly of the 12th Congress of the General Cyclists Union - German Touring Club in Munich. Kammel wrote in his tour book 1899 (Gaue between Inn and Salzach) of his 18 years of experience as a touring driver. He probably started cycling around 1881 when he was around 35 years old.

From 1895 at the latest he lived as a self-employed pharmacist in Weilheim, possibly as early as 1889. Before that, Edmund Kammel was a pharmacist in the Malteser pharmacy in Landsberg from 1873 or 1875 .

Kammel is also referred to as the most successful touring rider around 1900: In 18 years of his literary career, he has covered at least 18,000 kilometers himself, some of the routes in his tour books several times. The 2nd edition of the tour book for southern Bavaria contains 100 main routes with a length of around 6,850 km and other secondary routes. The 4th edition already contains 218 main routes. The detail and accuracy of his route descriptions were already praised at the time.

Edmund Kammel was chairman of the RV Weilheim cycling club in 1897.

Fonts

  • Cyclist tour book for Weilheim taking into account the neighboring towns of Landsberg, Munich, Murnau, Schöngau and Tölz: Supplementary map of Upper Bavaria to the Weilheim tour book for cyclists, Weilheim: Gebr. Bögler, 1892. - 1 sheet, 48 p. 1 map , BSB Munich , ( digitized version ).
  • Edm. Kammel's cycling tour book of southern Bavaria and Tyrol with neighboring countries, 2nd edition - Weilheim: Gebr. Bögler, (1895). - 112 pp.
  • Edm. Kammel's cycling tour book of southern Bavaria and Tyrol with neighboring countries, 3rd completely redesigned. u. significant exp. Edition - Weilheim: Gebr. Bögler, (1897). - 280 p. 1 map, BSB Munich , ( digitized ).
  • Edm. Kammel's cycling tour book for the Gaue between Inn and Salzach along with the access roads from Munich, Innsbruck and Landshut, Weilheim: Gebr. Bögler, (1899). - 1 sheet VI, 112 p. 1 map, BSB Munich .
  • Edm. Kammel's cyclist tour book of southern Bavaria and Tyrol with neighboring countries, 4th edition - Weilheim: M. Bögler, (1901). - XIV, 352 p. 2 maps, BSB Munich .
  • Overview map for the cycling tour book of southern Bavaria and Tyrol, Weilheim: Bögler, 1910. - 1 ct. On 2 sheets, BSB Munich .

literature

  • Rudolf Haslinger: Edmund Kammel, pharmacist and indefatigable cyclist too . In: Lech-Isar-Land , 1981, pp. 100-109.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edm. Kammel's cyclist tour book for southern Bavaria and Tyrol with neighboring countries . 4th edition. M. Bögler, Weilheim (1901)
  2. ↑ Rudolf Haslinger: Edmund Kammel, pharmacist and indefatigable cyclist . In: Lech-Isar-Land , 1981, p. 102.
  3. ↑ Rudolf Haslinger: Edmund Kammel, pharmacist and indefatigable cyclist . In: Lech-Isar-Land , 1981, p. 105.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Haslinger: Edmund Kammel, pharmacist and indefatigable cyclist . In: Lech-Isar-Land , 1981, p. 109 (25).
  5. ↑ Weilheim and Edmund Kammel . In: Yearbook of German Cyclists' Associations , 1897, p. 323 ( Wikisource )
personal data
SURNAME Kammel, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and author of tour books and maps for cyclists
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1914
Place of death Weilheim