Hans-Pramer-Platz

Hans Pramer was a railway worker, long-term SP functionary, and chairman of the railway union in the district of Hallein. He became involved in the illegal union movement and the "Revolutionäre Sozialisten" from 1934 onwards, continued his resistance activities after the "Anschluss" of Austria, was arrested on 22 February 1942, sentenced to two years in prison for high treason, and was murdered in the prison camp Landsberg on 29 May 1943. In memory of Hans Pramer, the town of Hallein renamed the Kornsteinplatz in the old town to Hans-Pramer-Platz after the Second World War. Since the historical name of the square was still used by the population, the municipality decided in 1967 to revert the renaming of Kornsteinplatz and instead rename the station square to Hans-Pramer-Platz.