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600w" alt="Michael van Orsouw" class="image" data-v-64f90143> <h1 class="name" data-v-64f90143><span data-v-64f90143>Michael van Orsouw</span></h1> <p class="description" data-v-64f90143>Michael van Orsouw has a PhD in history and is a performance poet and author. He regularly publishes historical books.</p> <div class="info" data-v-64f90143> <span class="website" data-v-64f90143><strong data-v-64f90143>Website:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://geschichte-texte.ch/" class="link decoration" data-v-64f90143>geschichte-texte.ch</a></span></div></section> <section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="0" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/11/the-inventor-in-a-benedictine-cowl/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>The inventor in a Benedictine cowl</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>12.11.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Father Athanasius Tschopp (1803–1882) was a monk in Einsiedeln, and something of a science whizz. Besides his daily monastic duties, he always found the time to make pioneering discoveries – one of his many accomplishments was inventing the precursor to the fax machine.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/blog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="Athanasius Tschopp invented the precursor to the fax machine. Lithograph circa 1840. Coloured using AI." class="image" style="--x:50%;--y:21.3%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="350" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/09/switzerlands-karl-may/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>Switzerland’s Karl May</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>03.09.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Franz Heinrich Achermann (1881–1946) is no longer remembered today. Nonetheless, the Lucerne clergyman wrote about 40 novels and dramas and was once Switzerland’s most widely read author of books for young people.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/achermann-titel.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/achermann-titel-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="A charismatic servant of the Lord: genre author Franz Heinrich Achermann." class="image" style="--x:50%;--y:50%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="0" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/06/europes-highest-open-air-lift/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>Europe’s highest open-air lift</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>11.06.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>The Bürgenstock has always known how to skilfully attract attention, as it did back in 1905 for example with the spectacular Hammetschwand lift – a marvel of Swiss engineering. Over the years, the lift has been a source of both admiration and rumour.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="The Bürgenstock: an idyllic ensemble with hotels, mountains, lake and lift. Postcard from 1928." class="image" style="--x:38.2%;--y:12.6%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="350" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/05/the-birth-of-interlaken/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>The birth of Interlaken</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>08.05.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Aarmühle was a place in the Bernese Oberland. As a name it was rather uninspiring and thus unlikely to appeal to potential visitors from all over the world. Hence the renaming of Aarmühle as Interlaken in 1891, which turned the town into a tourist destination of international renown.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/titelbild-interlaken-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="A view of Aarmühle in the 1860s (on the left bank of the Aare) – better known as Interlaken." class="image" style="--x:50%;--y:50%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="0" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/04/the-guillotine-maker/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>The guillotine maker</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>05.04.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Johann Bücheler was a regular carpenter from Kloten. In 1836, he was commissioned by the canton of Zurich to build a guillotine. That proved the end of “normality” as he knew it.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/guillotine-titel.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/guillotine-titel-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="The Zurich guillotine was tested on a sheep in 1836. Illustration by Marco Heer" class="image" style="--x:50%;--y:50%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="350" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2024/02/the-dramatic-rescue-of-a-composers-remains/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>The dramatic rescue of a composer’s remains</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>27.02.2024</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Alberik Zwyssig (1808–1854), the musical monk from Uri who composed the Swiss Psalm, had an unhappy life. And then, after his death, his remains were dug up and reburied during the Second World War.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/titelbild-gebeine-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="Macabre memorial: the glass sarcophagus containing the remains of Alberik Zwyssig." class="image" style="--x:49.7%;--y:83.1%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="0" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2023/12/the-undead-lady-of-lucerne/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>The undead lady of Lucerne</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>04.12.2023</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Marie Josse d’Hemel was a distinguished lady who married a Lucerne patrician. She is also said to have died twice. The first time a gravedigger wanted to steal her expensive clothes, which prompted her to return from the dead and live on for another 20 years – a cautionary tale for any would-be grave robbers.