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Reinhold Messner
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Reinhold Messner, born Andreas Messner in 1944 in Brixen, is an Italian explorer, politician, writer, and mountaineer. He holds citizenship in Italy and speaks Italian and German. His professional activities include work in Strasbourg and Brussels, where he served as a Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Federation of the Greens political party.
Messner has received the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, the Romy, and the Bambi Award. He owns Juval Castle and has partnered in business with Fila, Inc. He has four children. His notable works include *Internationalisierung des Strafrechts*, *Montañas desde el espacio*, *Alleingang Nanga Parbat*, and *EN LOS LÍMITES DE LA TIERRA*. He is also associated with the department of acting.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 160
Top works
- Internationalisierung des Strafrechts
- Montañas desde el espacio
- Alleingang Nanga Parbat
- Reinhold Messner
- EN LOS LÍMITES DE LA TIERRA
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to…
Known for
- K2 Chasing Shadows — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Last Expedition — Self2024
- Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà2021
- 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible — Himself2021
- The Alpinist — Self2021
- Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg — Self2021
- Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst2020
- Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner2020
- Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche — Self2019
- Fine Lines — Self2019
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Brixen
- Occupation
- film director
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Political party
- Federation of the Greens
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Official website
- reinhold-messner.de
- Image
- Reinhold Messner in Koeln 2009.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- Brussels
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- Commons category
- Reinhold Messner
- date of birth
- 1944-09-17
- name in native language
- Reinhold Messner
- partner in business or sport
- Fila, Inc.
- owner of
- Juval Castle
- birth name
- Reinhold Andreas Messner
- P10632
- Reinhold Messner
- official shop URL
- reinholdmessner.store
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Encyclopedic overview
Reinhold Andreas Messner ( German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen. He was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, doing so without supplementary oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds and also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. He is widely considered to be the greatest mountaineer of all time.
From 1999 to 2004, Messner served as a member of the European Parliament for north-east Italy, as a member of the Federation of the Greens.
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