The Forgotten Occupation of Neuchâtel

13 December 2020

d’ Orléans-Longueville and the Prussian King The county belonged by inheritance to German princes of the Houses of Freiburg and Hochberg (1395-1504) and the French dynasty d’ Orléans-Longueville (1504-1706). The Swiss Confederation 1512-1529 The Prince of d’Orléans-Longueville rarely showed up in the principality after 1504. The Confederates (Eidgenossen) were interested in this area. The Burgundian … Read more » “The Forgotten Occupation of Neuchâtel”

The Republic of Gersau

20 November 2020

Switzerland consists of 26 cantons nowadays. Each canton has its history. The canton of Graubünden (Les Grisons), for example, is the creation of a centuries-old alliance of three regions: the Gotteshausbund (League of God’s Hause), the Grauer or Oberer Bund (The Grey or Upper League) and the Zehngerichtebund (League of Ten Jurisdictions, actually eleven). These Alliances united … Read more » “The Republic of Gersau”

William Tell

17 November 2020

The story of William Tell (Wilhelm Tell) is well known. Whether he existed or not is not relevant. One does not have to take the legend of Romulus and Remus or the Goddess Athena seriously to give them the credit of founding Rome and Greece. The story of William Tell is relevant as far as … Read more » “William Tell”