Memorial to local people at Ramsau in the Zillertal valley who were persecuted for being Protestants and expelled from Ramsau in 1837


Die Geschichte is the story and memorial to 427 local people from the village of Ramsau in the Zillertal valley near the resort town of Mayrhofen who suffered religious persecution and whom were eventually expelled from the village in 1837 for being Lutheran Protestants in defiance of the Roman catholic church. The group went to Poland and settled in Myslakowicw.


Size: 5000px × 3337px
Location: Ramsau im Zillertal, Austria
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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