Max Kämper

Max Kämper (born December 16, 1879 in Jüterbog ; † November 10, 1916 at Sailly-Saillisel on the Somme) was a German engineer and cave explorer.

Life

His father was the Prussian Lieutenant General Hugo Kämper . Max Kämper fell in the final phase of the Battle of the Somme as first lieutenant of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 239 between Mesnil and Malancourt (Somme). He is buried in the Cambrai military cemetery near Arras .

Act

His 1908 survey and mapping of the Mammoth Cave , Kentucky cave system was the first reliable instrument survey. For a long time they formed the basis for further development of the caves. It is therefore better known among American speleologists than in Germany.

Web links

Bernd Kliebhan, Nina Thomas: Search for Max. The engineer, the war and the longest cave in the world. December 11, 2000, accessed March 27, 2020 .
Radio feature "Search for Max" , edited by Hans Sarkowicz, broadcast on hr1 on December 26, 1999 (49 MB MP3)

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Luyken: Max Kämper (1879-1916). Luyken Family Association, September 5, 2009, accessed December 3, 2011 .
^ Hermann Luyken: Hugo Kämper (1845–1926). Luyken Family Association, November 7, 2009, accessed December 3, 2011 .
↑ Bernd Kliebhan: Max Kämper and his measurement of the Mammoth Cave in 1908 . In: Association of Austrian cave researchers, Association of German cave and karst researchers e. V. (Hrsg.): Die Höhle - magazine for karst and caving . tape 48 , no. 4 , 1997, p. 101-109 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed December 3, 2011]).
↑ The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park, the Cave Research Foundation, the Hoffman Environmental Institute [WKU], Diamond Caverns, LLC, Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park (ed.): Mammoth Cave National Park's Max Kämper Centennial Symposium & 9th Science Symposium: Cultural History and Research, 9. – 10. October 2008 . Proceedings. (English, wku.edu [PDF; 5.5 MB ; accessed on December 3, 2011]).

personal data
SURNAME	Kämper, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jueterbog
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1916
Place of death	at Sailly-Saillisel

[Luyken1-1] Hermann Luyken: Max Kämper (1879-1916). Luyken Family Association, September 5, 2009, accessed December 3, 2011 .

[Luyken2-2] Hermann Luyken: Hugo Kämper (1845–1926). Luyken Family Association, November 7, 2009, accessed December 3, 2011 .

[Kliebhan1-3] Bernd Kliebhan: Max Kämper and his measurement of the Mammoth Cave in 1908 . In: Association of Austrian cave researchers, Association of German cave and karst researchers e. V. (Hrsg.): Die Höhle - magazine for karst and caving . tape 48 , no. 4 , 1997, p. 101-109 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed December 3, 2011]).

[Symposium2008-4] The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park, the Cave Research Foundation, the Hoffman Environmental Institute [WKU], Diamond Caverns, LLC, Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park (ed.): Mammoth Cave National Park's Max Kämper Centennial Symposium & 9th Science Symposium: Cultural History and Research, 9. – 10. October 2008 . Proceedings. (English, wku.edu [PDF; 5.5 MB ; accessed on December 3, 2011]).