Fritz Wintersteller
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Fritz Wintersteller was an Austrian mountaineer best known as a member of the team that made the first ascent of the eight-thousander Broad Peak in the Karakoram.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fritz Wintersteller canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2582462 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fritz Wintersteller Context triple: [Broad Peak, firstAscentBy, Fritz Wintersteller]
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A.
Walter Franz
Walter Franz is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Price," an aging, pragmatic furniture dealer whose negotiations reveal the play’s themes of memory, regret, and the cost of past choices.
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B.
Josef Jennewein
Josef Jennewein was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace and former Olympic alpine skier.
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C.
Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann was a Nazi official who was prosecuted as a defendant in the post-World War II RuSHA Trial for his involvement in racial policies and crimes against humanity.
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D.
Konrad Haase
Konrad Haase was a German military officer who commanded defending forces during the World War II Dieppe Raid in 1942.
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E.
Heinrich Wolff
Heinrich Wolff was a German architect best known for designing the main building of the Reichsbank, the central bank of Germany during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fritz Wintersteller Target entity description: Fritz Wintersteller was an Austrian mountaineer best known as a member of the team that made the first ascent of the eight-thousander Broad Peak in the Karakoram.
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A.
Walter Franz
Walter Franz is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Price," an aging, pragmatic furniture dealer whose negotiations reveal the play’s themes of memory, regret, and the cost of past choices.
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B.
Josef Jennewein
Josef Jennewein was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace and former Olympic alpine skier.
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C.
Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann was a Nazi official who was prosecuted as a defendant in the post-World War II RuSHA Trial for his involvement in racial policies and crimes against humanity.
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D.
Konrad Haase
Konrad Haase was a German military officer who commanded defending forces during the World War II Dieppe Raid in 1942.
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E.
Heinrich Wolff
Heinrich Wolff was a German architect best known for designing the main building of the Reichsbank, the central bank of Germany during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian person
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human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ |
| climbed | Broad Peak ⓘ |
| climbedInCountry | Pakistan ⓘ |
| climbedInMountainRange | Karakoram ⓘ |
| climbedInRegion | Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ |
| climbingDiscipline | high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Austria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-10-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-09-15 ⓘ |
| familyName | Wintersteller ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Fritz ⓘ |
| knownFor | first ascent of Broad Peak ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| madeFirstAscentOf | Broad Peak ⓘ |
| memberOfExpedition |
1957 Broad Peak expedition
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linked to:
1957 Austrian Broad Peak expedition
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| name | Fritz Wintersteller ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| notableAscent | Broad Peak first ascent 1957 ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in pioneering Karakoram expeditions ⓘ |
| occupation | mountaineer ⓘ |
| partnerInFirstAscent |
Hermann Buhl
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Kurt Diemberger ⓘ Marcus Schmuck ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Salzburg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fritz Wintersteller Description of subject: Fritz Wintersteller was an Austrian mountaineer best known as a member of the team that made the first ascent of the eight-thousander Broad Peak in the Karakoram.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.