Joachim von Brenner-Felsach
Joachim Freiherr von Brenner-Felsach , correct Joachim Maria Heinrich Freiherr Brenner von Felsach (born February 7, 1859 in Athens , † June 13, 1927 in Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria) was an Austrian world traveler and photographer.
Life
He was the son of the Austrian diplomat Adolph Freiherr Brenner von Felsach (1814–1883) and Louise Freifrau Brenner von Felsach born. Louise Countess von Seilern and Aspang († July 12, 1911 in Gainfarn ). When his father became ambassador to Denmark three years later , he and his parents moved there. Further relocations to other countries followed. As a child he became a world traveler. He also spent many years on the family's estates in Lower Austria.
After his military service, Brenner-Felsach made several trips that took him through Europe. Then he completed a law degree. When his father died, he was able to start traveling again, financially secured by his inheritance. In 1883 he set out for the Orient. Even his grandfather Ignatz Ritter von Brenner-Felsach (1772–1849) was an orientalist and was accredited at the Austrian embassy in Constantinople for ten years .
In 1885, Brenner-Felsach met Countess Marie von Gallenberg (1860–1945). Nevertheless, he set out on a three-year trip around the world that same year. On this trip, which also took him to Asia, he was the first European to cross the north of Sumatra, inhabited by the Batak tribe .
After his return he married the countess and they settled in Gainfarn Castle near Bad Vöslau . The couple had two daughters and two sons. They had to sell the castle in 1912, after which they moved to Vienna, where they lived in more modest circumstances. By the end of the First World War , his fortune had already melted down considerably. In 1927, Brenner-Felsach died at Merkenstein Castle .
meaning
Brenner-Felsach's photographic work in the field of ethnology is documented in his photo estate, which his daughter Hilda Verh. Countess Attems (1890–1981) handed over to the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna in 1941. The collection that has survived to this day consists of 919 photos in the format of 16 × 22 cm, which Brenner-Felsach provided with detailed comments. 103 photos came from the island of Nias alone and entered the museum as plasterboard negatives, albumen prints or platinotypes . In addition, there are the associated travel diaries and a draft of a planned book about Nias, which is also part of the estate. However, Brenner-Felsach was no longer able to carry out the execution of this book.
Works
- Visit to the cannibals of Sumatra. First crossing of the independent Batak Lands. Woerl, Würzburg 1894. ( digitized by SBPK Berlin )
literature
- Otmar Rychlik: The exotic life. The globetrotting baron Joachim von Brenner-Felsach (1859-1927) , 1988 Bad Vöslau
- Reinhold Mittersakschmöller (editor): Joachim Freiherr v. Brenner-Felsach. A trip to Nias. Unpublished manuscripts from the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna. Materials on exoticism and ethnography. , 1998 Verlag Böhlau
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local news. Deaths .. In: Badener Zeitung , July 15, 1911, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
Web links
Freiherr von Brenner-Felsach in the list of the estate of the Austrian National Library
Baron von Brenner-Felsach as inventor
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brenner-Felsach, Joachim von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brenner-Felsach, Joachim Freiherr von (full name); Brenner von Felsach, Joachim Maria Heinrich Freiherr |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian world traveler and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1927 |
| Place of death | Bad Vöslau |