!!!Prosch, Peter b. Ried im Zillertal (Tyrol), June 28, 1744, d. Ried im Zillertal, Jan. 5, 1804, author of an autobiography. Came from a poor peasant's family, famous as travelling "Hoftyroler", who earned his living as a kind of jester at the princes´ courts. After 1789 inn-keeper and farmer in his native village. His autobiography "Leben und Ereignisse des P. P. ..." (1789) is an important historical document. !Literature R.-R. Wuthenow, Das erinnerte Ich, 1974. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Prosch,_Peter|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]