Rudolf Ehrenfried (Rudolf) Riemann
1825–85
German agriculturalist and promoter of alpine tourism. In the late 1840s, studied agriculture, ecology, and natural science at Berlin. Bought the manor at Sagschütz bei Breslau, where he was a sheep-breeder, 1850. Bought an estate at Zell am See, 1868. Chairman, Pinzgau alpine club, 1871. Responsible for building several mountain paths and guest-houses and organising guided climbing in the area.
Sources
Pachmann 1925, p. 44
Scholz 2011
Bibliography
Pachmann, Ernst von. 1925. Aus dem Pinzgau. Historische Wanderung vom Zeller See nach Krimml. Zell am See: Mayor’s office.
Scholz, Horst. 2011. Rudolf Riemann—Pioneer aus Norddeutschland. Der Hippolyt 42 (June 2011): 11.
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