Johann Santner monumento in Siusi allo Sciliar

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 Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Ita ...

- 21 May, 1912 in

Bozen Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The g ...

) was a

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

ean

mountaineer Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ...

and first climber to reach the summit of the Santnerspitze, which was later given his name in his honor, of the

Schlern The Schlern (; ; ; 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 named the San ...

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 German and Austrian Alpine Club (, DuÖAV) was a merger of the German, Austrian and German Bohemian Alpine Club that existed from 1873 to 1938. History In 1862 the ''Sektion Austria'' was founded in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the ca ...

. 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''; ) is a German-language monthly for the study of science, research, art and culture related to South Tyrol. First published on 1 January 1920, it is n ...

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 The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...

1840 births 1912 deaths Mountain climbers from Austria-Hungary {{Austria-bio-stub