• Born: Mar. 25th, 1909 in Troppau (CZE)
• Died: Mar. 6th, 1998 in Salzburg (Austria)

Parents:

• Father: Wilhelm JAROSCH 1862-1947
• Mother: Antonia E. ROSNER 1869-1948

Marriage:

• 1. marriage on July 28th, 1927 in Maria Hilf near Zuckmantel (CZE), with Dr.med. Anton PATSCHEIDER
• 2. marriage am May 2nd, 1939 with Armin KNIELY born Nov. 3rd, 1907, Wies Bez. Deutschlandsberg (Austria), died Jan. 30th, in Bad Hofgastein (Austria)

Children:

• Irimbert PATSCHEIDER born Apr. 8th, 1928 in Graz (Austria)
• Giselheid PATSCHEIDER born May 3rd, 1929 in Moravian Rothwasser (CZE)
• Klaus KNIELY born 24.1.1940 in Innsbruck (Austria)
• Hanna KNIELY (married LEINER) born Apr. 8th, 1942 in Innsbruck (Austria)
• Jörg KNIELY born Aug. 31st, 1943 in Ramsberg 97, Zillertal in Tirol (Austria), died Apr. 1st, 2009 in Tennenlohe/Erlangen (Germany)

(Author's note: my grandmother: my father his mother)

When I, Wilhelmine Jarosch was born on Mar. 25th 1909, "all four walls were weeping" because I was a girl and not the long-awaited heir, so my mother later told me the reaction to my birth.

But nonetheless, I was very secure in the arms of my parents - and was anxiously guarded. My mother not only lost her son from her second marriage, but also all the children from her first marriage, the Schneiders, died as infants.

Of course, I was often alone. I had no siblings and my parents had to invest all their time in the business. Although my father strongly advocated for a day off at the cooperative, his proposal fell on deaf ears, not even Christmas Eve was reserved for the family. I sat alone under the tree with my abundant gifts. One year, there was a beautiful toy piano among them, and it probably sparked my musical inclinations, an inheritance from the Rosners.

In 1914, the First World War began. My parents leased their inn and moved to Braunsdorf. My father had agreed to manage the Krause-Hof since Uncle Albert was immediately drafted into the Austrian army. My father took on this task with his own enthusiasm, carefully leading the various groups of Russian prisoners of war to work in the fields. They and the local population respected him for his honesty, despite him being a city person. As a result, he was awarded honorary membership in the Braunsdorf volunteer fire brigade, among other things. In 1915, I began attending the local elementary school in Braunsdorf, and despite the war and restrictions, I greatly enjoyed those years. I always had playmates, and life in the countryside suited my nature very well.

In 1916 we returned to Troppau, my father had to run his inn himself again because his tenant had to enlist. It was a difficult time, there was hardly any food, we had painstakingly organised a barrel of beer somewhere, which we, my father and I, had to bring home through the town on a ladder trolley, the usual means of transport of horse and cart were on war duty, so the business was literally stormed - for a mug of beer!

The year 1918 came, Austria had lost the war and we all became Czechoslovak citizens overnight, a state had come into being that could not be found on any map before. At that time I went to the training school, which was housed in the former Liechtenstein castle. When I went into the 3rd grade, my parents gave me a grand piano and so I started playing the piano, which became a part of my youth. After the 5 years of primary schools prescribed at that time, I entered the three-year citizen's school. In this period after 1918, we had to change our school buildings again and again, as the new rulers often claimed our historic buildings for themselves.

After these school years, my parents sent me to the home school of the Poor School Sisters (Jauering district). Here I made many friends, some of whom I am still in contact with today.

When I returned to Troppau, I began my piano studies with Professor Keitel, besides which I took literature and art history classes with Professor Theresia May, attended a white sewing course and, at my father's special request, graduated from the hospitality school in order to keep the concession in the family. There was hardly a free minute for me and so I gratefully accepted the invitation to attend the jubilee festival of the Braunsdorf fire brigade, Whitsun 1927, on behalf of my father, where I stayed as usual in the Krause-Hof. This fire brigade festival was to be the great turning point in my life: The meeting with Dr. Anton Patscheider.

End of chronicle excerpt (written in 1988 by Wilhelmine Jarosch-Patscheider-Kniely)

At the age of 26, Wilma Patscheider became a widow. Her parents, but also her sister-in-law Marie Kniely, actively supported her during this time. The house in Moravian Rothwasser was sold and the Jaroschel parents moved back to Troppau, first to Obere Stiegengasse and then to their own house at Bäckergasse 39. Irimbert and Giselheid continued their primary schooling here at the Schiller School.

On 2 May 1939, Wilma Patscheider married Marie Kniely's son, Armin KNIELY (born 1907), a qualified farmer, and moved with her children to Ramsberg 87, to an idyllic house on the Eckartbach in the Zillertal. Around this time Hitler was in power, Tyrol belonged to the Greater German Reich, as did the Sudetenland. The Second World War began, death and destruction reigned in Europe, but despite bombs, despite hatred and terror - new life was born during these war days. Wilma gave birth to three more children. Klaus Harald (born 14.1.1940) and Hanna (born Apr. 8th, 1942) were born in Innsbruck, and Jörg, born on Aug. 31st, 1943, became a true Zillertaler.

The turmoil of the post-war period robs the Jaroschel parents (died 1947 and 1948) of their home and possessions, but peace comes. In the first year of peace, this picture of the five siblings was taken, in the background still the meadow beloved by all, in spring a sea of wood anemones, it became a victim of the torrent and so it still lives on in our childhood memories.

End of chronicle excerpt (written in 1988 by Giselheid Patscheider-Riedmann).

Note by Patscheider Wolfgang:

After her divorce from Armin KNIELY, she moved with her children to Kufstein, where she worked as an accountant. She spent her retirement in Salzburg, where she died on Mar. 6th, 1998.

About Moravian Rothwasser: this place is now in ZCE and is called Červená Voda!