</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/titelbild-scheintote-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="Marie Josse Pfyffer-d’Hemel is said to have had 20 years added on to her life because of a grave robber." class="image" style="--x:50%;--y:50%;" data-v-d7720576></figure> </section><section data-aos="woosh" data-aos-delay="350" class="snm-post-teaser horizontal" data-v-d7720576 data-v-ecdb438c><h2 class="title" data-v-d7720576><a href="/en/2023/08/bernese-whey-receives-royal-approval/" data-v-d7720576><span data-v-d7720576>Bernese whey receives royal approval</span> <svg fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-arrow-right" data-v-d7720576><path fill="#D44625" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M18.42 13H2v-2h16.42L14 6.374 15.312 5 22 12l-6.688 7L14 17.626 18.42 13z" clip-rule="evenodd" data-v-d7720576></path></svg></a></h2> <a href="/en/author/michael-van-orsouw/" aria-current="page" class="author nuxt-link-exact-active nuxt-link-active no-link" data-v-d7720576>Michael van Orsouw</a> <span class="date" data-v-d7720576>24.08.2023</span> <span class="excerpt" data-v-d7720576>Sisi, the famous Empress Elisabeth, was a much more frequent visitor to Switzerland than previously known. She visited the Bernese Oberland in 1892, where she very much enjoyed a local product normally used as pig feed...</span> <figure class="image-container" style="--aspect-ratio:(4/3);" data-v-d7720576><img srcset="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-300x225.jpg 300w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-450x338.jpg 450w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-750x563.jpg 750w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-900x675.jpg 900w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-600x450.jpg 600w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/iojoijojoi.jpg 1600w" src="/app/uploads/iojoijojoi-300x225.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 400px, (max-width: 799px) 800px, 500px" alt="Sisi felt very much at home in the Bernese Oberland. 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Regina and Kaspar Tschopp-Felber sent their boy to Einsiedeln monastery school and, at a mere 17 years of age, he decided to enter the monastery. Six years later, Jakob Kaspar Tschopp became Father Athanasius and was ordained as a priest.\r\n\r\nFather Athanasius taught physics at the monastery school and founded the ‘physikalische Kabinett’ (physics laboratory), a type of inventor’s laboratory. However, his interests extended beyond the science of the day. He was also a lecturer in theology and the catechist, responsible for teaching the Catholic faith, in Einsiedeln parish. The technically skilled Athanasius worked successively as a mentor to monks, and as sub-prior and deacon of Einsiedeln (1846–1855).\r\n\r\nBut Father Athanasius was capable of much more than that: in 1823, at the age of just 20, he made a new wind instrument and called it the ‘Ventilhorn’ (valved horn). At the age of 32, he invented the ‘Konotomograph’ an instrument to draw ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas. 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Einsiedeln mechanic Meinrad Theiler – about whom more later – made the machine, also known as a printing telegraph, on Tschopp’s instructions. The core component of the printing telegraph was a rotating drum on which a message could be written in colour. An electric needle scanned the drum as it turned and transmitted the message as an electronic signal to the receiving device, which wrote a copy of the message on the paper placed over the rotating drum. Eureka! 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But as a man of the cloth, he was also confronted by the Catholic church’s lack of support (and even hostility) towards technology and technological progress: a German priest called the railway a “thing of the devil”, while electricity was described as “the devil in the wires”.\r\n\r\nFather Athanasius sought protection from such attitudes by making an official request to the federal authorities in Bern to implement the telegraph system in Switzerland. Schwyz Cantonal Council also lent its support to Athanasius Tschopp and recommended his invention to the country’s executive body. However, the Federal Council decided against the new system, although it did acknowledge the great achievement of Tschopp and Theiler. Their reasoning was that the invention was too complicated. 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He would also make a witty reference to Swiss children’s character\u003Cem\u003E ‘Doktor Gütterli’\u003C\u002Fem\u003E when admonishing pupils who trickled in late to lessons. Moreover, he was a passionate hunter who rarely missed out on a convivial evening playing the card game Jass. In a nutshell, he was, as local Kriens historian Jürg Studer said, a “dashing servant of the Lord”."}},{blockName:aq,blockData:{title:"From vicar to author",size:ar}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"In addition to his time-consuming duties serving the Catholic church, Franz Heinrich Achermann wrote over 40 novels and dramas. Although he was compared to German author Karl May, he preferred to write about the prehistoric period than the Wild West. This interest stemmed from his time in Solothurn at the foot of the Jura mountains when he played an active role in prehistoric digs and research. Achermann wrote entertaining youth novels, such as \u003Cem\u003EDer Jäger vom Thursee\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (The Hunter from Thursee), \u003Cem\u003EDer Schatz des Pfahlbauers\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (The Pile-Dweller’s Treasure) or \u003Cem\u003EKannibalen der Eiszeit\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (The Ice Age Cannibals). This made Achermann Switzerland’s most widely read author of books for young people during his lifetime.\r\n\r\nAchermann was also interested in Swiss history, especially that of central Switzerland where he came from. 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They wanted to rename Aarmühle or ‘Rameli’ as Interlaken."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:143372,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken.jpg",alt:cn,title:cn,height:891,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:ah,url:a},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-450x334.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-750x557.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-900x668.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-300x223.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhoeheweg-interlaken-320x320.jpg"},size:aB,caption:cn,source:{title:ah,url:a}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"This new name was not the brainchild of a local tourism development office or advertising agency, it actually came from the medieval Augustinian priory Interlaken, named \u003Cem\u003E“inter lacus Madon”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E in a document dating from 1133. However, the monastery had long since been consigned to the history books, having been shut down in 1528 during the Reformation."