Englishmen’s misadventure (Q27690006)
- matcher place: Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (relation 1946367)
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- English Wikipedia categories: 1936 disasters in Germany, 1936 in Germany, April 1936 events, Disasters in Germany, Germany–United Kingdom relations, Hiking, Mountaineering disasters
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The English calamity (German: Engländerunglück) was a hiking disaster which happened on the Schauinsland near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 17 April 1936. A group of twenty-seven English schoolboys were stranded after they were led up the mountain by their teacher, Kenneth Keast, who ignored multiple warnings of poor weather conditions. While hiking along the crest of the mountain, the ill-prepared group became disoriented due to fog and an ongoing snowstorm. With the intervention of residents from a nearby village, the majority of the group were returned to safety. Five students died from exhaustion.
Im sogenannten Engländerunglück geriet am 17. April 1936 eine Gruppe von 27 englischen Schülern am Schauinsland in Bergnot, nachdem sie trotz ungünstiger Wettervorhersage unter Leitung ihres Lehrers von Freiburg im Breisgau aus auf den Berg gewandert war. Auf dem Kamm verlor die Gruppe in einem Meter Neuschnee, Nebel und Schneesturm die Orientierung. Durch beherztes Handeln der Hofsgrunder Bevölkerung konnten die meisten der Schüler gerettet werden, fünf starben an Erschöpfung.
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