Maresi Handl
Maresi was born on May 17, 1948. She is the daughter of Thresl, daughter of the Poltenhof, and Hans Handl, the oldest son of the Harham farmstead.
She grew up with her parents and her brother Hans at the Harham farmstead.
Maresi was still a girl when her father died in 1958. After his death, Maresi,
aged only eleven, had to help her mother Thresl and her brother Hans,
day-in, day-out, with the work at the inn and on the farm.
"It went on. We worked. Everybody worked. I did what they told me.
Everywhere help was needed, I helped. I was often busy driving the tractor.
I was driving the tractor from the age of 6. That was madness."
In her spare time Maresi discovered a passion for skiing. Alongside her work
at the Harhamhof, she trained to become a licenced ski instructor. During that
period she met her future husband, Richard Rossmann. For over 20 years,
she ran a ski-school in Kaprun. Today Maresi still uses her spare time
to help her mother, Thresl, manage the Harham inn.