Karl Lukan

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karl Lukan (born September 12, 1923 in Vienna ; † June 13, 2014 ibid.) Was an Austrian mountaineer, amateur archaeologist and author of over 50 books dealing with mountaineering and cultural-historical topics.

biography

As a publishing apprentice at Ed. He started his career with Hölzel . After his return from the Second World War, he initially worked as an editor at the “Wiener Bühne” and later for 20 years for Schroll Verlag and 13 years for the Austrian Federal Publishing House .

After the Second World War, he climbed the Great Zinne North Face (Comici) and the Civetta Northwest Face and was one of the first to climb the 1,600 meter high Monte Agnèr north face. In Austria he was the third man to climb the Rebitsch-Weg in the Laliderer-Spitze north face and on the Hochschwab he was the second to climb the Stangenwand south-east face. In 1948 he was the first alpinist to repeat the difficult Dachl-Rosskuppen intersection in the Gesäuse. This was first ascended in 1936 by Fritz Sikorovsky .

On the occasion of his retirement, Karl Lukan hiked with his wife Fritzi Lukan, who appears as a photographer for his books as a co-author of numerous books, from Vienna- Rodaun over 2500 kilometers to Nice - see below: Alpine walk .

Together with his wife he gave lectures in alpine clubs and adult education centers in Austria and Germany. He published his first book (“Little Man on Big Mountains”) in 1952, his 50th in 1996. On September 12, 2013, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, the two books A Piece of Heaven were presented in the Urania in Vienna and Between friendship, God bless you and Heil Hitler . Karl Lukan died on June 13, 2014 at the age of 90 in his native Vienna. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 28, row 50, number 27).

Awards

Works

  • (Ed.): The great Dolomites book. Schroll, Vienna 1965.
  • (Ed.): Alpinism in Pictures: Past and Present. Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1967.
  • Yellow wall by the green lake. Of mountains, journeys and comrades. The Bergland Book, Salzburg 1957.
  • A thousand peaks and more. Mountain adventure between Grenoble and Vienna. The Bergland Book, Salzburg 1960.
  • The Alps from Mont Ventoux to Kahlenberg. Schroll, Vienna / Munich 1961.
  • Out and about in Austria - a colorful series of images of the temptations to travel in Austria. A. Schroll, 1961.
  • Land of the Etruscans. with photos by Gerhard Klammet and others. New Schroll Collection. A. Schroll, Vienna-Munich 1962.
  • Mountain gypsies. “The Bergland Book”, Salzburg 1964.
  • Alpine hikes back in time to dragon caves and druid stones, rock art and Roman roads. A. Schroll & Co., Vienna 1965.
  • "Wild fellows blown by the storm wind ...". A mountain travel book. Publishing house "Das Bergland-Buch", Salzburg, Stuttgart 1968.
  • Mountaineering - correctly, safely and with joy. G. Fromme, Vienna 1969.
  • Romulus or In the footsteps of the founders of Rome. Neff, Vienna 1970.
  • The main thing is that you know where the mountain is or mountaineering in anecdotes. P. Neff, Vienna 1972.
  • The Alps from the Mediterranean to the Vienna Woods. Schroll, Vienna / Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7031-0382-5 .
  • Dolomites. A. Schroll, Vienna, 1976.
  • Traverses: The most beautiful mountaineering stories from 3 decades. A. Schroll, Vienna 1978.
  • Schneeberg and Rax - high mountains for everyone. A. Schroll, Vienna 1978.
  • Seat of God and the Devil's Bed - Walks into prehistoric times. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1979.
  • The Wienerwaldbuch - cultural and historical walks. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1980.
  • The Waldviertel book - cultural and historical walks. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1982.
  • The Voralpenbuch - cultural and historical hike between the Hohe Wand and the Sonntagsberg. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-2241-7601-6 .
  • Alpine walk - through the Alps from Vienna to Nice. Bruckmann, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-7654-2186-3 .
  • Fascinating alpine world. Fink-Kümmerly & Frey, Ostfildern 1988.
  • White stone and red door - interesting and unknown from Lower Austria. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1988.
  • Walks into prehistoric times - places of worship, rock art and sacrificial stones in Austria. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-224-17605-9 .
  • When the walls get steeper. Mountaineering in the second half of life , Bruckmann, Munich, 1990
  • The Weinviertel book - cultural and historical walks. J & V Edition Wien Dachs Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-224-17610-5 .
  • Old world in the Danube country - cultural and historical hike. Pichler, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85431-129-X .
  • Burgenlandbuch - cultural and historical walks. Pichler, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85431-156-7 .
  • Via Sacra - the old pilgrimage route to Mariazell. Myth and Cult. Styria Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85431-412-4 .
  • with Fritzi Lukan: Carinthia - the hidden, the strange, the unknown - cultural and historical walks. Pichler, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85431-240-7 .
  • with Fritzi Lukan: Mysterious things about Vienna - romantic, hidden, undiscovered. Pichler, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85431-346-2 .
  • with Fritzi Lukan: The sacred and the miraculous: The strangest places in Austria. Pichler, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85431-469-1 .
  • A piece of heaven - When mountaineering was still wild and dangerous. Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-7022-3304-4 .
  • Between friendship, God bless you and Heil Hitler - Viennese Gschichterln from Pantzergasse. Kral Verlag, Berndorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-99024-227-8 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ bergstieg.com from June 17, 2014: "Alpiner Karl May" Karl Lukan passed away
  2. ^ Book cover: Karl Lukan: Das Waldviertelbuch
  3. ↑ noev1.orf.at

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Lukan, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mountaineer, amateur archaeologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2014
Place of death Vienna , Austria