Julius Kugy
Julius Kugy (19 July 1858 – 5 February 1944) was a
mountaineer, writer,
botanist,
humanist, lawyer and officer of Slovenian descent. He wrote mostly in German. He is renowned for his travelogues from opening up the
Julian Alps, in which he reflected on the relationship between man, nature, and culture. He opposed competing
nationalist ideologies in the
Alpe-Adria region, insisting on the need of peaceful co-existence among
Slovene, Italian and
German peoples.
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