}},{blockName:aq,blockData:{title:"Official name change from ‘Rameli’ to Interlaken",size:ar}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"So the reversion to the monastery’s name was somewhat random. Although, as the Town Parliament pointed out, ‘Interlaken’ was still in common use at the time as it was the name of the administrative district. Even the famous German poet \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fgoethes-heart-throb-for-young-miss-herzlieb\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003EJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003C\u002Fa\u003E with his feel for ‘le mot juste’ made mention of a place called Interlaken following a trip there in 1779. The Englishman \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Fearly-tourist-industry\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ELord Byron\u003C\u002Fa\u003E did the same in 1816. Besides, Interlaken sounded much more cosmopolitan, international and thus appealing to tourists than Aarmühle. Following approval by the residents’ meeting, this led the commune to lodge an official application with the Canton of Bern on 4 March 1891 to change its name to Interlaken."}},{blockName:aU,blockData:{left:{image:{id:143333,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken.jpg",alt:eq,title:eq,height:1471,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:ah,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fpermalink.nationalmuseum.ch\u002F100146667"},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-367x450.jpg 367w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-612x750.jpg 612w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-734x900.jpg 734w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-489x600.jpg 489w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-979x1200.jpg 979w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-245x300.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fgoethe-interlaken-320x320.jpg"},caption:"Both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe..."},right:{image:{id:143336,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken.jpg",alt:er,title:er,height:1613,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:ay,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fde.m.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDatei:George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall_(2).jpg"},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-335x450.jpg 335w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-558x750.jpg 558w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-670x900.jpg 670w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-446x600.jpg 446w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-1116x1500.jpg 1116w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-893x1200.jpg 893w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-223x300.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fbyron-interlaken-320x320.jpg"},caption:"... and Lord Byron visited Interlaken."},joint:{caption:a,source:h}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"The government of the canton of Bern then requested a response from its Prefect Jakob Ritschard from Unterseen. However, he dragged his feet, or maybe he just couldn’t make his mind up. In any case, he was issued a reminder on 13 October, whereupon the prefect promised to deliver his report within a short time. He wanted first of all to look into the matter in more detail and consult with other people.\r\n\r\nHowever, the Cantonal Government was not prepared to wait any longer and demanded the report within eight days. So, the prefect came to a decision under time pressure: he recommended rejecting the name change, as it had not been discussed with the neighbouring communes of Matten and Unterseen. But the Cantonal Government did not agree and approved the name change on 5 December 1891."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:142872,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz.jpg",alt:es,title:es,height:1166,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:bv,url:et},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-450x437.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-750x729.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-900x875.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-600x583.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-300x292.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-nzz-320x320.jpg"},size:H,caption:"A notice in the \u003Cem\u003ENZZ\u003C\u002Fem\u003E on 13 December 1891 reporting the name change.",source:{title:bv,url:et}}},{blockName:dQ,blockData:{quote:"Finally, Interlaken came into being. […] The commune of Aarmühle is hereby authorised to change its political place name to Interlaken, which is in common usage.",author:"NZZ of 13 December 1891"}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"The Cantonal Government stressed: “The keepers of the public records must also take note of this name change and use the new name Interlaken in future”. Ever since, Aarmühle has been known by the catchier name of Interlaken. This brought the town out of the shadow of neighbouring Unterseen and made it a leading tourist destination in the region."}},{blockName:aU,blockData:{left:{image:{id:143342,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken.jpg",alt:co,title:co,height:eu,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:cm,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fba.e-pics.ethz.ch\u002Fcatalog\u002FETHBIB.Bildarchiv\u002Fr\u002F157021\u002Fviewmode=infoview"},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-450x293.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-750x489.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-900x587.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-300x196.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-2-interlaken-320x320.jpg"},caption:co},right:{image:{id:143345,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken.jpg",alt:cp,title:cp,height:884,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:ah,url:a},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-450x332.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-750x553.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-900x663.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-300x221.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftourismus-1-interlaken-320x320.jpg"},caption:cp},joint:{caption:a,source:h}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"The people of Interlaken welcomed the change, as it evolved from a new name into their very own brand. In 2016, there was a celebration to mark Interlaken’s 125th anniversary, and keynote speaker Peter Hollinger, a member of the Interlaken Town Parliament serving as that year’s President said: “Aarmühle had the right idea back then to secure its place on the national and international stage: the acquisition of this exclusive right to the Interlaken brand clearly shows foresight.”"