Ludwig Vörg

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Ludwig "Wiggerl" Vörg (born October 19, 1911 in Munich , † June 22, 1941 near Siolo , Soviet Union ) was a German alpinist .

Life

Together with Ludwig Schmaderer and Adolf Göttner , he was the first to climb the 2000 meter high west face of the Uschba in the Caucasus in the summer of 1935 and took part in the first ascent of the Eiger north face from July 21 to 24, 1938 together with Anderl Heckmair , Heinrich Harrer and Fritz Kasparek part. The year before he had tried his hand at the wall together with Matthias Rebitsch . Both came to just below the summit before they succeeded in their first successful retreat from the wall after a sudden fall in the weather and 100 hours under extremely poor conditions.

As a corporal of the Wehrmacht Vörg kneeled on 22 June 1941, the first day of attack on the Soviet Union in Siolo . His name can be found in the memorial book of the German military cemetery in Przemyśl .

Alpinistic services (extract)

  • Caucasus, in 1935 together with Adolf Göttner and Ludwig Schmaderer, several first and second ascents succeed, as well as the ascent of Elbrus (eastern summit 5593 m) and Kazbek (5043 m).
  • Great Wiesbachhorn (3570 m), 1936 north-west face ascent with Ludwig Schmaderer
  • Großer Waxenstein, 1936 direct north face, first ascent with Ludwig Schmaderer, Herbert Paidar and Sepp Thürstein
  • Uschba (Caucasus), 1936 direct north face first ascent during this trip a total of "21 peaks of which eight first ascent and five new wall climbs by Ludwig Schmaderer, Ludwig Vörg, Herbert Paidar and Sepp Thürstein" were completed
  • Eiger, 1937 attempt of the first ascent with Hias Rebitsch
  • Eiger, 1938 first ascent of the north face with H. Harrer, A. Heckmair and F. Kasparek

literature

  • Fritz Kasparek: From the Peilstein to the north face of the Eiger. Experiences of a mountain climber Verlag "Das Bergland-Buch", Salzburg 1951
  • Heinrich Harrer: The White Spider. The big book from the Eiger. Ullstein, Munich 2001
  • Anderl Heckmair: Eigernordwand, Grandes Jorasses and other adventures AS Verlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-905111-38-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German military cemetery
  2. ^ "Die Waxensteiner" Alpine Club - Chronicle

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Vörg, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vörg, Wiggerl (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German alpinist
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1941
Place of death near Siolo , Soviet Union