In the Tracks of Travellers. The Travelogues of Ida Pfeiffer and Ina von Grumbkow.

This article deals with the travel books of two women who travelled around Iceland and wrote about their journeys, the German Ina von Grumbkow and the Austrian explorer Ida Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer visited Iceland in 1845 and wrote her observations in Nordlandfahrt. Eine Reise nach Skandinavien und Island...

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Main Author: Sverrisdóttir, Oddný G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Milli Mála 2015
Subjects:
Ida
Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/millimala/article/view/1461
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Summary:This article deals with the travel books of two women who travelled around Iceland and wrote about their journeys, the German Ina von Grumbkow and the Austrian explorer Ida Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer visited Iceland in 1845 and wrote her observations in Nordlandfahrt. Eine Reise nach Skandinavien und Island im Jahre 1845. Von Grumbkow travelled around Iceland in 1908 after her fiancée, the German scientist Walther von Knebel, and his friend the painter Max Rudloff disappeared without a trace on their expedition in Iceland in 1907. Von Grumbkow did not believe the explorers could vanish without a trace and therefore went to Iceland to search for them or some evidence on their disappearance. After her journey she wrote the book Ísafold. Bilder einer Islandreise. This article focuses on the experience of Pfeiffer and von Grumbkow in Iceland and their descriptions of Icelandic nature and of the islanders and their culture. The advantages of travelogues in cultural tourism are also discussed. Keywords: Travel literature on Iceland, Ida Pfeiffer, Ina von Grumbkow, cultural tourism Í greininni er fjallað um ferðaly?singar tveggja þy?skumælandi kvenna, hinnar þy?sku Inu von Grumbkow og hinnar austurrísku Idu Pfeiffer. Ida Pfeiffer ferðaðist um Ísland árið 1845 og skrifaði bókina Nordlandfahrt. Eine Reise nach Skandinavien und Island im Jahre 1845 að loknu ferðalaginu. Ina von Grumbkow kom til Íslands árið 1908, ári eftir að unnusti hennar Walther von Knebel og vinur hans Max Rudloff fórust í rannsóknarleiðangri í slysi í Öskjuvatni, til að leita ummerkja um afdrif unnusta síns. Bók hennar Ísafold. Bilder einer Islandreise kom út árið 1909 og hefur verið þy?dd á íslensku. Í greininni er fjallað um ly?singar þeirra Inu von Grumbkow og Idu Pfeiffer á aðstæðum á Íslandi, lifnaðarháttum Íslendinga, húsakynnum og náttúru landsins eins og það kemur þeim fyrir sjónir. Einnig er fjallað stuttlega um viðbrögð Íslendinga við ólíkum ly?singum þeirra Idu Pfeiffer og Inu von Grumbkow og mikilvægi slíkra ferðaly?singa í menningartengdri ...