140th anniversary of death - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1950 - 60 Groschen

Andreas Hofer arrived in St. Leonhard, in the capital of the Passeiertal north of Meran, on November 22, 1767, the son of Josef Hofer, landlord "am Sand", and Maria, b. Aigentler, to the world. He lost his mother early on, was raised by the stepmother and worked in his father's economy. Grown up, he took over the "Sandhof" and married in 1789 the Anna Ladurner from Lagundo, who gave birth to seven children. We do not hear much about his life until the year 1809, only on April 3, 1797, we find him captain of the Passeier shooters during a skirmish in Yenesia (near Bolzano). Tyrol had become bavarian on December 26, 1805. However, the Tyroleans were not satisfied with the Bavarian government in the following years and wanted to return to the rule of Austria. Andreas Hofer joined a deputation that presented its concerns in Vienna at the end of January / beginning of February 1809. Provided with detailed instructions, Hofer and his followers organized the historic uprising of the Tyroleans. During this uprising, he led for some time in the Hofburg in Innsbruck as Landesverweser the Government of Tyrol. Hofer was not successful in the end. He finally had to retire to the Pfandler-Alpe, where he was betrayed by a neighbor, captured on January 28, 1810, and taken to Mantua on February 5. On February 19, 1810, he was court-martialed there, sentenced to death, and shot dead at Porta Maggiore on February 20.