Article ID: CBB001024653

Zum 100. Todesjahr von Xaver Imfeld (1853--1909): Ingenieur und Alpenkartograph (2009)

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Xaver Imfeld (1853--1909), engineer and topographer from central Switzerland, was the foremost designer of panoramas and relief models, cartographer and planner of mountain railways of his time in Switzerland. He was employed at the Swiss Topographic Bureau -- today the Federal Office of Topography -- from 1876 to 1890 and was responsible for the topographic survey of more than twenty sheets of the Siegfried map series. He drew more than forty mountain panoramas, built thirteen relief models of the Alps and was in charge of a number of mountain railway projects and the planning and development of the Sustenpass road. For his merits in representing the mountain world he received several international awards and was named honorary member of the Swiss Alpine Club in 1901, and later on also of the Club Alpin Français as well as the German and Austrian Alpine Clubs.

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Authors & Contributors
Rickenbacher, Martin
Luzzini, Francesco
Migliario, Elvira
Elena Gianasso
Rose Hadshar
Dario Zampieri
Concepts
Mountains
Geography
Cartography
Maps; atlases
Geology
Landscape; landscapes
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Ancient
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
Switzerland
Alps (Europe)
Italy
Europe
Austro-hungary
Veneto
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