Stephan Steinberger
Stephan Steinberger (also Pater Corbinian ; born December 14, 1833 in Ruhpolding , † June 28, 1905 in Anger ) was a Bavarian mountaineer and Capuchin priest .
Life
Born in 1833 on a small farm, Stephan Steinberger was destined for the profession of priest from birth. He attended from the age of ten years, the time still in Freising located Archbishop's Seminary . Here he began with extensive hikes and mountain tours. His ascent of the Sonntagshorn ( 1961 m ), which he combined with a hike to Traunstein , and that of the Schafberg ( 1782 m ) after an approach of 70 kilometers from Ruhpolding became known. The high mountains were difficult for him to reach at this time, which is why he undertook many winter climbs in the Bavarian Alps as training for upcoming glacier tours.
He achieved his first major alpine success on August 17, 1854 when he climbed the Großglockner ( 3798 m ). Up until then, this mountain had mainly been climbed by large-scale expeditions with scientific demands, but always with the help of local mountain guides . Steinberger, on the other hand, was the first to reach the summit without a guide and even on his own, which is seen as an important step in the development of the sporting component of mountaineering. Only a week later, on August 24th, Steinberger managed, again single-handedly, the first ascent of the 3851 m high Königspitze . This tour, on which he covered a distance of 24 kilometers and an ascent of 2750 meters in high alpine terrain in 18 hours from Trafoi , was doubted in 1894 by Louis Friedmann , who had tried to repeat this tour and had failed. For many years, Steinberger's first ascent was considered questionable, but today his descriptions are mostly believed to be credible.
On June 28, 1857 Steinberger was ordained a priest and subsequently ceased his alpine activities. In December 1864, he was accepted into the Capuchin Order and adopted the name of the order, Father Corbinian, after Saint Corbinian , the first bishop of Freising. Steinberger then became a preacher in Rosenheim , Türkheim , Burghausen and Laufen , in the Capuchin monastery Altötting and in Vilsbiburg he worked as a guardian . On June 28, 1905, he died of a stroke while visiting a college friend in Anger.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Steinberger, Stephan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 38th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1879, p. 51 ( digital copy ).
- Stephan Steinberger (Father Corbinian): Life and Writings . Ed .: Joseph Braunstein . Society of Alpine Book Friends, Munich 1929.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Pusch: Ortler - Königspitze - Zebrù . Rother, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7633-7027-7 , pp. 36 .
- ^ Oskar Kühlken: The Glockner book . The Grossglockner in the mirror of alpinism. Das Bergland-Buch, Salzburg 1951, ISBN 3-7023-0049-X , p. 121 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Pusch: Ortler - Königspitze - Zebrù . Rother, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7633-7027-7 , pp. 34-38 .
- ^ Reinhold Messner: King Ortler . Tappeiner, Lana 2004, ISBN 88-7073-349-1 , pp. 114 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinberger, Stephan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Father Corbinian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian mountaineer and capuchin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruhpolding |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1905 |
| Place of death | Anger |