Siegfried Loew
Siegfried "Sigi" Löw (born April 27, 1933 in Dresden ; † June 23, 1962 at Nanga Parbat ) was a German mountaineer .
Löw spent his childhood in Dresden. He lost his father in the bombing of Dresden . His mother was considered deceased. Löw went from Dresden to Munich in 1945 , where he became interested in mountaineering as a teenager. He settled in Rosenheim . At the age of 17, Löw had already climbed various sections of the Dolomites several times . In 1958, he and Jörg Lehne , Lothar Brandler and Dietrich Hasse made the first ascent of the direct north face of the Große Zinne .
In 1962, together with Toni Kinshofer and Anderl Mannhardt, he was the first to climb the Diamir flank , which was only the second ascent of Nanga Parbat after Hermann Buhl . Löw fell fatally on the descent.
The Sigi Löw memorial expedition to Nanga Parbat was named in his honor.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article on Siegfried Löw on herrligkoffer-stiftung.de ( memento of the original from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 11, 2011.
- ↑ Bernhard König: Nanga Parbat , accessed on February 11, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loew, Siegfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loew, Siegi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1962 |
| Place of death | at Nanga Parbat |