Thaler, Andreas#
b. Oberau (municipality of Wildschoenau, Tirol), Sept. 10, 1883, d. Dreizehnlinden, (Treze Tilias, Brazil), June 28, 1939, farm worker, farmer and politician (Christian Socialist). 1927-1934 member of the Nationalrat, 1929-1932 chairman of the Farmers' Association of the Reich, 1926-1929 and 1930/1931 Minister of Agriculture. 1933/1934 organized the emigration of several hundred Tirolean farmers to Brazil, where they established the town of Dreizehnlinden.