Memorial Plaque for Adolf Hörhager on the Outer Wall of the Priest Chapel on the Friedhof Ried in the Zillertal

As part of their takeover of power, the National Socialists arrested Adolf Hörhager on the night of 11 to 12 March 1938, because he was the leader of the Patriotic Front in the Innsbruck-Land district. They first deported him to the Dachau concentration camp, then to the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, he died on 1 February 1940. Adolf Hörhager was the founder and leading member of the Catholic academic association Rheno-Danubia. In order to also create a public place of remembrance in his home community, the association donated a memorial plaque in Hörhager's birth parish Ried-Kaltenbach. It is located on the northern outer wall of the priest's chapel on the cemetery in Ried. A QR code leads to a detailed description of his life course, researched by Stephan Astegger. Priest Erwin Gerst consecrated the memorial plaque on 14 April 2024, with great participation from the parish community and numerous relatives of the Rheno-Danubia.