Peter Lindenthal

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Peter Lindenthal (* 1950 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian author of well-known books about the Way of St. James .

Life

After studying economics, Peter Lindenthal worked as a development worker in Latin America , the Caribbean and Africa .

The Karelian Bear Dog (a Nordic breed from Finland ) Ajiz accompanied his master on all his wanderings through the European continent and appears in all six books by Lindenthal. Ajiz died in 2004, at the age of 14. Peter Lindenthal's funeral pilgrimage on the Way of St. James from the English Channel to the Pyrenees is described in his last book “Santiago also had a dog”.

Ajiz (pronounced: Ajiz like Achiss) is a word from the Maya language Quiché and means something like magician. Lindenthal gave him the name, according to his own statement, because he had spent a year in the Indian highlands of Guatemala in 1968/69 and had formed a deep friendship with a shepherd mix named Ajiz during that time.

Publications

  • On the Camino de Santiago through Brittany . Tyrolia, 1st edition 2004, ISBN 3-7022-2571-4 .
  • On the Way of St. James through Austria . Tyrolia, 5th ed. 2006, ISBN 3-7022-2199-9 .
  • Way of St. James Austria (illustrated book). Tyrolia, 1st edition 2006 (photos Reinhard Mandl, text Peter Lindenthal).
  • Santiago also had a dog. On the Way of St. James from Brittany to Saint-Jean-Pied-de Port - In memory of Ajiz . Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck 2006, ISBN 3-7022-2739-3 .
  • On the Way of St. James through southern Austria . Tyrolia, 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 3-7022-2438-6 .
  • “The Way of St. James in South Tyrol. Innichen - Brixen - Brenner, Brixen - Bozen - Salurn, Bozen - Meran - Glurns - Müstair. “Tyrolia, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7022-2910-8 .
  • “The Camino Primitivo from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela. The oldest of all the Camino de Santiago. 12 days through Northern Spain - Asturias and Galicia. ”Tyrolia, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7022-3101-9 .
  • “On the Way of St. James through Austria. From Pressburg to Feldkirch in 28 stages. Exact directions with hiking maps. New: With a feeder from Hungary and a variant via the Tyrolean Ausserfern. “Tyrolia, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7022-2199-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait Peter Lindenthal (PDF; 5.6 MB) in: Volderer Gemeindeblatt 4/2008
personal data
SURNAME Lindenthal, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck