Josef Calasanz Platter

Josef Calasanz Platter (born August 17, 1858 in Thums near Sterzing , † March 22, 1905 in Innsbruck ) was a Tyrolean writer and tourism expert.

Life

Platter visited a few years the high school in Brixen and found after a "storm and stress" employment at the Etsch Regulatory Commission in Bolzano . Platter also emerged as a writer at an early age. He wrote fiction, travel guides and, in connection with the Tyrolean provincial exhibition in 1893, as secretary of the Tyrolean Tourism Association, together with the secretary of the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce , Anton Kofler, took the view of creating a panorama painting in Innsbruck on the subject of the Tyrolean wars of freedom of 1809 . This giant circular painting from Innsbruck was realized up to the international sports exhibition of 1896.

Josef Eisensteck . A picture of life from 1809. C. Jandl, Meran 1885
Bozen-Gries and the surrounding area . With 24 illustrations and 3 maps. Dedicated to the participants of the XVI. General assembly of the German and Austrian Alpine Club of the Bozen section. Städtebilder-Verlag, Zurich 1889
Raut'n and rosemary . Stories and sketches from Tyrol. With a foreword by Prof. Dr. I. von Zingerle . Illustrated by W. Humer. A. Edlinger's Verlag, Innsbruck 1892 State Library Dr. Friedrich Tessmann
Palaces and castles in Tyrol . Separate print from the magazine of the German and Austrian Alpine Association. German and Austrian Alpine Association, Graz 1895 State Library Dr. Friedrich Tessmann

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personal data
SURNAME	Platter, Josef Calasanz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Tyrolean writer and tourism expert
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thums near Sterzing
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1905
Place of death	innsbruck