}},{blockName:aq,blockData:{title:"New name, new glamour?",size:ar}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"Incidentally, Aarmühle was not the only place in Switzerland to change its name to attract the tourists. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F06\u002Fbathing-in-the-open-air\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ESwiss spa towns\u003C\u002Fa\u003E were especially keen to advertise their waters: Ragaz became Bad Ragaz in 1937 (\u003Cem\u003EBad\u003C\u002Fem\u003E means ‘bath\u002Fspa’ in English), Birrenlauf was renamed Schinznach-Bad in 1938 and Zurzach became Bad Zurzach in 2006. 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The Liberal-Radicals had not long been in power in the canton of Zurich and they wanted to end the gruesome spectacle of manual beheadings. Professional beheading is hard to do and it didn’t always work. Zurich decided to opt for a more clinical, efficient method in the form of the French guillotine. 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However, Bücheler was not the first choice: another carpenter called Danner had already been to Geneva, but he was afflicted by “such severe depression”, that he had to pull out, as recorded in the archives. Danner didn’t want to sacrifice his “previously positive disposition” to this delicate undertaking. Johann Bücheler had no such qualms, he inspected the Genevan killing machine closely, had its workings explained to him and measured its constituent parts with his assistants, which enabled them to start replicating the guillotine. Bücheler the “mechanicus” stayed in the \u003Cem\u003EHotel Lion d’Or\u003C\u002Fem\u003E where he ate and drank well and paid generous bonuses to his assistants.\r\n\r\nThe upright frame within which the blade was dropped and raised was made of oak. Bücheler used a rope to initiate the drop mechanism. It worked and the device was completed in six weeks: 3.93 metres high, 74 centimetres wide and 2.12 metres long. 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In September 1836, the carpenter took his inconspicuous wooden boxes to Lucerne – and sold a new guillotine. As a test run, they tied a ram down beneath the blade; the axe fell, but it was “not a clean drop” and it failed to behead the animal completely. Two manual workers examined the device. They realised that the groove in which the blade was placed needed to be free of oil paint, instead “molybdenum and soap” were to make the blade fall faster. That helped and Bücheler returned to Zurich satisfied."}},{blockName:aq,blockData:{title:"No-one likes an executioner",size:ar}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"Bücheler’s work on the guillotine made him something of an outcast, as people saw him as the new executioner. When he went looking for work in the mechanical workshops of \u003Cem\u003EEscher Wyss & Comp.\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, he was turned down in spite of his experience. The orders soon dried up altogether as he was shunned in the same way as executioners before him had been. The device, he wrote to the chief of police, had brought him into “an unfortunate situation”, he was unable to “get any more work”, although he had a wife and child to feed. The police chief recommended a position in the prison, however the governor was unable to offer him anything: he said a guillotine maker did not qualify as a public servant. The carpenter signed his despairing letters \u003Cem\u003E“Bücheler der Unglückliche”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (“Bücheler the unfortunate”).\r\n\r\nHis fortunes didn’t change either: following the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fzueriputsch-en\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EZüriputsch\u003C\u002Fem\u003E\u003C\u002Fa\u003E of 1839, the wind of political change blew through the canton of Zurich. The conservatives came to power and turned the clock back. Execution by guillotine was abolished and the executioner’s sword came into favour again. 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He then signed up as a mercenary in the Netherlands, and promptly lost his life on the field of battle. Zwyssig’s mother was left alone with five children, including the young Johann Josef Maria Georg. The boy grew up being passed around from one relative to another. Then, at the age of 19, he found refuge within the walls of \u003Cem\u003EWettingen Abbey\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, where he became a monk and adopted the name \u003Cem\u003EFather Alberik\u003C\u002Fem\u003E or \u003Cem\u003EAlbericus\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. 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Alberik Zwyssig made his way to the canton of Zug, where he was taken in by his brother Peter. When the latter was forced to sell his country estate, Father Albericus joined fellow members of the Wettingen order in an attempt to set up a new religious community in the former\u003Cem\u003E Franciscan monastery of Werthenstein\u003C\u002Fem\u003E in the canton of Lucerne. But the venture did not meet with success. Zwyssig was therefore glad to receive an invitation to teach music at the Cistercian convent attached to \u003Cem\u003EWurmsbach Monastery\u003C\u002Fem\u003E near Rapperswil-Jona. In 1854, he moved on to the former \u003Cem\u003EBenedictine abbey of Mehrerau\u003C\u002Fem\u003E outside Bregenz, together with six monk priests and three brothers. However, just six months after making this fresh start in the Voralberg district of Austria, Zwyssig died of pneumonia one day after his 46th birthday."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:139401,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau.jpg",alt:cy,title:cy,height:747,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:fa,url:fb},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-450x280.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-750x467.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-900x560.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-300x187.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fkloster-mehrerau-320x320.jpg"},size:aB,caption:cy,source:{title:fa,url:fb}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"During his unsettled life, Alberik Zwyssig probably only found solace in the world of music, the one place where he was not constantly being hounded. He played the piano, organ, violin, guitar and various wind instruments. And he composed his own pieces, including, in 1841, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.about.ch\u002Fculture\u002Fanthem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ESwiss Psalm\u003C\u002Fa\u003E with its famous opening lines: \u003Cem\u003E“When the morning skies grow red, And over us their radiance shed….”