Ludwig Purtscheller

Ludwig Purtscheller (* October 6th 1849 in Innsbruck; † March 3rd 1900 in Bern, Switzerland) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher. October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck (population 120,000) is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Swiss German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ...

In the late 19th century he was known as the best mountaineer in the alps, where he had climbed over 1700 mountains. He is best know for his first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889 together with the German mountaineer Hans Meyer. Kilimanjaro is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

He died when trying to climb the mountain Dru in the French Alps near Mont Blanc. The French Alps are simply those parts of the Alps which lie in France. ... This article is about the Alpine mountain. ...