Furtwängler, Walter |
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BORN 23 Nov 1887, München, Bayern - DIED 15 May 1967, Bad Wiessee, Bayern: Haus Tanneck BIRTH NAME Furtwängler, Walter Eugen Georg GRAVE LOCATION Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee, Bayern: Bergfriedhof |
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Walter Furtwängler was a younger brother of the famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. In 1912 he was, together with Siegfried König, the first person who descended the large glacier of the Kilimanjaro with skis. The glacier was named after him. He married Hildegard Röcken. Actress Maria Furtwängler is their granddaughter. Related persons • is brother/sister of Furtwängler, Wilhelm |
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 The grave of Walter Furtwängler and Bernard Furtwängler at the Bergfriedhof, Bad Wiessee. Picture by Androom (02 Sep 2016) |
Sources • Scheibmayr, Erich, Gräber in Oberbayern - ausserhalb von München, Verlag Erich Scheibmayr, München, 1998 • Walter Furtwängler - Das Mount Kilimanjaro Wiki |
