Jentsch August, Hannig Wolfram (w3410)
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- Description: Dr. August Jentsch and Wolfram Hannig were Austrian long-distance motorcyclists. Between 1953 and 1956 they completed a journey of approximately 120,000 km (75,000 miles) from Munich on a World War II BMW R75 sidecar outfit - a former Afrika Korps vehicle. Their route went south through western Africa - possibly the first motorcycle crossing of that route - and continued through South America, Central America and North America. The companion's name is sometimes rendered in English as "Tungsten Hannig", Tungsten being the English translation of the German name Wolfram. Jentsch recounted the journey in a self-published trilogy: Sterne über sieben Höllen (1957, reprinted 2001), Im Lande des Silberdollars (1958) and Nach Tausend Tagen (1959)
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Jentsch, August. Sterne über sieben Höllen. Autopubblicato, 1957. Jentsch, August. Im Lande des Silberdollars. 1958. Jentsch, August. Nach Tausend Tagen. 1959.
