Ignaz von Kürsinger

Ignaz von Kürsinger in 1841 on the occasion of being awarded honorary citizenship.

Ignaz von Kürsinger (born December 7, 1795 in Ried im Innkreis , † August 18, 1861 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian civil servant, writer and topographer . He was one of the first to climb the Großvenediger and a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly .

Life

Ignaz von Kürsinger came from a family ennobled in 1627. He went to Linz to school, studied from 1814 at Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmuenster philosophy and 1816-1819 Jus at the University of Vienna . After completing his studies, he entered the civil service. His career began in the Innviertel , from 1834 he became a nurse in Mittersill , from 1842 in Schärding . Taken down by an intrigue, he lived in Salzburg from 1847 onwards. In 1848 he was sent by the city and state of Salzburg as a non-attached member of the Frankfurt National Assembly . From 1850 until his retirement in 1858 he was editor of the Salzburger Zeitung .

As the caretaker of Mittersill, he had a path built to the Krimml waterfalls in Krimml around 1835 so that travelers could see more of the falls without much effort, "and there is a tourist and painter's house". In addition to the renovation of the teaching system, he also took care of the restoration of church, school and parish buildings, the draining of the swampy valley floor and the regulation of the Salzach in Oberpinzgau by building the Salzach dam between Mittersill and Hollersbach , the so-called Kürsingerdamm .

Kürsinger became known as the organizer and member of a group of 40 people who successfully climbed the Großvenediger for the first time on September 3, 1841 . After all, 26 men reached the summit, including, in addition to Kürsinger, Paul Rohrgger, Anton von Ruthner and the district doctor Franz Spitaler. He laid the foundation stone for tourism in the region, and in 1841 he was made an honorary citizen of Mittersill. As early as 1842 he had his first refuge built in Obersulzbachtal not far from the place where the Kürsingerhütte named after him stands today.

Awards

Kürsinger has received several awards for its charitable work. He received the Albrechts Order from the King of Saxony and the gold medal from the Munich Association against Cruelty to Animals . The Mittersill and Tamsweg markets made him an honorary citizen and the Oberpinzgau region made an honorary farmer . The Mittersill community donated an anniversary to be held every year on July 31st in honor of Kürsinger.

Works

Ober-Pinzgau or: The Mittersill district: a historical, topographical, statistical, natural history sketch . 1841
The Großvenediger in the Noric Central Alps, its first ascent on September 3, 1841 and its glaciers in their current and former extent. With an attachment: The second ascent on September 6, 1842, together with Franz Spitaler. Innsbruck, 1843.
Lungau. Historically, ethnographically and statistically presented from previously unused documentary sources . Emphasis. St. Johann im Pongau: Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag 1981 (original edition from Oberer's bookstore 1853). 854 pages ISBN 978-3854370024 .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Kürsinger, Ignaz von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, pp. 332–334 ( digitized version ).
Fischer: Kürsinger Ignaz von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 329.
Walter Thaler : Pinzgauer! Heroes - fools - pioneers. Portraits from the provinces . newacademicpress, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99036-014-9 .

Web links

Literature by and about Ignaz von Kürsinger in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Baptismal book 07 (VII) - 101/07 | Ried im Innkreis | Linz, rk. Diocese (Upper Austria) | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
↑ Death register - STBVI | Salzburg Cathedral Parish | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
↑ Stadtgemeinde Mittersill, Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2010 .
^ City of Mittersill, brief history of Mittersill. Retrieved February 28, 2010 .
↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Kürsinger, Ignaz von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, pp. 332–334 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Kürsinger, Ignaz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant, writer, topographer and mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 7, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ried im Innkreis
DATE OF DEATH	August 18, 1861
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] Baptismal book 07 (VII) - 101/07 | Ried im Innkreis | Linz, rk. Diocese (Upper Austria) | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .

[2] Death register - STBVI | Salzburg Cathedral Parish | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .

[3] Stadtgemeinde Mittersill, Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2010 .

[4] City of Mittersill, brief history of Mittersill. Retrieved February 28, 2010 .

[5] Constantin von Wurzbach : Kürsinger, Ignaz von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, pp. 332–334 ( digitized version ).