Annemarie Knapp

Single name: Annemarie Knapp. Born in Großarl (St.Johann im Pongau district). The Hotel 'Alte Post' in Grossarl belongs to the Knapp family. Her parents, Walburga and Anton Knapp, had a total of 8 children: Annemarie (Anna Maria), Roswitha, Christa, Hildegard, Gertraud, Toni, Rupert and Norbert. The 8 children were brought into the hotel business at an early age. Anna Maria (called Annemarie in Großarl) first completed an apprenticeship in gastronomy and then attended the 4-year fashion school. She then completed her evening school leaving certificate at the Christian-Doppler-Gymnasium in Salzburg and lived with Mrs. Winter at the time. Of the 24 people who graduated with her at the time, only 4 people made it. Anna Maria was a restless fighter. In Paris she met Sebastiao Santa Rosa de Andrade and later married him. Sebastiao was born in Sergipe (state in northeastern Brazil). Civil marriage on December 17, 1987 in Vienna. Church wedding on July 2nd, 1988 in St. Jakob am Thurn in the Hallein district. Sebastiao and Anna Maria (Annemarie) lived together in Vienna on Mittelgasse. There she taught English and sports as a secondary school teacher. During the school holidays she got to know and love Africa while traveling. Together with Sebastian she had a daughter named Nadja. Anna Maria (or Annemarie in Großarl) was very interested in yoga and spiritual topics. In 1979 she met the Italian artist and dancer Lucia Nadia Cipriani in the city of Salzburg at Mozartplatz. She was very good friends with her throughout her life. For many years at Christmas and on public holidays she stayed overnight in Siezenheim for several days with her friend Lucia Nadia Cipriani. After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she read a lot in the death books of the Swiss Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. She received several chemotherapy treatments from the Brothers of Mercy in Salzburg, which she was not convinced about. Because the metastases were already everywhere. She talked about seeing threads in front of her eyes and said that these threads were angels. She lost her hair because of the chemo and so bought a wig in Salzburg on Mirabellplatz. A short time before her death she was already very emaciated and her skin was gray. Her body was nothing but skin and bones. In her last years she increasingly turned to spiritual topics. She read books about near-death experiences and gave away CDs of angel music to her friends. At the age of 53, she died on Tuesday from complications of breast cancer. She was buried in the afternoon of September 9, 2004 in Großarl (market town in the St. Johann im Pongau district). Her parents, Anton (called Toni) and Walburga Knapp (called Burgl), as well as their daughter Nadja and over 100 other mourners were present at the funeral. Afterwards the mourners met in the Hotel “Alte Post”. Her mother Walburga Knapp died on June 8, 2014 in Grossarl at the age of 88. Her father Anton Knapp died on October 30, 2018 at the age of 93.