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Andreas Hofer – The Freedom Fighter
Andreas Hofer was born on 22nd November 1767 at Sandhof by S. Leonardo. He lost both his parents very early. He had to take over the family farm when he was only 22. In order to reduce the amount of debts left by his step mother, he started serving and selling wine, corn and horses.
On his journeys through the country he got to know every part of South Tyrol which came in very handy in later life. In summer 1789 he married Anna Ladurner from Algund. She was a good wife and mother. Together they had 6 girls and one boy. As a young man, Hofer stood out due to his character.
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Dr. Joseph Ennemoser (1787 – 1854)
The doctor and scientist Josef Ennemoser was born on 15th November 1787 at Egghof in Corvara Passeier Valley. He went to school in Meran and then on to university in Padua, Innsbruck and Berlin.
The Tyrolean struggles for freedom happened in the middle of his time at university, and as secret writer for Andreas Hofer and officer of the Passeier home guard (Schützen) took part in these rebellions. After the fights Joseph moved to Berlin and studied at the university. Johann Gottlieb Fichte was head of the university at the time, and also Joseph’s philosophy lecturer. Professor Karl Christian Wolfart introduced the medical student from Rabenstein into the world of depth psychology and psychotherapy therefore carried on the work of the Viennese doctor Franz Anton Mesmer. Laying on of hands, hypnosis and suggestion became adjuvant of medicine.
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