Let's spend a day following the footpaths of Peter Mitterhofer.
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| weather: great! place: close to Meran |
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| Partschins around 1910. Mitterhofer's Partschins must have looked very similar. |
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| Here is where he started roaming: his birth house, demolished 1896. Source: Lassnig, Dorfgeschichte, 2012. |
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| He roamed quite a bit in and around this house. Text informs us he lived here before marrying. Source: information board in the village Partschins. |
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| The same place today: the fabulous architecture of the Mitterhofer Museum. (see their website) |
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| It's fantastic, so have another look. |
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| searching for Peter Mitterhofer |
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| most of the time, he roamed there: approaching his house |
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| He lived here for 31 years. His prototypes where discovered in this house years after his death. |
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| Peter Mitterhofer house in Partschins |
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| Peter, not Christopher |
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| more detailed information (click to view) |
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| Here is the master himself. Location: Mitterhofer Museum. |
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| It was the first time I could see a Mitterhofer machine. Yes, it's a real one. Discovered late, and one of the 6 models we know of. |
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| We continue roaming with Peter Mitterhofer. As you know, he travelled to Vienna (on foot!!) (twice!!!) to show his inventions to the Emperor Francis Joseph. |
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| Information board in the village. |
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| Sensational facsimile of a letter typed by Peter Mitterhofer to his friend and benefactor, Ritter Franz von Goldegg. Written on his machine!! |
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| So much roaming makes us hungry. Peter Mitterhofer probably ate the same Knödels. |
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| He might have enjoyed a fresh Tyrolian egg, too. |
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| Here he roamed. Partschins in the morning. |
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| The local church. Notice the side wall, now in the shade. |
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| Back at this very wall, in the sunlight. |
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| different view |
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| And here is where Peter Mitterhofer stopped roaming. The inscription below is useless. Stone placed 30 years after his death. |
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| We continue roaming, today, without Peter, and find a good many buildings, institutions, or streets named after him. |
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| view from inside the Mitterhofer Museum |
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| Bye bye Peter Mitterhofer. See you next year. |
Thanks for the glimpses. I hope to go sometime. Back in the 80s I was invited to Partschins by a guy I met in Rome but didn't go.
ResponderBorrarOh wie schön! Mir haben die Jausebüffets damals besonders gefallen.
ResponderBorrarVery nice descriptions and for me very informative too. I knew of the history of Mitterhofer and his place in the development of the typewriter but I was really vague as to what he had accomplished. Your article has sparked my interest and I will try to find out what I can.
ResponderBorrarImagine, six Mitterhofers in existence, that in itself is a miracle.
Thank you, and good luck with your research!
Borrar