In the year 1809 Archduke Charles appealed to the German people
to resist Napoleon's ally, Bavaria. Tyrol was the only one
to heed the Archduke's appeal and rose against the French
under the freedom fighter Andreas Hofer. Austria ultimately
betrayed Tyrol and the rebellion failed. Less than a year
later, Hofer was executed.
site is in part dedicated to Hofer and used to distribute
his farewell letter. It also serves as a place for sharing
geneaology information with family.
Hofer at Innsbruck.
Engraving by Franz von Defregger
Andreas Hofer, who has been appointed commander-in-chief of
the army of the Tyrol is waited on by different delegations.
and loud noise resounded once more in the street, and another
solemn procession approached the tavern. This time, however,
the members of the procession did not remain in the street,
but entered the house, and the landlord, who had just gone
down stairs to fetch some more bottles of wine from his cellar,
hastened back to the balcony room and announced that all commanders
of the Landsturm and the municipal officers had arrived to
pay their respects to the commander-in-chief of the Tyrol,
and communicate a request to him."
Mulbach's "Andreas Hofer."