Horst Höfler

Horst Hofler (* 17th November 1948 in Munich , † 23. January 2012 ) was a German Alpine - Journalist and Bergbuch- author .

Life

After training as an industrial clerk, Höfler initially worked at Bergverlag Rother , most recently as head editor. This was followed by an engagement at the mountain sports outfitter Salewa as head of the advertising department and at the German Alpine Association as head of the public relations and culture departments. In 1996, he made his name as author independently . He made a name for himself above all with his knowledge of the history of mountaineering; In addition to non-fiction books and biographies, he also wrote guide books and articles for mountain magazines.

Höfler began mountaineering at the age of 16 and was a good all-round mountaineer who, among other things, managed to climb 6000 m in the Peruvian Andes .

Work (selection)

Watzmann - myth and wild mountain. Together with Heinz Zembsch. AS Verlag , Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-905111-61-3
Karl Maria Herrligkoffer - possessed, victorious, controversial. Together with Reinhold Messner . AS Verlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-905111-65-1
Nanga Parbat: Expeditions to the “Germans' Mountain of Fate” 1934 - 1962 . AS Verlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3-905111-88-0
Hermann Buhl : At the edge of the possible . Together with Reinhold Messner. AS Verlag, Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-905111-88-0
Wilder Kaiser . Climbing history - stories of climbing. Together with Pit Schubert . 2nd Edition. AS Verlag, Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-905111-94-1
Alpine Club Guide alpine - Kaiser Mountains . Together with Jan Piepenstock. 12th edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1257-3
Dream Teams: The most successful rope teams in alpinism . Bruckmann , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7654-4496-8
The little handbook of alpinism: Everything about mountaineering and mountain hiking . Bruckmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-5251-2
Disasters on the mountain: tragedies in alpine history. Together with Gerlinde Witt. Bruckmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-4862-1
Toni Hiebeler - creative, critical and visionary . Together with Toni Hiebeler. AS Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-909111-56-5
Hias Rebitsch . The mountain is not everything: climbing pioneer, free spirit, altitude archaeologist - a picture of life and its most important texts . Tyrolia , Innsbruck-Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7022-3083-8

Web links

Literature by and about Horst Höfler in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ SZ commemoration: Horst Höfler . January 28, 2012. sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ German Alpine Association, Austrian Alpine Association , Alpine Association South Tyrol (ed.): Alpine Association Yearbook - Mountain 2012 . Volume 136. Tyrolia , Innsbruck-Wien 2011, p. 253, ISBN 978-3-7022-3159-0
↑ Alpin.de : Horst Höfler is dead . February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Höfler, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mountain book author, alpine journalist, lecturer, mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	January 23, 2012

[1] SZ commemoration: Horst Höfler . January 28, 2012. sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

[2] German Alpine Association, Austrian Alpine Association , Alpine Association South Tyrol (ed.): Alpine Association Yearbook - Mountain 2012 . Volume 136. Tyrolia , Innsbruck-Wien 2011, p. 253, ISBN 978-3-7022-3159-0

[3] Alpin.de : Horst Höfler is dead . February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.