Zoller, Franz Karl#
b. Klagenfurt (Carinthia), Sept. 4, 1748, d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Nov. 18, 1829; writer of dialect poetry, topographer, graphic artist; son of Anton Zoller, brother of Josef Anton Zoller. Worked with the provincial government of Tyrol, where he was appointed Director of Public Works; wrote songs (some of them in dialect), for example the "Spingeser Schlachtlied" ("Kriegslied eines Tyrolers im Landsturm", 1797) during Tyrol's Fight for Freedom against the French and the Bavarians.
Further works#
Poetry: Ti. Schuetzenlied, 1808. - Comedy: Der Ti. Kirchtag, 1819. - Topographic works: Alphabetisch-topograph. Verzeichnis saemtlicher Graf- und Herrschaften ... der gefuersteten Grafschaft Ti. und damit vereinigten Vbg. Landen, 1806; Geschichte und Denkwuerdigkeiten der Stadt Innsbruck, 2 vols., 1816/1825. - Graphic designs in the Ferdinandeum, the provincial museum of the Tyrol situated in Innsbruck.