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Josef Naus
Josef Naus (1793–1871) was an officer and surveying technician, known for leading the first ascent of Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Variations of his name are Karl Naus or Joseph Naus.
Life and career.
Naus was born on 29 August 1793 in Lechaschau / Tyrol or, according to other sources, Reutte. He was the son of a judge and came from a family that had probably immigrated from Belgium or the Netherlands to Tyrol in the 17th century. As a young man Naus
Josef Naus and mountain guide, Johann Georg Tauschl together with Naus' survey assistant and batman (servant), Maier. As early as 21 July Naus, an officer in the Bavarian Army, had asked about the route through the Reintal valley to the Northern Schneeferner. The lieutenant was taking part in a survey exercise by the Royal Bavarian Topographic Bureau ("Königlich Bairischen Topographischen Bureau") for the Atlas of Bavaria ("Atlas von Bayern") in the Werdenfelser Land. On 26 August, the three of them climbed