# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-herrligkoffer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:05:32.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-herrligkoffer"
name: "Karl Herrligkoffer"
slug: "karl-herrligkoffer"
description: "Karl Maria Herrligkoffer was a German medical doctor, who from 1953 and 1986, organized and directed numerous German and Austrian mountaineering expeditions including 13 expeditions to five of the world's highest peaks in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. There were some notable successes on these expeditions including the first ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m), and also the second and third ascent of that mountain, the successful ascent of Everest (8849m) by 15 people from one expedition, the first ascent of the South Ridge of K2 (8611m), the first attempt on Broad Peak (8051m), and the first ascent of about 35 peaks during two expeditions to east Greenland."
tagline: "German physician and mountaineer (1916–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Rottach-Egern_%E2%80%94_St._Laurentius_%E2%80%94_Friedhof_%E2%80%94_Herrligkoffer.JPG/330px-Rottach-Egern_%E2%80%94_St._Laurentius_%E2%80%94_Friedhof_%E2%80%94_Herrligkoffer.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-06-13"
deathDate: "1991-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             0.8111615833874106
  historical:           5.726642666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Maria_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl Maria Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Maria_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl Maria Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Maria_Herrligkoffer"
    title: "Karl-Maria Herrligkoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump