Rudl Eller

Rudolf ( Rudl ) Josef Eller (born January 18, 1882 in Lienz ; † September 18, 1977 there ) was an Austrian mountaineer and one of the most important explorers of the Lienz Dolomites .

Eller grew up in Lienz with his grandmother and learned the trade of a printer . In the years 1906 to 1916 in particular, he opened up numerous difficult new routes, primarily in the Lienz Dolomites, but also on the Bischofsmütze or in the Dolomites . He became known as the first to climb the Dibona edge on the Große Zinne (1908). He completed most of his new tours single-handedly.

During the First World War , Eller fought on the Dolomite front. Later, after a long illness, he worked as a mountain guide on the Sella Pass . During the Second World War and in the following years he hosted the Karlsbader Hütte . Rudl Eller was a founding member of the Lienzer Alpenverein and the Alpine Society of Alpenraute.

The Ellerturm on the Laserzkopf and the Rudl-Eller-Weg from the Dolomitenhütte over the Hohe Törl to the Karlsbader Hütte were named after Rudl Eller.

literature

• Walter Mair: East Tyrol South. Rother hiking guide. Lienz - Drautal - Villgraten - Lesachtal. Bergverl. Rother, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4132-0 .
• H. Thonhauser: Rudl Eller - a century of mountaineering history . In: Osttiroler Heimatblätter - local history supplement of the "Osttiroler Bote" . tape 46 , no. 10 , October 26, 1978, p. 1–3 ( ( page no longer available , search in web archives: server001.e-factory.at ) [accessed on January 31, 2013]).

Web links

• Personal folder on Rudl Eller (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death register of the Lienz registry office No. 352/1977.