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Simony, Friedrich
© Copyright Friedrich Simony, photo, around 1885 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 ´Hallstätter 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 für den Dachstein, festschrift, exhibition catalogue, Oö. Landesmus., Linz 1996; O. Pausch, Neue Quellen zur Biographie F. S., in: Stifter-Jb., vol. 4, 1997.
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