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Johann Santner (21 April, 1840 in Sankt Jakob in Defereggen
Sankt Jakob in Defereggen (Southern Bavarian: ''St. Jakoub in Dejfreggin'') is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Population
Personalities
*Mario Scheiber
Mario Scheiber (born March 6, 1983, in Sankt Ja ...
- 21 May, 1912 in Bozen
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...
) was a Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
ean mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
and first climber to reach the summit of the Santnerspitze, which was later given his name in his honor, of the Schlern
The Schlern (; it, Sciliar ; lld, Sciliër; 2,563 m) is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The peak at the north west end of the mountain (left, in the image at right) was first ascended in July 1880 by Johann Santner. It is ...
on 2 July, 1880. He also was the first climber on the Gran Cir.
Life
Johann Santner came to Bozen in 1875 as a florist. In 1876 he became a member of the local branch of the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein. The Schlern was his favorite mountain, he climbed it over 400 times - the last time in 1911 at the age of 71.References
* Hans Kiene: ''Die Entwicklung der Bozner Bergsteigerei'' in:Der Schlern
''Der Schlern'' (full German title: ''Der Schlern – Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde''; en, The Schlern – Magazine for South Tyrolean Regional Studies) is a German-language monthly for the study of science, research, art and culture re ...
1926, pages 407-415
* Eduard Widmoser: ''Südtirol A-Z'', 4th volume (O-Z), Innsbruck 1995, Südtirol-Verlag, page 195
* Bruno Mahlknecht: ''Santners Traum. Ein Bergsteiger und sein Denkmal'', German-language daily ''Dolomiten'', 15 September, 2004, page 19
External links
website in German
Austrian Biographical Lexicon of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences 1840 births 1912 deaths Austrian mountain climbers {{Austria-bio-stub