Andreas Hofer
Andreas Hofer, horse dealer and owner of the "Sandwirt" Inn in the Passeier valley, commands the Tyrolean peasant uprising in 1809 against French and Bavarian troops. In 1810 he is captured, and on Napoleon's orders, executed by firing squad in Mantua. In England and Germany Napoleon is hated - and Andreas Hofer is a hero. Plays, poems and songs recall his fate. The places associated with the Tyrolean uprisings become "sights".
