Theodor Edler von Lerch
Theodor Edler von Lerch (born August 31, 1869 in Pressburg , † December 24, 1945 in Vienna ) was an Austrian major general in the Austro-Hungarian army and ski pioneer.
He spent the years 1910 to 1912 as an exchange officer in the Imperial Japanese Army , where he became the most important pioneer of military and civil skiing . Lerch himself was trained by Mathias Zdarsky .
In 1911 he made the first ski ascent of Fuji .
In the Japanese city of Jōetsu a memorial and a ski museum were built in honor of Lerch. The annual “Lerch Festival” ( Japanese レ ル ヒ 祭 , Reruhi matsuri ) takes place there in February .
The city of Asahikawa pays tribute to Lerch's work with a memorial at the city's airport and a permanent exhibition in the Hokuchin Museum.
literature
- Rainer Egger - flour: Lerch Theodor von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p. 151 f. (Direct links on p. 151 , p. 152 ).
- Julia Krejsa (actually: Susanne Krejsa MacManus), Peter Pantzer: Japanese Vienna. Herold-Verlag, Vienna 1989, p. 141 f. ISBN 3700803842 . The book is also available in Japanese (Simul Press, Tokyo, ISBN 4377408372 ).
See also
Web links
- How alpine skiing came to Japan
- Lerch's visit to Japan and how he came to teach skiing
- Lerch Festival website (Japanese)
- Lerch Festival, video 1
- Lerch, Theodor von at AEIOU
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lerch, Theodor Edler from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian major general and ski pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1945 |
| Place of death | Vienna |