Josef Enzensperger

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The Zugspitze summit around 1900 with the Munich House and the "Meteorological High Station"
Memorial plaque to Enzensperger on the Munich house on the Zugspitze

Josef Enzensperger (also Joseph Enzensperger; born February 8, 1873 in Rosenheim ; † February 2, 1903 on the Kerguelen ) was a German meteorologist and mountaineer .

Life

At the age of 14 Enzensperger moved with his family to Sonthofen . He spent his youth there and came into contact with climbing at an early age in the Allgäu mountains, together with his younger brother Ernst Enzensperger . After attending school, he was able to study law at the University of Munich with a grant from the Maximilianeum . Later he switched to natural science with a focus on meteorology . In the winter semester of 1895/96 he studied mathematics and physics there and was an intern at the technical university (today Technical University) in Munich, where he studied in the general department (mathematics and physics) from May 1896.

In addition to his scientific work, Enzensperger became known for his numerous first ascents: z. B. 1892 the Öfelekopf ( Wetterstein Mountains ) and 1894 the Kleine Halt in the Kaiser Mountains . In 1892 Enzensperger was one of the co-founders of the Munich Academic Alpine Club .

At the age of 27, Enzensperger wintered in 1900 as the first observer of the meteorological station on the Zugspitze . The following year he joined Erich von Drygalski's expedition to Antarctica. As part of this expedition, he wintered in 1903 with four other researchers in a scientific station on the Kerguelen in Antarctica, independent of the main expedition. During the winter, Josef Enzensperger died of the vitamin deficiency beriberi on February 2, 1903 .

His final resting place can no longer be found, in the expedition diary it is reported that he was buried facing north "home". In 2003, the British Royal Geographical Society had a memorial plaque for Enzensperger installed on the 100th anniversary of Enzensperger's death at position 49 ° 24 ′  S , 69 ° 53 ′  E near the former German weather station . The Bras Enzensperger bay ( 49 ° 45 ′  S , 69 ° 8 ′  E ) on the Kerguelen is named after him.

In his honor and his brother Ernst, a street in Kempten (Allgäu) was named Enzenspergerweg. In addition, the Enzenspergerweg was named in his honor , the most important high-altitude path in the Hornbach range , which connects the Hermann-von-Barth hut with the Kaufbeurer house to the east .

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  1. ↑ a b Technical University of Munich, TUM. Archive, student files, registration form as an intern and registration form as a student.
  2. ^ Principal Expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ; Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ HR Guly: 'Polar anemia': cardiac failure during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (PDF; 131 kB). In: Polar Record 48, 2012, pp. 157-164. doi : 10.1017 / S0032247411000222
personal data
SURNAME Enzensperger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German meteorologist and mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenheim
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1903
Place of death Kerguelen