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. The song was to outlive the man who created it, proving extremely popular at the singing festivals that were frequently held in the 19th century, despite the fact that it sounded more like a religious song of praise. And it even found its way into the hymn books."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:139407,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm.jpg",alt:fc,title:fc,height:eu,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:fd,url:fe},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-450x293.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-750x489.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-900x587.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-300x196.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fschweizer-psalm-320x320.jpg"},size:aB,caption:"The song that would go on to achieve national significance: the original handwritten manuscript of the\u003Cem\u003E Swiss Psalm\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, 1841.",source:{title:fd,url:fe}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"Zwyssig’s Swiss Psalm was thus a well-known song, but still a long way off becoming the Swiss national anthem. A first attempt in 1894 to have the\u003Cem\u003E Swiss Psalm\u003C\u002Fem\u003E officially declared the Swiss national anthem failed spectacularly when the Swiss Choral Society vehemently opposed it on the grounds that Zwyssig’s melody created \u003Cem\u003E“harmonic and rhythmic difficulties”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E for the singers.\r\n\r\nAnd so little more was heard of Zwyssig and his \u003Cem\u003ESwiss Psalm\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. The musical monk did not hit the headlines again until the Second World War, when two separate incidents coincided to thrust the man and his music back into the spotlight. On the one hand, the \u003Cem\u003ESwiss Psalm\u003C\u002Fem\u003E reached its centenary, an occasion that was celebrated extensively in Zug, where the song had first been performed in public. At a time when the Second World War was in full flow, any reminder of home-grown Swiss culture was more than welcome. And in 1941, Nazi Gestapo and SS soldiers stormed Mehrerau Abbey near Bregenz, where Father Albericus lay buried. A member of the order observed the \u003Cem\u003E“uncouth men in leather trousers and everyday civilian clothing, men from the Innsbruck Gestapo and SS men”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E.\r\n\r\nThe unfortunate clergyman was subsequently banned from exercising his profession and required to leave the German Reich immediately, as he had allegedly spoken out against the ‘annexation’ of Austria by the National Socialists. Hearing of this, Paul Aschwanden (1911–1984), a lawyer from Zug, feared that the Nazi’s plundering of \u003Cem\u003EMehrerau Abbey\u003C\u002Fem\u003E would lead to the desecration of the renowned composer’s corpse. He wrote to Federal Councillor \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Fthe-first-architect-of-cultural-policy\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003EPhilipp Etter\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (1891–1977), a fellow citizen of Zug, asking him to do something \u003Cem\u003E“to repatriate the mortal remains of this great Swiss to his native land”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:139414,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter.jpg",alt:cz,title:cz,height:dR,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:ah,url:ff},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-328x450.jpg 328w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-546x750.jpg 546w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-656x900.jpg 656w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-437x600.jpg 437w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-1093x1500.jpg 1093w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-874x1200.jpg 874w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-219x300.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fportrat-etter-320x320.jpg"},size:H,caption:cz,source:{title:ah,url:ff}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"Etter, who was responsible for the policy underpinning the ‘\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2023\u002F10\u002Fthe-bruenig-napf-reuss-line-a-cultural-boundary-through-switzerland\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003Espiritual defence of the nation\u003C\u002Fa\u003E’, sought to protect everything remotely connected with Swiss identity and culture – including, in this case, the corpse of the long since deceased Zwyssig. The Swiss consulate in Bregenz leapt into action on behalf of the Federal Council and sounded out the authorities in the German capital Berlin on the possibility of making an exception and allowing the body to be brought back home. The National Socialist Foreign Office had no objections in principle to the repatriation, providing no political demonstration was involved. Federal Councillor Etter agreed to the terms, interpreting this as a friendly move on the part of the Germans, \u003Cem\u003E“which we must gratefully accept”\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. Etter also suggested that Zwyssig’s mortal remains be returned to Bauen on Lake Lucerne, where the monk had been born in 1808.\r\n\r\nAnd so it came to be: on Friday, 14 August 1942 at 4 pm, the corpse was disinterred at Mehrerau under the watchful eye of the Bregenz public medical officer and placed in a wooden transport crate. Swiss consul Carl Bitz then drove it himself, in his own car, to Altdorf, where Zwyssig’s remains were placed in the \u003Cem\u003EÖlbergkapelle\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, a tiny chapel adjoining the parish church. 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In fact, her flamboyant dress sense saw her become something of a trendsetter as many Lucerne ladies opted for expansive hooped dresses and \u003Cem\u003Erisqué décolletés\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. Moreover, Marie Josse was not above taking responsibility for the conversion and renovation of her castle in Ettiswil, a task which fell to her as her husband was often absent. She had the moat dug and furnished the second floor in a Louis XVI style. She also climbed the local mountain Pilatus, which was practically unheard of at the time, especially for a lady of her standing. Marie Josse passed away in 1780 and was buried in her finest clothes and jewellery in Hofkirche cemetery; half of Lucerne came out to pay their respects.