Karl Blodig

Karl Blodig (born October 16, 1859 in Vienna , † September 7, 1956 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian mountaineer , ophthalmologist and publicist .

Life

Karl Blodig was the son of Karl Blodig senior. (1820–1891), a renowned full university professor for ophthalmology in Graz , and his wife Marie.

On October 31, 1882 at the University of Graz jun Blodig. by Blodig sen. doctorate in all medicine.

From 1885, the year in which he began to ordain ophthalmologists and general medicine in Bregenz, until 1925, Blodig was one of the outstanding mountain climbers. He was in 1911 the first all four-thousand who after his own, then undisputed count of the summit Alps had mounted, some of them as the first . He reports about this in his book The Four Thousand Mountains of the Alps . The work, first published in 1923, is one of the classics of alpine literature. In 1928 he made two first ascents (at the age of 69).

On his tours he was sometimes accompanied by his mountain companion , the English landscape painter E. T. Compton .

Blodig came to Vorarlberg in 1885 and worked as an ophthalmologist in Bregenz for decades.

See also: Drusenfluh

Publications

• -, L (udwig) Purtscheller : From the mountains of the Maurienne and the Tartentaise (part 1/2). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1895, (XXVI. Year), pp. 68–119. (Online at ANNO ). .
  • -, -: - (Part 2/2). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1896, (XXVII. Year), pp. 171–211. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the interval. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1899, (XXX. Year), pp. 259–277. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Hikes in the Rhätikon (part 1/2). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1900, (XXXI. Year), pp. 280–299. (Online at ANNO ). .
  • - (Part 2/2). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1901, (XXXII. Year), pp. 268–297. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Between the Saaser and Mattervisp (part 1/3). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1903, (XXXIV. Year), pp. 212–236. (Online at ANNO ). .
  • - (Part 2/3). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1904, (XXXV. Year), pp. 172–206. (Online at ANNO ). .
  • - (Part 3/3). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (of the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1905, (XXXVI. Year), pp. 195–201. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the mountains of the Klostertal. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1905, (XXXVI. Year), pp. 236–269. (Online at ANNO ). .
• The Bregenz Forest Mountains. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1907, (XXXVIIIth year), pp. 159–193. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the firn world of Mont Blanc. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1908, (XXXIX. Year), pp. 210–233. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the firn world of Mont Blanc. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1909, (XL. Year), pp. 145–176. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the area of ​​the Tübinger Hütte (Garneratal, Vorarlberg). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1910, (XLI. Year), pp. 183–201. (Online at ANNO ). .
• The mountains of the Cromertal (area of ​​the Saarbrücker Hütte). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1912, (XLIII. Year), pp. 199–217. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the Silvretta group (Madlenerhaus and Wiesbadener Hütte). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1914, (XLV. Year), pp. 288–314. (Online at ANNO ). .
• From the Silvretta group. (The mountains around Madlener-Haus and Wiesbadenerhütte). In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1921, (LII. Year), pp. 91–112. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Franz Nieberl, -: Walking on ice and snow . (First edition). Rother, Munich 1923, OBV . (Second edition 1927).
• The four-thousand-meter peaks of the Alps . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1923, OBV .
  • -, Helmut Dumler (1940–2010): The four-thousand-meter peaks in the Alps . 3rd, completely revised edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7633-7429-9 .
  • -, Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt (Ill.): The four-thousanders of the Alps . Completely reworked and re-illustrated edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
• Pictures from Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein , sl, sa, OBV .
• Through the Montafon. With map from Gerster's hand map of Vorarlberg 1: 175.000 , JN Teutsch, Bregenz sa, OBV .
• Vorarlberg, the Austrian Rhineland. A guide through the summer, winter sports grounds, mountains and valleys of the country . Regional association for tourism in Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1928, OBV .
• The new Heilbronner Hütte. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1928, (LIX. Year), pp. 212–228. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Grande Rocheuse and Aiguille du Jardin. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1933, (LXIV. Year), pp. 92-104. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Karl Schmidt, - (Preface): Equipment guide for hikers, mountaineers, snow runners and folding boaters. With brief information about the most important relevant literature . Müller, Munich 1935, OBV .
• Books and magazines. In:  Vorarlberger Tagblatt , No. 24/1938 (XXI year), January 31, 1938, p. 2, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .

Awards, honors, prizes

1917: Gold Cross of Merit with the crown on the ribbon of the medal of bravery

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Blodig in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal folder on Karl Blodig (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marie Blodig:  Acknowledgments. In:  Grazer Volksblatt , No. 58/1891 (XXIV. Volume), March 12, 1891, p. 8 (unpaginated), bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) The son is awarded a doctorate by the father. In:  Die Presse , Abendblatt, No. 304/1882 (XXXVth year), November 3, 1882, p. 2, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ ^{a b} From town and country. (...) Bregenz. 80th birthday (...). In:  Anzeiger for the districts of Bludenz and Montafon , No. 58/1891 (XXIV. Year), October 28, 1939, p. 3 (unpaginated) middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ↑ Tourism. (...) Dr. Karl Blodig 70 years old. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 87-88 / 1929 (last year), November 1, 1929, p. 8 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ↑ From Vorarlberg. (...) Bregenz (...) Award. In:  Vorarlberger Volksfreund , No. 21/1917 (XXIV. Year), February 17, 1917, p. 6, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). .