Emil Trinkler

Emil Trinkler ( born May 19, 1896 in Bremen, † April 19, 1931 ) was a German geographer and explorer of Asia.

Biography

Trinkler was the son of a tobacco merchant. He worked even as a schoolboy with problems of geography. He attended secondary school, left her and completed a commercial apprenticeship in his father's business. 1915/16 he was a soldier in the First World War. In 1917 he made ​​the final examination and studied since 1918 Geography and Natural Sciences at the University of Munich. He received his Ph.D. in 1922 in Munich with Erich von Drygalski with the problem of large Scharung in the Pamir areas with special emphasis on eastern and southeastern part.

1923/24, he worked for the Bremen German - Afghan Compagnie AG in Afghanistan. From 1927 to 1928 he taught a German Central Asia expedition, whose objective was topographical and geographical studies, and anthropological and archaeological research. Their route led from Kashmir on the Western Tibetan highlands in the north- western China Tarim Basin and the Taklamakan Desert. Trinkler developed in the expedition a special interest for Glaciology ( glaciology ).

After his return he published, due to its travel diaries, photographs and handwritten watercolors, various books and journals, including the most revealing for the layman in the land of storms. His archaeological collection is located in Bremen Overseas Museum.

Trinkler then lived in Berlin and already died in 1931 in a traffic accident on the way from Bremen to Bremerhaven.

His other present as manuscripts expedition results were processed by Hellmut de Terra (1900-1981), who had also participated in the expedition alongside Walter Bosshard (1892-1975) and published posthumously ( Scientific results of Dr. Trinkler'schen Central Asia expedition, Berlin 1932). The Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig holds about 300 documents, letters and documents drinking Sparklers German photo library has a stock of around 600 expedition photos.

Honors

In Bremen Horn Lehe has been named after him near the Botanical Gardens a road.

Works

  • Tibet: Its image and its geographical position in the Asian continent. Munich 1922
  • The problem of large Scharung in the Pamir areas with special emphasis on eastern and southeastern part. Munich 1923
  • Cross through Afghanistan to India. Berlin 1927
  • Afghanistan: A study regional studies on the basis of the existing material and personal observation. Gotha 1928
  • The Lobwüste and Lobnor problem due to the latest research. In: Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, 1929, page 353ff.
  • In the land of storms: With yak and camel caravans through Central Asia. Leipzig 1930
  • The land of the Dalai Lama. Berlin 1930
  • Geographical research in western Central Asia and the Karakoram Himalayas. Berlin 1932
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