2024-02-15 03:02:00
Over 600 participants come to the Anton Wallner memorial service on Sunday.
The Anton Wallner memorial service was last held in Tamsweg twelve years ago. “During the march to the church, the instruments of the citizens’ music and the military music froze. Only the TMK Lessach played through,” remembers district rifle commander Albert Planitzer in the LN interview. On Sunday, delegations from all companies will arrive at the Struck barracks from 8 a.m.: “Anton Wallner is a symbol of Salzburg’s national defense. We are pleased to welcome all rifle delegations from the state of Salzburg to Tamsweg.”
111 shooting flags, the six district flags and the state flag will be there. The 64th commemoration will be accompanied musically by the Salzburg Military Music, the Tamsweg Citizens’ Music and the Mauterndorf Citizens’ Music. The honorary company is the Tamsweg Citizens Rifle Corps. State Commander Josef Braunwieser: “The representatives of the rifle companies and guards will express the connection to the homeland as well as the camaraderie and cohesion among the Salzburg riflemen. We also want to remember our fallen, missing and deceased comrades. In particular, we want to remember the time of the freedom fights around 1809 to be reminded.”
By the way, in Lungau there are 465 riflemen in the eight rifle companies. There are over 6,000 across the country. “The bigger the towns, the greater the concerns regarding the youngsters. The smaller the towns, the greater the enthusiasm for customs. We are well positioned in Lungau. In Tamsweg we are taking on five new shooters this year. In general, Salzburg’s riflemen would not refuse to allow young women to join,” says Lieutenant Colonel Albert Planitzer, the deputy regional commander. is. At 10 a.m., State Rifleman Superior Richard Weyringer and Pastor Christian Schreilechner will celebrate the Anton Wallner memorial mass in the parish church. This is followed by a commemoration of the dead with a wreath-laying ceremony and a short ceremony on the market square.
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