Local history in Switzerland.
21 September 2021
In Roman times, a road already ran through Trasadingen (canton of Schaffhausen). The community of Klettgau is a rural village with an old centre. The village’s name appeared in a document in 878 for the first time. The centre lies at the foot of sunny vineyard hills. The present Protestant Reformed Church was built in 1840 … Read more » “Trasadingen and the Navigation System TRA”
19 September 2021
The grave of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is at the church cemetery in Raron. The inscription reads: ‘Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch, Lust, Niemandes Schlaf zu sein unter soviel Lidern‘ . From 1921, Rilke lived in a castle near Siders (Sierre) in the canton of Valais. Prague-born Rilke felt at home in the Valais and never … Read more » “The grave of Rainer Maria Rilke”
14 September 2021
Ermatingen (Thurgau Canton) on Lake Constance (Bodensee) was already inhabited in the Stone Age with stilts. Graves from the Hallstatt period, a Roman settlement and Alemannic cemeteries have also been found. The village is documented as Erfmoutinga in 724. Many documents show the great importance of the House of Hard. They were often in the … Read more » “Ermatingen”
