Rudolf Kauschka (October 2, 1883, in Fukov, Bohemia

Bohemia

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 – April 2, 1960, Kempten

Kempten im Allgäu

Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...

, West Germany

West Germany

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) was a German sportsman, tourist, and mountaineer

Mountaineer

-Sports:*Mountaineering, the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains, also known as alpinism-University athletic teams and mascots:*Appalachian State Mountaineers, the athletic teams of Appalachian State University...

 from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

.
He was born in 1883 in the town of Fukov (Fugau in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

), which doesn't exist anymore. The area now belongs to Šluknov

Šluknov

Šluknov is the northernmost town of the Czech Republic in its Ústí nad Labem Region . It lies in the geographic region that shares its name, the Šluknov Hook , a small portion of Bohemia which lies between Saxon Switzerland and the Zittau Hills . The district of Rožany has a border crossing to...

, Děčín District

Decín District

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. In 1895, his family moved into Bílý Potok. Kauschka completed his studies in 1904 and became a customs

Customs

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 officer like his father. During that time, he made numerous trips and climbs in the Jizera Mountains

Jizera Mountains

Jizera Mountains , or Izera Mountains, are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part is formed from granite, with some areas formed from basalt. The mountains got their name from the Jizera River, which rises at the southern base of Smrk...

 and their surroundings.