Peter Karl Thurwieser
Peter Karl Thurwieser , contemporary also Peter Carl Thurwieser (born May 30, 1789 in Kramsach , ducal county of Tyrol, but ecclesiastically part of the Archdiocese of Salzburg ; † January 25, 1865 in Salzburg ), was an Austrian Catholic clergyman, meteorologist and alpinist. He worked as a lecturer at the Salzburg Lyceum . He also worked as a mountaineer, who achieved many first ascents in the Austrian Alps , about which he reported in numerous scientific publications. The Thurwieserspitze in the western Ortler Alps is named after him.
biography
Thurwieser was sickly as a child and unsuitable for field work. Therefore he was allowed to devote himself to his spiritual inclinations, studied theology in Salzburg from 1810 to 1812 and was ordained a priest in 1812. Then he was assistant priest in Bergheim and Siezenheim until he became a professor at the Salzburg Lyceum in 1820 . From 1836 he was curator of the Kollegienkirche . In 1865 he died of a roof fall.
Mountaineering achievements
Thurwieser was the first to climb many peaks in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps at a time when mountains were avoided because they were still believed to be the seat of enchanted souls and witches. So he was z. B. the first tourist on the Ankogel , first to climb the Dachstein and Watzmann- Südspitze, as well as the third to climb the Ortler . In 1826, Thurwieser managed the first tourist ascent of the Ackerlspitze in the Wilder Kaiser, as well as the first verifiable ascent of the Hochkönig via today's normal route from Arthurhaus via the Übergossene Alm to the summit. For the first time he systematically researched and developed many mountain regions.
Publications
- The ascent and measurement of the Fernerkogel and the Habichtsspitze in 1836. Wagner, Innsbruck 1840. ( Online, PDF)
- The Ahornspitze in the Zillerthale. Climbed and measured in 1840. Wagner, Innsbruck 1840.
- Selected Writings. Verlag Der Alpenfreund, Munich [1923].
literature
- Josef Anton Schöpf: Peter Carl Thurwieser. Publishing house of the Salzburg Section of the German Alpine Club, Salzburg 1871.
- Heinrich Wallmann: Life and work of the Alpine friend Peter Karl Thurwieser. Zamarski, Vienna 1880.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Thurwieser, Peter Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 45th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1882, pp. 126–129 ( digitized version ).
- E. Richter: Thurwieser, Peter Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 229 f.
- P. Svatek: Thurwieser Peter Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 335 f. (Direct links on p. 335 , p. 336 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Karl Thurwieser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thurwieser, Peter Karl in austria-lexikon.at
- Personal folder on Peter Karl Thurwieser (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death register - STBVI | Salzburg Cathedral Parish | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Alpine Club Guide Ankogel and Goldberg Group , Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1986. ISBN 3-7633-1247-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thurwieser, Peter Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thurwieser, Peter Carl; Thurwieser, PK |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Catholic clergyman, meteorologist and alpinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kramsach , Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1865 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |