Local history in Switzerland.
24 August 2019
The art of paper cutting is a tradition in Château-d’Oex in the Pays-d’Enhaut. The museum du Vieux Pays-d’Enhaut shows masterworks and organises events and exhibitions. Paper cutting was imported from the Orient. Johann Jakob Hauswirth (1809-1871) and Louis Saugy (1871-1953) introduced this art. Several of their magnificent artworks are exhibited in the museum. (further information: www.chateau-doex.ch).
2 August 2019
Altdorf is the economic, political and cultural centre of the canton of Uri and traditionally a gateway to the Gotthard Pass. It is also the town of William Tell (Wilhelm Tell), the legendary hero. Altdorf is the town where popes, politicians, soldiers, pilgrims, craftsmen, artists and poets stopped to exchange horses, took a break, or … Read more » “Altdorf, Goethe, Gotthard, Suvorov and Tell”
2 August 2019
The meaning of the word Chalet as a characterisation of all wooden houses in Switzerland dates from the nineteenth century and can be attributed to English tourists. Until then, a chalet was a wooden house high up in the alpine meadows and intended to accommodate the farmers in the summer. In the nineteenth-century sense of … Read more » “Chalets and Woodcarving in Brienz”
