{{Infobox person | name = Franz Senn | image = Franz Senn.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Franz Xaverius Senn | birth_date = {{Birth date|1831|03|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Längenfeld]], [[Ötztal]], Austrian Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1884|01|31|1831|03|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[Neustift im Stubaital]], Austrian Empire | citizenship = Austrian | other_names = | occupation = Priest, mountaineer | known_for = }} '''Franz Xaverius Senn''' (19 March 1831 – 31 January 1884<ref name="ndb">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Schirmer |first=Gerhard |year=2010 |title=Senn, Franz Xaverius |encyclopedia=Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) |volume=24 |page=261 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |id= |isbn=978-3428112050}}</ref>) was an Austrian [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Catholic priest]] and [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] who was among the first to promote alpinism and foster the early development of mountaineering in [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]]. His concern for the poverty of his parishioners led him to encourage tourism into the Stubaital and Ötztal valleys. Senn was an early member of the [[Austrian Alpine Club]] and a founding member of the [[German Alpine Club]]. The [[Franz Senn Hut]] and the [[Sennkogel]] are named in his honour. Senn's passion for mountaineering led to his ascent of numerous 3,000-metre summits throughout the [[Ötztal Alps]].<ref name="otztal">{{cite web|title=Franz Senn |work=Ötztal |url=http://www.vent.at/history-winter |accessdate=January 11, 2013}}</ref>
==References== ;Citations {{reflist}} ;Bibliography {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Oberwalder |first=Louis |title=Franz Senn: Alpinismuspionier und Gründer des Alpenvereins |publisher=Tyrolia |location=Innsbruck |year=2004 |isbn=978-3702226299}} {{Refend}}
==External links== * [http://en.gloria.tv/?media=183753 Der Gletscherpfarrer] {{small|(video)}}
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