Andreas-Rieser-Platz

The Andreas-Rieser-Platz commemorates the native Dorfgasteiner priest, who also worked in Bramberg and was born on 1 July 1908 in Dorfgastein as the son of Josef and Theresia, born Herzog. Andreas Rieser already held an anti-Nazi stance during the early 1930s. During renovation work at the Dorfgasteiner church in 1938, Rieser was commissioned to leave a commemorative document inside the newly renovated church tower; however, the document was opened by the responsible master sheet metal worker and handed over to the NS local group due to its regime-critical content. Andreas Rieser was then arrested in the summer of 1938 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Rieser remained interned throughout the entire Nazi period and survived. In memory of the priest, who also worked in Bramberg, the local community renamed the square in front of the Bramberg church to "Andreas-Rieser-Platz" on 3 November 2013 and also placed a commemorative plaque on the church wall.