Peter Sigmair
Peter Sigmair (also Siegmair , Sigmayr ; born February 5, 1775 in Mitterolang ; † January 14, 1810 there ) was a Tyrolean landlord and freedom fighter .
Life
Peter Sigmair was born in 1775 as the eldest son of Tharerwirt Georg Sigmair and Maria Heidenpergerin. On February 7, 1809, he married Elisabeth Messner, a farmer's daughter from Antholz . When the Tyrolean uprising broke out in the spring of 1809, Siegmair joined the Landsturm and was appointed first lieutenant of the Olang rifle company . With this he carried out border security measures in the Luggau, Kreuzberg near Sexten and Ampezzo and was involved in individual fights. After the breach of the Peace of Schönbrunn and the renewed flare-up of the fighting in the Pustertal and Eisack Valley in November 1809, Sigmair was deployed as commander on the left Rienzufer and Bote between the delegations of the Landsturm around Brixen and Bruneck . After the rebels had given up the hopeless fight in December, the French began looking for the leaders under General Broussier. Sigmair hid in a hut on the mountain that belonged to his father. When they did not find him, threatening to his place his blind father shoot , he introduced himself and was from a January 14, 1810 firing squad executed.
Commemoration
A chapel from the 18th century near the execution site was dedicated to the memory of Sigmair as "Tharerstöckl". The painting on the facade, created by Siegfried Pörnbacher in 1977, shows Sigmair's shooting. On July 17, 1910, Archduke Franz Ferdinand unveiled the Tharer monument created by Josef Piffrader in Olang, showing Peter Sigmair with his father kneeling next to him.
The village square in Olang was renamed Peter-Siegmair-Platz , in Innsbruck the Siegmairstraße , in Völs the Peter-Siegmair-Straße was named after him. The Olang band also bears the name Peter Sigmairs.
In the 20th century, several plays about Sigmair's life were created, including Peter Siegmayr, the Tharerwirt by Hans Leiß (around 1909) and Peter Siegmair, the Tharerwirt of Olang by Josef Leo.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sigmair, Peter . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 271 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Sommeregger: Sigmair, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 343 f.
- Michael Forcher: Anno Nine: the Tyrolean struggle for freedom of 1809 under Andreas Hofer. Events, backgrounds, aftermath. Haymon, Innsbruck 2008
- Matthias Martin Domanig: Peter Siegmayr - martyr of filial love. 2007 ( PDF; 163 kB )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tharer-Stoeckl in Mitterolang in Monument browser on the website of the South Tyrol Landesdenkmalamt
- ↑ Thardenkmal in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- ↑ Peter Sigmair Olang band
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sigmair, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siegmair, Peter; Sigmayr, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrolean freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitterolang |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1810 |
| Place of death | Mitterolang |