The Last Apprentice of the Vormoos Blacksmith - Lecture by Josef Bachleitner

The last apprentice from the Ferdlschmied in Vormoos

Josef Bachleitner talks about the Vormoos of yesteryear and the last blacksmith apprentice

On September 1, 1946, 14-year-old Peter Hintermaier began his apprenticeship at the "Ferdlschmied" in Vormoos. He would be the last apprentice allowed to learn this trade in the village. Josef Bachleitner has collected his experiences and stories and put them down on paper for the current edition of "Bundwerk." In his presentation, he takes us on a virtual stroll through the Vormoos of the late 1940s and 1950s. He shares tales of traditions, barroom brawls, the largest church bell for miles around, and the blacksmith shops that existed in the village at that time. The stories from the life of "apprentice Peter" are particularly impressive, offering a glimpse into a completely different working world than the one we know today.