Simony, Friedrich#
Simony, Friedrich, b. Hrochuv Tynec, Czech Republic (then Hrochowteinitz), Nov. 30, 1813, d. St. Gallen (Styria), July 20, 1896, geographer and explorer of the Alps, father of Oskar Simony. 1851-1885 university professor in Vienna; introduced geography as university course, explored the Dachstein mountains and the Eastern Alps, climbed the Dachstein summit for the first time during winter in 1847. Was a friend of A. Stifter (portrayed as the scientist in the story ´Nachsommer´). An alpine refuge at 7234 ft and the notch between the glaciers ´Grosser Gosaugletscher´ and ´Hallstaetter Gletscher´ in the Dachstein Mountains are named after him.
Work: Das Dachsteingebiet, 2 vols., 1895.
Literature#
R. Lehr, Der Kampf um den Dachstein, 1971; F. Speta (ed.), Ein Leben fuer den Dachstein, festschrift, exhibition catalogue, Ooe. Landesmus., Linz 1996; O. Pausch, Neue Quellen zur Biographie F. S., in: Stifter-Jb., vol. 4, 1997.