!!!Hofer, Andreas

b. St. Leonhard in Passeier valley/Val Passiria (South Tyrol), Nov. 22, 1767, 
d. Mantua, (Italy, shot), Feb. 20, 1810, leader of  Tyrol's Fight for 
Freedom in 1809, innkeeper (the inn "Am Sand" in Jaufenstrasse in the 
Passeier valley). 1790 member of the Tyrolean provincial parliament, 
marksmen captain, 1809 close friend of Archduke  Johann. After Austria 
was defeated in the War of the Third Coalition ( Napoleonic Wars) vast 
parts of Tyrol were detached from Austria in 1805/06 and became part 
of the Kingdom of Bavaria; the ruling House of Austria chose H. to 
lead the uprising against the Bavarian and French occupying forces on 
April 9, 1809, and after the Imperial Austrian forces had withdrawn, 
H. took over command mid-May and won battles at Berg Isel on May 25 
and 29. After the armistice of Znojmo on July 12, French troops again 
occupied Tyrol, H. called up the militia and won another battle at 
Berg Isel on Aug. 13. Took up residence in Innsbruck and ruled Tyrol 
from Aug. 15 to Oct. 21. After the peace of Schoenbrunn (Oct. 14) he 
resumed the fight but on Nov. 1, 1809 lost the 4th battle of Berg 
Isel. On Nov. 11 once again issued a call to arms which resulted in 
defeat. H. fled, was betrayed by Franz Raffl and on Jan. 28, 1810 was 
arrested in his hide-out in the Maehderhuette at Pfandleralm (Alpine 
pasture of the Prantacher farm opposite St. Martin in Passeier 
valley). Was court-martialled in Mantua and executed on Napoleon' 
instruction. 1823 buried in Hofkirche church in Innsbruck; several 
monuments and literary works are dedicated to him.

!Literature
H. Kramer, A. H., %%sup 10/%1974; K. Paulin, A. H. und der 
Ti. Freiheitskampf, 1996; H. Magenschab, A. H., 1998.



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