Mensen Ernst
Cafeterias Ernst ( * in the summer of 1795 in Fresvik the Sognefjord, Norway, as Mons Monsen Oyri, † probably January 22, 1843 in the desert of Syene ) was a Norwegian high-speed.
Cafeterias Ernst drove since 1813 as a sailor in the world - but never again returned to Norway, before he discovered his true destiny in the fast mode. One of the first races in 1819 was 116 km route between London and Portsmouth, for which he needed nine hours. He ran in 1820 in all major cities on the continent of Europe and won against dogs, horses and other runners.
His greatest achievement was the quick run from Paris to Moscow in 1832: cafeterias Ernst launched on 11 June, will go imprisoned in Russia as a suspicious stranger, can escape his goal reached after only 14 days, and had thus the 2500 km as the crow yet handled faster than the agreed 15 days. In the same year cafeterias Ernst ran on behalf of the King of Bavaria from Munich to Nafplio, the first capital of liberated Greece, which was then ruled by a king of the House of Wittelsbach. In 1836 he is running in 59 days of Constantine Opel to Calcutta and back, a distance of 8300 km and with average daily distances of 150 km.
The Garden Artist Neapolitan committed Ernst 1841 for courier runs between his castle Branitz difference ( Cottbus ) and Berlin, and as Ernst from his service, he spread the story that he had sent him so he erlaufe the sources of the Nile. Whether dining halls Ernst is actually managed remains unexplained. His life trace is lost in any case. Some texts report, English tourists had found his body and buried in the Sahara south of Aswan. Other sources suggest canteens Ernst is identical with the " man with the wings on the feet ," tell of the African tale.
The name cafeterias Ernst was detected in the baptismal register of the parish Bickenriede for the acquisition of a patent office. This at least his stay on the farm monastery Anrode with the family von Wedemeyer is confirmed.
Cafeterias Ernst died probably on January 22, 1843 during a run to the sources of the Nile (?) South of Syene on the Ruhr.
As an important historical source on the life of cafeterias Ernst applies edited by the Silesian writer Gustav Rieck autobiography cafeterias Ernst 's life, sea, land and quick travel to all five parts of the world. After oral and written traditions. 2nd edition, Wroclaw 1841.
Ernst's life is the subject of a German novel: Marc Buhl, Rashida or The run to the sources of the Nile. Frankfurt: Eichborn, 2005 and in paperback Munich: Piper, 2006.