Local history in Switzerland.
2 July 2021
The Swatch watch is almost forty years old. The watch was launched in 1983 as the first quartz watch. It marks the transition from mechanical watches to electronic models. The introduction was at the height of the crisis in the watch sector. Competition from Japan led to a major crisis in this sector between 1970 … Read more » “Nicolas G. Hayek and Swatch”
2 July 2021
Cossonay (canton of Vaud) is derived from the Gallo-Roman name Cossinus or Cossonus. In the Middle Ages, it became Cossinacum or Cossonacum. The first document with the name Cossonay dates from 1096. Uldric of Cossonay donated his goods in Cossonay to the Romainmôtier convent. In 1405, the dynasty of the Lords of Cossonay died out, … Read more » “Cossinus, Cossonus or Cossonay”
1 July 2021
The possessions of the lords of Tarasp, von Wildenberg and von Frickingen in Zernez date back to the 12th and 13th centuries. These then passed to the bishop of Chur and, in the 14th century, to the Plantas, the most powerful family in Upper Engadine. The Gotteshausbund was founded in Zernez in 1367. The village … Read more » “Zernez, the Nationa Park Centre and the Von Plantas”
