Ulrich Wieland
Ulrich "Uli" Wieland (born June 5, 1902 in Ulm ; † July 9, 1934 at Nanga Parbat , Pakistan ) was a German mountaineer and alpine pioneer.
Life
Uli Wieland was born as the son of Philipp Wieland († 1949 on Lake Thun ) and his wife Lydie Wieland († 1938) in Ulm. He grew up as the youngest child of a family of manufacturers with two sisters and three brothers.
His grandfather Philipp Jakob Wieland founded the Wieland plants in Ulm and Vöhringen in 1820 . After completing his high school diploma and subsequent studies, the young graduate engineer expanded his professional experience during a three-year stay abroad in the United States of America . After his return he was a senior executive in his family's company from 1930.
Wieland was already an avid mountaineer at the age of 15.
On June 8, 1930 he climbed the 7,459 m high Jongsong Peak in the Himalayas as part of an expedition to the Kangchenjunga under the leadership of Günter Dyhrenfurth . An ascent of the Kangchenjunga was not possible due to the adverse weather and the snow storm.
In 1934 Uli Wieland took part in the German Nanga Parbat Expedition 1934 , the aim of which was the first ascent of the 8,125 m high Nanga Parbat. On July 8th, however, the weather changed, a hurricane combined with heavy snowstorms arose. Due to advanced exhaustion and the adverse conditions, Uli Wieland died on July 9, 1934 and has been missing on the mountain ever since. Nine other mountaineers were killed on this expedition: Alfred Drexel on June 8th, Willo Welzenbach on July 14th, Willy Merkl on July 16th and the six Sherpas Nurbhu, Pinzo, Taschi, Dorje, and Gay-Lay.
Others
- At the turn of 1937/38 was in Wasserburg on Lake Constance , the Uli Wieland street named after him and erected a memorial stone at the country estate of his grandfather.
- In his home climbing area Blautal on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb in Weiler / Achtal is the Uli-Wieland hut of the Ulm section of the German Alpine Club .
- In honor of Wieland, the secondary school in Vöhringen near Ulm was renamed Uli-Wieland-Volksschule (secondary school) on the 50th anniversary of his death in 1984 . The school website reads:
“Uli Wieland was an exemplary person. Through his professional endeavors, his conscientious behavior and his unselfish commitment, he is a role model for the young. "
literature
- Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 471 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Much in Wasserburg is reminiscent of Uli Wieland (March 3, 2009)
- ^ Short biography of Uli Wieland on the website of the “Uli-Wieland-Volksschule” in Vöhringen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieland, Ulrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wieland, Uli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1934 |
| Place of death | Nanga Parbat , Pakistan |