!!!Mayr, Peter

b. Siffian near Bozen/Bolzano (South Tyrol), Aug. 15, 1767, 
d. Bozen/Bolzano (South Tyrol executed), Feb. 20, 1810, innkeeper and 
freedom fighter. Also called "Wirt an der Mahr" (innkeeper on the Mahr 
river), he was in command of the rebels in  Tyrol's Fight for Freedom, 
which he continued after the Truce of Znojmo at Brixen/Bressanone and 
Klausen/Chiusa. P.  Rosegger wrote a biographical novel about him in 
1893. Monument in front of the tavern at the River Mahr near 
Brixen/Bressanone.

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