Schaller, Ferdinand 09/13/1875 - 02/14/1921

Song collector and composer. He was a teacher in the Volksschule Roith in the town of Ebensee am Traunsee. As a good violinist, he performed with the Orchestervereinigungen in Gmunden, Bad Ischl and Ebensee. He was fascinated with nativity traditions and started to collect Ebenseer nativity songs. During a mountain hike in February of 1921, him, his brother, and five others from Ebensee lost their life.