17459 Andreashofer | Discovered 1990 Oct. 13 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg. |
Innkeeper Andreas Hofer (1767-1810) headed the Tyrolese popular rising against French occupation and was executed by a firing squad on order of Napoleon. His patriotic and heroic engagement is the subject of numerous dramatic plays, stories and poems, notably by Rosegger, Eichendorff and Koerner. |
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