Hermann von Barth

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Hermann von Barth
Portrait, from Gesammelte Schriften (around 1865–1876)
Portrait in the Mountain, from Gesammelte Schriften (between 1870 and 1876)
Hermann von Barth monument in the Kleiner Ahornboden, Karwendel
The Barthgrat between the Großer Katzenkopf and the Mittlerer Jägerkarspitze in the Gleirsch-Halltal chain

Hermann Freiherr von Barth-Harmating (born June 5, 1845 at Eurasburg Castle , † December 7, 1876 in São Paulo de Luanda , Angola ) was a well-known mountaineer .

origin

His parents were Anton Melchior von Barth (born November 25, 1815) and his wife Flora von Krauss . His mother was a daughter of the Bavarian State Councilor Baron von Krauss (born May 4, 1822) and granddaughter of the Bavarian general and Minister of War Johann Nepomuk Joseph Florian von Triva (1755-1827). His brother Ernst (1849-1934) was a Bavarian infantry general, his twin brother Hugo (1849-1935) was major general.

Life

First he studied law in Munich , where he joined the Corps Franconia in 1864 . As a legal intern (today legal trainee ) he began from Berchtesgaden in 1868 to explore the still largely undeveloped Berchtesgaden Alps . From 1873 he studied natural sciences .

Von Barth is best known as the developer of the Karwendel , he climbed 88 peaks as a soloist in the summer of 1870 (12 for the first time, including the Birkkarspitze , Kaltwasserkarspitze , Lalidererspitze , Große Seekarspitze , Grubenkarspitze , Dreizinkenspitze , Östliche Karwendelspitze , Vogelkarspitze , Wörner , Kuhkopf ). In 1871 he moved to the Wetterstein Mountains and climbed many peaks there for the first time. He had already explored the Allgäu Alps in 1869 and climbed 44 peaks, three of which were the first ascent. It was characteristic that von Barth was mostly traveling alone. In 1874 he published the book Aus den Nördliche Kalkalpen , in which he documented his experiences and tours. In the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie it can be read that “ his monograph [...] [helped] a real deficiency. You can see from it that the author, like few, was capable of the difficult tasks of a high tourist [...] even if a lot has happened since then for the exploration of that mountain range [...], one always becomes Barth's name as that of the pioneer and scouts have to honor. "

In 1876 he committed on a research trip in Africa , confused by a fever disease, suicide .

Names of geographical objects attest to Hermann von Barth's merits for the development of the Northern Limestone Alps: Barthgrat (transition from the Großer Katzenkopf to the Middle Jägerkarspitze ( III ), Karwendel, first ascent in 1870 by von Barth single-handedly unsecured), Barthspitze (Karwendel, named in his honor) and Barthkamin ( Risser Falk , Karwendel, first ascent in 1870 by von Barth). The secured climb from the Meilerhütte to the Partenkirchener Dreitorspitze is also called Hermann-von-Barth-Weg. The Hermann-von-Barth-Hütte of the German Alpine Club is a refuge in the Allgäu Alps.

The Hermann von Barth monument is located in the Kleiner Ahornboden in the Karwendel.

Works

  • From the Northern Limestone Alps. Climbs and experiences in the mountains of Berchtesgaden, Allgäu, Innthales, the Isar source area and the Wetterstein. With explanatory articles on the orography and hypsometry of the Northern Limestone Alps. With lythographed mountain profiles and horizontal projections based on the author's original sketches . Eduard Amthor, Gera 1874. XXIV, 637, 22 plates and 5 folding plates each with several illustrations (facsimile: Fines Mundi Verlag, Saarbrücken 2008, ISBN 978-3-937246-06-2  ).
    Online text: http://alpinhistorie.bergruf.de/barth/kalkalpen/
    Digitalisat: PDF, 86 MB
  • David Livingstone, the African traveler. East Africa from Limpopo to Somaliland. Exploration trips in East Africa. With special consideration for the life, travel and death of David Livingstone Spamer, Leipzig 1875. (Facsimile: Series title: The new book of journeys and discoveries. Spamer, Leipzig 1980, DNB , OBV ).

Work editions

  • Carl Bünsch (Hrsg.), Max Rohrer (Hrsg.): Collected writings of Baron Hermann von Barth. Alpine Publishing House, Munich 1926.
  • Anton Ziegler: Hermann von Barth (a selection) . Developer of the Mountains, Volume 1. Edited by the main committee of the German and Austrian Alpine Club. Lindauer, Munich 1926.

literature

Web links

Commons : Hermann von Barth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Hermann von Barth  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 172 , 321
  2. ^ Siegmund Günther :  Hermann Freiherr von Barth-Harmating . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 221 f.
  3. ↑ OBV . - Query of the German National Library inconclusive.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Not published by April 2014, therefore reproduction of the edition Gera, Amthor 1874: Bavarica-Reprint in Süddeutschen Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-7991-6217-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barth-Harmating, Hermann Freiherr von; Barth, Hermann Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH at Eurasburg Castle
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1876
Place of death Sao Paulo de Luanda , Angola