16 January 2024
The history of the Würth Group begins in 1945 in Künzelsau, a small town in Hohenlohe (Baden-Württemberg). In that year, Adolf Würth (1909-1954) founded the company Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, which his son Reinhold Würth (*1935) took over in 1954. The internationalisation of the Würth Group took root soon thereafter. In the early … Read more » “The Swiss Institutions of Art of the Würth Group”
7 January 2024
Artist, hunter, father, husband, philosopher, ecologist and fisherman, all these characteristics apply to Denis Junod d’Auvernier (canton of Neuchâtel). Junod is one of around thirty professional fishermen on Lake Neuchâtel’s shores. His life story is written down in a recently published biography: “De fils en père. Denis Junod” (From father to son. Denis Junod). Hauterive, … Read more » “The Fisherman, Nature and Habitat in Auvernier”
10 December 2023
Switzerland is not known as a country of revolutionary change. Yet it is often at the forefront of scientific, industrial, democratic, ethical or social developments. One of these aspects was the foundation of the first democratic (for men only) Federation with three officially recognised languages in 1848. In addition, the country served as a refuge … Read more » “Unrest and Unrueh in Saint-Imier and Switzerland”
29 November 2023
Celts, Etruscans and German tribes have long been the focus of public and scholarly interest. However, little is known outside Spain about the Iberians, although these people were a significant cultural and economic regional power until Roman rule in 206 BC. The Celts are an amalgamation of numerous tribes. This is also the case with … Read more » “The Iberians arrived in Basel”
7 November 2023
The creation of the Old Rhine (der Alte Rhein) was the result of the International Rhine Regulation (Internationale Rheinregulierung or IRR) between Switzerland and the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary in 1892. The Old Rhine near Rheineck This treaty remains in force and aims to prevent floods in the Rhine area, specifically in St. Gallen (Switzerland) … Read more » “The Grandeur of the Old Rhine and Rheineck”
11 October 2023
Near the town of Eigenbrakel in the province of Walloon Brabant (Belgium) stands the Lion of Waterloo. The monument was commissioned by King William I (1772-1843) of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Belgium was part of this Kingdom until 1831. The monument commemorates the Allies’ last battle (18 June 1815) against Napoleon. After the … Read more » “1848 in Baden, the German Confederation, Switzerland and France”
20 September 2023
The board of the French Church in Bern (l’église française de Berne) and the VIA foundation (Stiftung VIA – Auf den Spuren der Hugenotten und Waldenser) hosted a ‘Banquet Huguenot’ at Bern’s town hall (Rathaus) on 3 September. Impression of the ‘Banquet Huguenot’ with an introduction by Olivier Schopfer, protestant pastor of the French Church … Read more » “The Huguenots, Agriculture and Viticulture”
1 September 2023
Two empires left their mark on the Brugg-Windisch region (Canton Aargau). The Roman Legionary Park Vindonissa (Windisch) and the city of Brugg in the Habsburg Empire were important military and administrative sites. Roman Empire The army camp for a Roman legion (about 5,000 troops and officers) was built around 15 AD to guard the border … Read more » “Two Empires in Brugg and Windisch”
20 August 2023
The textile trade changed life in Trogen (canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden) in the 18th century. The Zellwegers were cosmopolitan citizens and merchants in Trogen. The name Trogen is first mentioned in 1175 as ‘the Trugin’, a place with a well (Trögen). After 1429, the independent country of Appenzell emerged with its present borders and with new … Read more » “The Zellweger in Trogen”
27 June 2023
The Bundesbriefmuseum in Schwyz (Museum of Swiss Charters of the Confederation) stores the ‘Morgartenbrief’ from 1315. This document is indisputably authentic and is indirect proof of the first agreements of the Eidgenossenschaft at the end of the 13th century. It is irrelevant whether the oath (Eid) on the Rütli, the meadow on the Seelisberg on … Read more » “Brunnen, the Cradle of Switzerland and Swiss Abroad”
