Information: This is an old - not maintained - article of the AEIOU. In the Austria-Forum you find an updated version of this article in the new AEIOU.
Lerch, Theodor vonLerch, Theodor von, b. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Preßburg), Aug. 31, 1869, d. Vienna, Dec. 24, 1945, Major-general, ski pioneer, attended the military academy and war school, from 1897 officer on the general staff; 1910-1912 instructor in the Japanese army, L. (a student of M. Zdarsky and exponent of the Lilienfeld Skiing Technique ) became one of the most important early pioneers of skiing as a military and civilian sport in Japan. 1911 first ascent of Mount Fujiyama on skis (3748 m). Works: Die ersten Winterhochtouren in Japan, in: Ztschr. des Dt. und Ö. Alpenvereins 23, 1932; Ein Offizierskurs bei Zdarsky, in: M. Zdarsky (festschrift), ed. by E. Mehl, 1936. Literature: T. L. in: Ö. in Geschichte und Literatur 38, 1994.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
