Franz Moroder

He was the first mayor of Urtijëi in Val Gardena, a merchant, a scholar of Ladin history as well as a strong promoter of the Ladinian language.

[1] He was the son of Jan Matie Moroder (1802-1849), a merchant from Ancona operating in Urtijëi, and Marianna Perathoner Lenert.

The firm also sold sacred ornaments outside of Italy, specifically in Offenburg and Baden-Württemberg, over 40 wood carvers were employed.

The firm received several prizes in London at the universal exposition as well as in Paris, Eger, Bolzano, Vienna, Saint Petersburg and Florence.

In 1902 he became the mayor of Urtijëi and promoted the construction of the first high pressured water system in the town, in the same year he also built some infrastructure near the torrent Cuecenes.

A portrait of Franz Moroder done by his cousin Josef Moroder-Lusenberg
The workshop of the Moroder Brothers firm in Urtijëi. On the left Franz Moroder on the right Ludwig Moroder .