Hans Kemser

Hans Kemser (born February 24, 1912 in Partenkirchen , Upper Bavaria; † July 7, 1958 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German all-round summer and winter athlete. To this day he holds an unofficial ascent of the Zugspitze record from 1933.

Life

He was born as the son of the innkeepers Franz and Anna Kemser. After graduating from secondary school, he began training as a Reichsbahn official. At the age of 16 he became a member of the Ski Club Partenkirchen (SCP) and the Turn- und Sportverein Partenkirchen (TVP) and had his first successes as a skier, ski jumper and athlete.

At the age of 21 he cycled from Partenkirchen to Hammersbach , continued on foot across the Höllental to the Zugspitze in 3 hours, and took the same way back from the Munich house to Partenkirchen in 2 ¼ hours. He needed a total of 6 hours for the entire tour, which can be classified as an unofficial Zugspitze ascent record.

Kemser died of a heart attack at the age of 46.

Participation in world championships

Alpine World Ski Championships	competition
	Departure	slalom	Alpine combination
1935 Murren	29	9.	17th

literature

• Hans Ertl : My wild thirties. Mountaineer, film pioneer, globetrotter . FA Herbig Verlagbuchhandlung Munich, Berlin 1982. ISBN 3-7766-1185-5

Individual evidence

Kemser's sporting successes were reflected in countless newspaper articles, annual reports, newsletters, etc. a. from the period from 1928 to 1958.

• Bayerische Zeitung of August 10, 1933 "Record ascent of the Zugspitze"
• Bayrische Zeitung 1/1939 "Master on skis and on the 'Ziehorgel'" (picture)
• ESV Munich: Obituary by Hans Kemser
• ZDF broadcast "Boards that mean the world" from January 22, 1975 ( 3sat from January 22, 2005)
• Bavarian radio broadcast " Between Spessart and Karwendel " on February 20, 1993