Local history in Switzerland.
7 September 2021
Diessenhofen means “farms of Diezo”. Later, a priest named Lazarus donated the village with the church to the monastery of St. Gallen (757). Count Hartmann II of Kyburg granted city rights. The charter is considered the oldest surviving text of a city charter on Swiss territory. After the Kyburg counts died out, the town came … Read more » “Diessenhofen”
25 August 2021
Eastern Switzerland (Ostschweiz) is a real textile country. It was one of the world’s most significant export areas for embroidery products for a long time. Around 1910, over half of the world’s production came from Eastern Switzerland. With about one-fifth, the embroidery was the largest export branch of the entire Swiss economy. The First World … Read more » “Textile Country Eastern Switzerland”
18 August 2021
The village of Flüeli (Canton of Obwalden) is on a high plateau. Niklaus von Flüe (1417-1487) lived in this village. Contemporaries regarded him as a saint. In 1947 he was indeed or finally canonised. His birthplace is on the estate of the von Flüe family. He built a new house where he lived for twenty years … Read more » “Flüeli, Niklaus von Flüe and the Chapels”
