!!!Hein, Erwin

b. Graz (Styria), April 4, 1905, 
d. Linz (Upper Austria), Jan. 8, 1989, geodesist, alpinist, mountain 
guide in Upper Austria. 1922-1928 first to climb many peaks of the 
Austrian Alps, 1929 took part in an expedition to the Andes, then 
stayed in South America for 11 years. Carried out surveying work for a 
map of the Andes which remains the best even today.

!Works
Der Kampf um die Weltberge, 1934 (together with T. Herzog); Die 
Weisse Cordillere, 1935 (together with P. Borchers).



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