Einschreibungen. Peter Anich im städtischen Raum Innsbruck

Abstract

This article examines the culture of remembrance of Peter Anich in the Tyrolean capital of
Innsbruck. At the centre of the study is the naming of the Federal Technical School after Peter Anich during the Austrofascist era. The social and political circumstances surrounding this naming and the erection of a memorial plaque for Anich are described and analysed. Of particular interest are the connections between cultural memory, collective identity formation and political legitimisation. In this context, it is also analysed in particular how Anich’s rural origins have been differently evaluated and instrumentalised in the culture of remembrance.