\r\n\r\nEvents then took a sinister turn: the following night a rapacious \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Fwhen-chaplins-corpse-was-kidnapped\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003Egrave digger\u003C\u002Fa\u003E dug her up and opened the coffin. He took the deceased’s clothes and jewellery. When he tried to remove her petticoat, so the story goes, Marie Josse suddenly opened her eyes and stepped out of the coffin. Clad in her burial garment, she then walked through Lucerne from Hofkirche to her home in Mühlenplatz, where she lived for another 20 years until 1800 – although she never smiled again."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:132622,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof.jpg",alt:fu,title:fu,height:632,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:cE,url:fv},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-450x237.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-750x395.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-900x474.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-600x316.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-300x158.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fhofkirche-luzern-friedhof-320x320.jpg"},size:aB,caption:"\u003Cem\u003EHofkirche\u003C\u002Fem\u003E cemetery Lucerne.",source:{title:cE,url:fv}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"At least, that’s the story as recounted by Theodor von Liebenau in his book \u003Cem\u003E‘Das alte Luzern’\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (old Lucerne) from 1881. Liebenau (1840–1914) was not just a run-of-the-mill storyteller, he was state archivist of the canton of Lucerne and honorary doctor of the Faculty of Philosophy at the \u003Cem\u003EUniversity of Bern\u003C\u002Fem\u003E. Another version of the story tells of a valuable ring worn by Marie Josse, which the grave robber wanted to steal. Just before he was going to cut off her finger, Marie Josse woke up, rose and walked home.\r\n\r\nWhether the thief was after a dress or a ring, this is one spooky tale. It doesn’t exclusively relate to Lucerne either. Kurt Lussi, a Lucerne folklorist, has proven that variations of the story are also told about other places. That makes it a wandering legend, i.e. a fable of which there are different variants for different locations. For example, there is Lady Emma Edgcumbe in England who returned to the living after a graveyard thief unscrewed her coffin.\r\n\r\nThe thinking behind the stories is evident: the gruesome tale is to discourage would-be grave robbers, so the deceased can rest in peace."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:132635,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe.jpg",alt:cF,title:cF,height:1398,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:fw,url:fx},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-386x450.jpg 386w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-644x750.jpg 644w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-773x900.jpg 773w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-515x600.jpg 515w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-1030x1200.jpg 1030w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-258x300.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Flady-edgcumbe-320x320.jpg"},size:H,caption:cF,source:{title:fw,url:fx}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"As for the fate of the grave robber, it is outlined in a poem entitled \u003Cem\u003E‘Der Hinterländer’\u003C\u002Fem\u003E (hinterlands) published in a supplement to \u003Cem\u003E‘Willisauer Zeitung’\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, a local newspaper in the municipality of Willisau, canton of Lucerne. It roughly translates as follows:\r\n\r\n\u003Cem\u003E“(…) The lamp gave forth an eerie glow, lighting up the nocturnal darkness, the baroness stirs in her coffin, awoken from her eternal slumber, the miscreant starts, gripped by sudden horror, as suddenly the pale corpse rises up. In the dull starlight, a poor lady staggers home, Lady von Wyher, so sick in body and mind. She lives another twenty years, for her children and husband, never again will she smile, in the bright knight’s hall. The nefarious grave digger fled over field and valley, overcome by horror, he falls in the dew. 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Er veröffentlicht regelmässig historische Bücher.\",\"url\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fauthor\u002Fmichael-van-orsouw\u002F\"}]}\u003C\u002Fscript\u003E\n\u003C!-- \u002F Yoast SEO Premium plugin. --\u003E";fD.lang=B;fD.translations={en:bC,fr:126494,de:124176};fD.snm_blocks=[{blockName:aD,blockData:{image:{id:fG,url:fH,alt:bm,title:bm,height:n,width:E,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:fI,url:a},srcset:fJ,poster:fK,square:fL},video:h,videoMobile:h,title:bD,caption:bm,lead:fM,author:{title:a,mail:a,website:{title:M,url:N,target:O},link:J,portrait:{id:P,url:z,alt:a,title:Q,height:w,width:w,focus:{x:k,y:k},source:o,srcset:R,poster:S,square:z},id:s,name:K,description:T}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"In 1892, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Fsisi-assassin-lucheni\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003EElisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, was well known throughout Europe and attracted a lot of attention wherever she went. People in Switzerland were no exception and they were keen to catch a glimpse of the monarch when she visited Zurich at the end of August. She proceeded from Zurich to Lucerne, and then on to Rigi Kaltbad, before arriving in Interlaken on 16 September. She travelled under the pseudonym ‘Madame de Tolna’. However, it would be wrong to think that the media in Switzerland tracked the monarch’s every move. The newspapers in those days did not share the current media obsession with the nobility. As a result, there are relatively few reports on Sisi, as the Empress was known in her family."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:124295,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi.jpg",alt:fN,title:fN,height:396,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:bv,url:fO},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-450x149.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-750x248.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-900x297.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-600x198.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-300x99.