Mathias Marcher

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Mathias Marcher , more rarely Matthias Marcher , (born September 21, 1853 in Oberdrauburg , Austrian Empire , † December 31, 1926 in Lienz , Austria ) was an Austrian mountain guide . In his job as a master shoemaker , he became the most successful mountain guide in the Lienz Dolomites before the turn of the century . He was also one of the founders of the social democratic movement in Lienz.

Life

Mathias Marcher was born on September 21, 1853 in the municipality of Oberdrauburg at the foot of the Lienz Dolomites and thus on the border with East Tyrol . At a young age he climbed the mountains in the immediate vicinity of his home, and from the 1880s onwards he appeared as a mountain guide and from this time on increasingly made first ascent as well as first ascent . His first ascents include the Kleine Sandspitze (1885), the Laserzer Seekofel , as well as the two Leitmeritz peaks (all 1889), the Hohe Perschitzkopf (July 26th 1890), theGroße Hornkopf (July 28, 1890), the Große Grubenspitze (1895), the Östliche Wildsender (1897), the Kerschbaumertörlspitze (1898), as well as the southern and northern Spitzkofelturm (1899), all in the Lienz Dolomites. Some of his first ascents were a new growth on the top summit structure and the first traverse south on the Great Sand Lace (1888), the first tourist crossing the Wild Badstube (1899), a new increase on the Big chisel tip (1902), as well as the Kühbodenspitze from the Wild Badstube and the first crossing to the Spitzkofel (1905), all in the Lienz Dolomites. His companions over the years include Gustav Baldermann, M. Deegen, Franz Fistil, Gaßler, Graf, A. Gunolt, Hochegger, Jaroschek, A. Kolp, C. Landmann, Thomas Oberwalder, Lothar Patéra , J. Rohracher, Steindl or Stoll.

In 1893 he accompanied Peter Paul Steidl on what was then the Jagdsteig as he climbed the Gamswiesenspitze , making Steidl the first tourist to reach the summit on this route. On December 17, 1897, at the annual meeting of the Lienz Alpine Club , a section of the Austrian Alpine Club , it was decided that Marcher should be awarded a diploma of recognition for his ten years of activity as a mountain guide. He was -begehungen primarily to its operations in this time and first ascents, both in the Schober Group , as, also praised in the Lienz Dolomites, he had some but partly carried out with tourists, even alone. He had also made a name for himself as a companion to Ludwig Purtscheller on his development tours in the Hochschober group . Marcher was not only successful as a mountaineer, he was also chairman of the specialist association that was founded in 1905 for many years in his job as a shoemaker. He was also active in local politics, where he was a member of the municipal council of Lienz , but then resigned to make room for younger people. Furthermore, he held a place on the committee of the Alpine Club section and did valuable work on their hut construction and marking. For these services he was made an honorary member of his section.

Marcher died on December 31, 1926 at the age of 74 after a long period of asthma in Lienz. His funeral on January 2, 1927 turned into a large mourning rally at which numerous mourners were present.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club , Volume 30, 1899, p. 302
personal data
SURNAME Marcher, Mathias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marcher, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mountain guide
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberdrauburg , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1926
Place of death Lienz , Austria