Local history in Switzerland.
31 August 2023
For a long time, Eastern Switzerland was one of the world’s most important and largest export regions for textile products. Around 1910, more than half of the world’s embroidery production came from Eastern Switzerland. Embroidery was also the largest export sector of the Swiss economy, accounting for around one-fifth of the total. The First World … Read more » “The Swiss Textile Industry”
28 August 2023
Altenrhein is a border village with Austria in the municipality of Thal in the canton of St. Gallen. Altenrhein lies at the end of a headland between arms of the (Alter Rhein) old Rhine delta. In 983 the village was mentioned as Rinisgemünde, in 1402 as zum vornchtigen Rhin. Since the 17th century, the village … Read more » “Altenrhein, Alter Rhein and Hundertwasser”
23 August 2023
The village of Ftan is located on the south side of a mountain ridge in the middle of Unterengadin, between Ardez and Scuol. There are two Ftans: Ftan Pitschen (the small Ftan) and Ftan Grond (the big Ftan). The area extends north into the Silvretta region with the border of Paznaun (Austria), the Futschöl Pass … Read more » “Ftan and the Contredanses françaises”