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fartikel-sisi-320x320.jpg"},size:H,caption:"Brief statement about the Empress in \u003Cem\u003EIntelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern\u003C\u002Fem\u003E of 14 September 1892.",source:{title:bv,url:fO}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"There is no record of how long the illustrious visitor spent in Interlaken-Matten. The newspaper \u003Cem\u003ETägliche Anzeiger für Thun\u003C\u002Fem\u003E refers to a “short stay”, while the \u003Cem\u003EGeschäftsblatt für den oberen Teil des Kantons Bern\u003C\u002Fem\u003E reported a break “lasting several weeks”. The Empress evidently based the duration of her stay on the weather. The hoteliers were experiencing the onset of the autumn blues as heavy downpours hastened the departure of two-thirds of the guests.\r\n\r\nFollowing the arrival of Elisabeth of Austria, the weather suddenly improved. After some grey and cold days, \u003Cem\u003ESisi\u003C\u002Fem\u003E experienced “wonderful, bright autumn days”, according to the \u003Cem\u003ENeue Freie Presse\u003C\u002Fem\u003E, and the hotels filled up again, especially when word got out that the Empress was in town."}},{blockName:C,blockData:{image:{id:124272,url:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse.jpg",alt:cG,title:cG,height:1241,width:n,focus:{x:g,y:g},source:{title:fP,url:fQ},srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-435x450.jpg 435w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-725x750.jpg 725w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-870x900.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-580x600.jpg 580w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-1160x1200.jpg 1160w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse.jpg 1200w",poster:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-290x300.jpg",square:"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fsisi-schweizer-bluse-320x320.jpg"},size:H,caption:cG,source:{title:fP,url:fQ}}},{blockName:r,blockData:{text:"The Hotel \u003Cem\u003EJungfraublick\u003C\u002Fem\u003E enjoyed an elevated location and was visible from afar. This afforded the guests one of the best views in the area. The hotel had a panoramic trail in the nearby woods with a viewing platform and pavilion. Tourism was growing in the Jungfrau region. However, in those days Interlaken was still fighting for a place on the tourist map. Not least because, until 1891, it was known by the somewhat clunky name of Aarmühle. The town then changed its name in what proved a marketing masterstroke, albeit against the will of the local official.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is unlikely to have impressed the Empress, who kept raising the bar with regard to her personal wellbeing. This almost drove her lady-in-waiting to despair: “With the best will in the world, I still can’t do everything.” Nonetheless, Sisi showed a different, more gregarious side to her character in Interlaken. Perhaps she was relieved to hear that successor to the throne Franz Ferdinand had become engaged to Belgian princess Clementine? 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Illustration by Marco Heer","© MUSEUM LUZERN \u002F photo: Theres Bütler",140274,"Staatsarchiv Uri \u002F Photo collection \u002F Bauen",133894,"The undead lady of Lucerne",126503,"Bernese whey receives royal approval",42116,"page","22","Series",645,32953,37286,156,1397,"The inventor in a Benedictine cowl","Athanasius Tschopp: much more than a praying priest.","Technical drawings by Tschopp’s ‘Copirtelegraphenapparat’: messages were transferred via rolling drum.","An early model of a telephone from Theiler’s workshop: currently exhibited in London.","Father Athanasius seated with two brothers.",153389,"Achermann in his liturgical vestments: he was a vicar in the cantons of Basel, Lucerne, Schaffhausen and Solothurn.","Franz Heinrich Achermann’s gravestone refers to his career as a ‘Volksdichter’ (people’s poet).","Literature","literature","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fculture\u002Fliterature\u002F","europes-highest-open-air-lift",145163,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1.jpg","38.2","12.6","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-burgenstock-1-320x320.jpg","The Bürgenstock has always known how to skilfully attract attention, as it did back in 1905 for example with the spectacular Hammetschwand lift – a marvel of Swiss engineering. Over the years, the lift has been a source of both admiration and rumour.","The spectacular cliff path depicted on a postcard.","A daring project: the 165-metre-high open-air lift.","With a metal tip like a rocket: the lift seemed almost other-worldly when it first opened.","Audrey Hepburn lived on the Bürgenstock for a while: a photo of the famous actress taken in 1954.","Sean Connery and Bürgenstock hotelier Fritz Frey junior at the hotel pool, 1964.","47.00173974619526","8.39631784146008","e-pics","Before the name Interlaken became official, there is no record of any uniform name.","As tourism flourishes, more greeting cards are sent. One such card from the late 19th century.","Interlaken’s main street in the early 20th century.","Letter to Johann Anton von Peterelli in Schweiningen, around 1850.",142523,"The guillotine maker","Following the French Revolution, the guillotine became a common execution method all over Europe.","The Lucerne Guillotine.","Model of the Lucerne Guillotine.","The dramatic rescue of a composer’s remains","One of his compositions would outlast his turbulent lifetime: monk Alberik Zwyssig portrayed in wax, circa 1840.","The last place Zwyssig lived and worked: Mehrerau Abbey near Bregenz, circa 1890.","He helped repatriate Zwyssig’s remains: Federal Councillor Philipp Etter from Zug, 1943.","Memorial to Zwyssig in Bauen: his second burial took place nearby in 1943.","Photo: Glacier Garden of Lucerne","The lady valued her exquisite wardrobe: Marie Josse Pfyffer-d’Hemel.","Portrait of Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, 1775.","ETH Library Zurich","Emma Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, captured on canvas by James Rannie Swinton.","The Empress wearing a Swiss blouse and Bernese belt: Elisabeth had this photograph taken in Vienna.","Hotel Jungfraublick on a photograph by Adolphe Braun, circa 1900.","Life-size replica of a dairy at the 1896 National Exhibition in Geneva: the premises at Lake Brienz probably looked similar.","Watery whey: the liquid left after making cheese.","Exhibitions","exhibitions","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fexhibitions\u002F",21881,87425,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fseries\u002F","Alexander Rechsteiner",5780,157109,1000,156124,155689,155075,89986,42122,"3","Ernst