Simon Steinberger

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Simon Steinberger
The Frischenkofel with east summit (right with cross) and west summit; the Steinbergerweg runs along the visible channel between the two mountain bodies.

Simon Steinberger (born October 25, 1874 in Dobersberg , Carinthia ; † January 27, 1949 in Krumpendorf am Wörthersee ) was an Austrian member of the kk - and later federal gendarmerie . He gained notoriety by climbing the east side and recapturing the two peaks on the Frischenkofel in the course of the mountain war in the First World War in 1915.

From 1909 to 1923, Simon Steinberger was post commander of the Gendarmerie von Mauthen , today's market town of Kötschach-Mauthen in the Hermagor district , Carinthia .

On June 24, 1915, he and five volunteers climbed the Frischenkofel ( 2238  m Italian: Cellon) on the Plöckenpass , which was occupied by an Italian company , over a gully on the east side of the mountain and was able to overcome the Italian position at the east summit early in the morning of the next day. which had previously shelled the valley towns of Kötschach and Mauthen. In ignorance of the enemy’s strength, the remaining Italians withdrew to the western summit. The Austrians were able to hold out for five days and nights, while regular troops who had moved up provided the difficult wall passages of the channel with safety ropes and thus reinforcements were able to climb to the east summit. On July 18, 1915, Steinberger and around 30 other men were able to recapture the western summit at short notice. For these achievements, Steinberger and Franz Weilharter, who fell in hand-to-hand combat during this operation, were among the first to be awarded the gold medal for bravery on November 3, 1915 .

The route through the east face is now called Steinbergerweg and has been a via ferrata since 1965 . A plaque of the builder commemorates his deeds.

Little is known about Steinberger's further biography until his death. In January 1949 he was buried in Klagenfurt , but following his last will he was exhumed and buried at Plöcken, where his grave is in the ossuary of the Plöckenkapelle.

The 18th NCO course of the armed forces in 2006 bore his name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth book of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Georgen under Strasbourg Volume VIII, Folio 39.
  2. ↑ HUAK - an educational institution with tradition
  3. ↑ Saving life - 60 years of Kötschach-Mauthen mountain rescue
  4. ↑ 100 years ago the battle for the cellon sparked off in the Gail valley
  5. ^ Notices from the State Association for Speleology
  6. ^ Die Zollwacht, Spring 2014 edition
  7. ↑ Photo of the plaque
  8. ↑ [Police newspaper 2/2015]
  9. ↑ 18th NCO course 2006 - Gendarmerie District Sergeant Simon Steinberger
personal data
SURNAME Steinberger, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian gendarme
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Dobersberg , Carinthia
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1949
Place of death Krumpendorf am Wörthersee