Memorial plaque for Priest Anton Granig at the Parish Church Sagritz

Anton Granig was born in 1901 in Mitten, a district of the municipality of Großkirchheim in the Mölltal. In 1932, the son of a farmer was ordained a priest. During the National Socialism, he was one of the key figures of the resistance movement "Antifaschistische Freiheitsbewegung Österreich," founded in 1942. In the middle of 1943, this movement was uncovered and Anton Granig was arrested. In a trial before the People's Court, he was sentenced to death and on April 15, 1945, along with 43 other people, shot in the prison Stein on the Danube in Lower Austria. To the right of the wall next to the church entrance of the parish church Sagritz, there is a memorial plaque in memory of Anton Granig. In addition, since 1987, a street in the Klagenfurt district of Welzenegg has been named after Dr. Anton Granig.