Today, seized by a strange spirit, I made the brief pilgrimage to the grave of the poacher Hartl Hörmannsdorfer, as I am wont to do now and again. He is buried at the foot of the Mangfall Mountains, in whose shadow I have lived since founding the plague chronicle, in the churchyard of
Although the parallels aren’t exact, I imagine there are a lot of Hartl Hörmannsdorfer’s within the ranks of the farmers protesting the draconian measures being enacted by the WEF loving governments of Europe.
This is beautiful, thank you Eugyppius. You clearly were inspired. To my mind, this piece ties together cancel culture, the “rules-based” international order, gun control, defending the right to keep and bear arms, censorship and revision of historical facts, interest group lobbying, and punishment even unto death for those who defy unjust crackdowns imposed from on high — all in an alpine village more than 75 years ago. Rest in peace, Hartl, and may perpetual light shine upon you!
I look forward to your 'writings'....we are indeed kindred spirits! My home is just outside of Pagosa Springs, Colorado...in the crux formed by the San Juan Mountains and the East San Juans. We formerly FREE AMERICANS up here think of ourselves as 'WOLVERINES' fighting against the corrupt government wolves! THANK YOU for your insightful words over the past 4 years or so.
Readers here, please be alert to the encroachment of free use of land by the growth of conservancy organizations and easements. It is just another way to gain private ownership of public lands that the public traditionally has had access to enjoy and use.
Groups such as The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund wish to keep mongrel peasant serf regular folk from wilderness and hope to turn it into another greedy profitable stock market enterprise by the use of their predictable fluffy language.
This is a valuable reminder that atrocities of this nature have always been perpetrated against us, the common people. Telling other human beings that they have no right to partake of wild game caught by their own exertions. At your next visit you pay pour out a tiny bit of Barenjager in my name, if you will.
Very interesting. Eugyppius and others, what is a good book (no 800 page-long slog, please) that covers German history (especially the hardships experienced) in the years immediately following the end of WW 2?
Poaching seems to be quite a sport in Bavaria; one of the most famous being the "Bayerische Hiasl" Matthias Klostermayr (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Klostermayr). Always (everywhere I guess) had this aura of rebellion and reticence, something almost revolutionary, anti-feudal, self-determined. Dangerous fellows though.
What a Geschichte! Gibt es ein Dorf named Hörmann? Schweizerdeutsch was my second language by the time I was 6 and I lived in Frankfurt from 1965-72… I still love translating names usw.
Penalties for poachers are unduly harsh in other places as well. In 2017, a young cowboy who worked for me in Wyoming was caught by a game warden skinning an antelope he had shot on my private land. Never mind that these creatures were so prolific (and very destructive to hay crops) that the wardens often conducted mass culling to lower the population. This poor kid, a single father, almost lost custody of his young daughter for this crime. In the end, with the aid of an expensive lawyer, he paid a $5000 fine and lost hunting privileges for a year. The fact that I did not want to press charges made no difference.
Interesting. Never knew we also have cemetery censors to worry about.
Although the parallels aren’t exact, I imagine there are a lot of Hartl Hörmannsdorfer’s within the ranks of the farmers protesting the draconian measures being enacted by the WEF loving governments of Europe.
This is beautiful, thank you Eugyppius. You clearly were inspired. To my mind, this piece ties together cancel culture, the “rules-based” international order, gun control, defending the right to keep and bear arms, censorship and revision of historical facts, interest group lobbying, and punishment even unto death for those who defy unjust crackdowns imposed from on high — all in an alpine village more than 75 years ago. Rest in peace, Hartl, and may perpetual light shine upon you!
Love the story. Very interesting.
A story I will keep. At least vaccine mandates did not lead to the unvaccinated being shot - next time maybe.
I look forward to your 'writings'....we are indeed kindred spirits! My home is just outside of Pagosa Springs, Colorado...in the crux formed by the San Juan Mountains and the East San Juans. We formerly FREE AMERICANS up here think of ourselves as 'WOLVERINES' fighting against the corrupt government wolves! THANK YOU for your insightful words over the past 4 years or so.
Readers here, please be alert to the encroachment of free use of land by the growth of conservancy organizations and easements. It is just another way to gain private ownership of public lands that the public traditionally has had access to enjoy and use.
Groups such as The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund wish to keep mongrel peasant serf regular folk from wilderness and hope to turn it into another greedy profitable stock market enterprise by the use of their predictable fluffy language.
This is a valuable reminder that atrocities of this nature have always been perpetrated against us, the common people. Telling other human beings that they have no right to partake of wild game caught by their own exertions. At your next visit you pay pour out a tiny bit of Barenjager in my name, if you will.
Very interesting. Eugyppius and others, what is a good book (no 800 page-long slog, please) that covers German history (especially the hardships experienced) in the years immediately following the end of WW 2?
Thank you for the story. I agree with others at least non vaxxers have not been shot in the back , thus far.
Censorship on headstones. Good gravy
Poaching seems to be quite a sport in Bavaria; one of the most famous being the "Bayerische Hiasl" Matthias Klostermayr (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Klostermayr). Always (everywhere I guess) had this aura of rebellion and reticence, something almost revolutionary, anti-feudal, self-determined. Dangerous fellows though.
Wow! Thank you for this story/account of this valued man. May we learn valuable lessons from his life. ♥️
More like this, please!
What a Geschichte! Gibt es ein Dorf named Hörmann? Schweizerdeutsch was my second language by the time I was 6 and I lived in Frankfurt from 1965-72… I still love translating names usw.
Penalties for poachers are unduly harsh in other places as well. In 2017, a young cowboy who worked for me in Wyoming was caught by a game warden skinning an antelope he had shot on my private land. Never mind that these creatures were so prolific (and very destructive to hay crops) that the wardens often conducted mass culling to lower the population. This poor kid, a single father, almost lost custody of his young daughter for this crime. In the end, with the aid of an expensive lawyer, he paid a $5000 fine and lost hunting privileges for a year. The fact that I did not want to press charges made no difference.
Nice briar patch you live in E!