Juerg Weiss
Jürg Weiss (* 1910 in Basel ; † July 20, 1941 on the Strahlegghorn in the Bernese Oberland ) was a Swiss writer and mountaineer .
Life
Weiss was a trained businessman, primary school teacher and journalist in Basel, passionate mountaineer, intellectual head of the elite mountaineering club West-Alpen-Club WAC and member of the Swiss Alpine Club , Basel section. With Hans Frei he succeeded on 27./28. July 1935 the first ascent of the "iron" at Pizzi Gemelli in Bergell . In the summer of 1941 he fell to his death on the descent from the Strahlegghorn.
A collection of his stories and essays was published posthumously under the title "Cliffs and Fissures". The publicist and editor of the Basler National-Zeitung Fritz René Allemann writes about it: "Jürg Weiss was a mountaineering analyst, a dissector of feelings and moods, a keen observer of emotional reactions - in a word: a psychologist also as an alpinist".
Works
- Two climbs in the Forno: Hans Frei in memory. Stämpfli, Bern 1937. From: The Alps. 8/1937.
- Cliffs and crevices. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1942.
- Oskar Hug, Jürg Weiss (ed.): Mountain comrades. WAC members tell. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1939.
literature
- Emil Zopfi : poet on the mountain. Alpine literature from Switzerland. AS Verlag, Zurich 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiss, Juerg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer and mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1941 |
| Place of death | Bernese Oberland |