Ziegler",53170,"\u002Fen\u002Fauthor\u002Fmichael-van-orsouw\u002F","\u002F",{},{},"the-inventor-in-a-benedictine-cowl","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F11\u002Fthe-inventor-in-a-benedictine-cowl\u002F","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",154416,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp.jpg","21.3","Zentralbibliothek Zürich","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-rara.ch\u002Fzuz\u002Fcontent\u002Ftitleinfo\u002F14789968","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fblog-titelbild-der-erfinder-in-der-benediktinerkutte-tschopp-320x320.jpg","Father Athanasius Tschopp (1803–1882) was a monk in Einsiedeln, and something of a science whizz. Besides his daily monastic duties, he always found the time to make pioneering discoveries – one of his many accomplishments was inventing the precursor to the fax machine.","Klosterarchiv Einsiedeln","Technische Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Telegraphen- und Telephonverwaltung, 1942","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5169\u002Fseals-873255","Science Museum London","https:\u002F\u002Fcollection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\u002Fobjects\u002Fco33037\u002Fearly-set-of-telephone-apparatus","University of Basel","47.12614685399369","8.750903098499833",{},"switzerlands-karl-may","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F09\u002Fswitzerlands-karl-may\u002F","Switzerland’s Karl May",152424,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel.jpg","Photo: Jürg Studer, editing: Swiss National Museum","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fachermann-titel-320x320.jpg","Franz Heinrich Achermann (1881–1946) is no longer remembered today. Nonetheless, the Lucerne clergyman wrote about 40 novels and dramas and was once Switzerland’s most widely read author of books for young people.","Franz Heinrich Achermann hunting",1428,"famous German author Karl May","Michael Schärli","‘Der Schatz des Pfahlbauers’ by Franz Heinrich Achermann, 1918","Verlag Otto Walter \u002F Swiss National Museum","https:\u002F\u002Fswisscovery.slsp.ch\u002Fpermalink\u002F41SLSP_NETWORK\u002F19n6r1g\u002Falma991133724059705501","acf\u002Fquote",1647,"Jürg Studer","03.09.2024",{},"The Eiffel Tower around 1900.","Photo of the Hammetschwand lift.","ETH-Bibliothek Zurich \u002F Photographer: Hans Gerber","https:\u002F\u002Fba.e-pics.ethz.ch\u002Fcatalog\u002FETHBIB.Bildarchiv\u002Fr\u002F104175\u002Fviewmode=infoview","Photo: Peter Frey","Film","film-en","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fculture\u002Ffilm-en\u002F","der-hoechste-freiluftaufzug-europas","lascenseur-en-plein-air-le-plus-haut-deurope",1718092800,"11.06.2024",1717600795,{},"the-birth-of-interlaken","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Fthe-birth-of-interlaken\u002F",143323,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fba.e-pics.ethz.ch\u002Fcatalog\u002FETHBIB.Bildarchiv\u002Fr\u002F258619\u002Fviewmode=infoview","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-interlaken-320x320.jpg","Aarmühle was a place in the Bernese Oberland. As a name it was rather uninspiring and thus unlikely to appeal to potential visitors from all over the world. Hence the renaming of Aarmühle as Interlaken in 1891, which turned the town into a tourist destination of international renown.","Portrait of Johann Wolfgang Goethe around 1800.","Portrait of George Gordon Byron from the year 1813.","A notice in the NZZ on 13 December 1891 reporting the name change.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-newspaperarchives.ch\u002F?a=d&d=NZZ18911213-01.2.17&srpos=1&e=------189-de-20--1--img-txIN-aarm%C3%BChle+interlaken----1891---0-----",782,800,"State Archives of the Grisons, StAGR A Sp III \u002F 15w 3.12","46.685281438268156","7.855342463166051",{},"the-guillotine-maker","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Fthe-guillotine-maker\u002F",141579,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fguillotine-titel-320x320.jpg","Johann Bücheler was a regular carpenter from Kloten. In 1836, he was commissioned by the canton of Zurich to build a guillotine. That proved the end of “normality” as he knew it.","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Image_janinet_jean-francois_machine_proposee_a_lassemblee_nationale_pour_le_supplice_des_criminelles_par_m_353672_(cropped).jpg","The Oetenbach Prison in Zurich on a painting from 1900.","https:\u002F\u002Fde.m.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDatei:Oetenbach_Strafanstalt_1900.jpg","During the Old Zürich War, 62 men were beheaded in Greifensee in 1444. Following the “Züriputsch”, the Zurich authorities revived this execution method.","e-rara","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-rara.ch\u002Fzuz\u002Fcontent\u002Ftitleinfo\u002F11550006",{},"the-dramatic-rescue-of-a-composers-remains","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F02\u002Fthe-dramatic-rescue-of-a-composers-remains\u002F",139636,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine.jpg","49.7","83.1","https:\u002F\u002Fscope.ur.ch\u002FscopeQuery\u002Fdetail.aspx?ID=50933","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-gebeine-320x320.jpg","Alberik Zwyssig (1808–1854), the musical monk from Uri who composed the Swiss Psalm, had an unhappy life. And then, after his death, his remains were dug up and reburied during the Second World War.","Bern Historical Museum. Photo: Nadja Frey","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bhm.ch\u002Fen","ETH Library","http:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3932\u002Fethz-a-000034442","The song that would go on to achieve national significance: the original handwritten manuscript of the Swiss Psalm, 1841.","Swiss National Library","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-helvetica.nb.admin.ch\u002Fview\u002Fnbdig-41282!urn%3Anbn%3Ach%3Anbdig-41282%3Anbdig-41282.pdf?q=&v=all&urn=nbdig-41282&waybackMode=page&start=0&rows=20&sort=score%20desc%2C%20ehs_urn_id%20asc","https:\u002F\u002Fsammlung.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fde\u002Flist\u002Fcollection?detailID=100153283","The new burial niche for Father Albericus Zwyssig in the parish church at Bauen.","https:\u002F\u002Fscope.ur.ch\u002FscopeQuery\u002Fdetail.aspx?ID=50932","Seedorf Commune \u002F Photo: Valentin Luthiger","8.579787020557042","46.936436195507206",{},"the-undead-lady-of-lucerne","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Fthe-undead-lady-of-lucerne\u002F",132747,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Ftitelbild-scheintote-320x320.jpg","Marie Josse d’Hemel was a distinguished lady who married a Lucerne patrician. She is also said to have died twice. The first time a gravedigger wanted to steal her expensive clothes, which prompted her to return from the dead and live on for another 20 years – a cautionary tale for any would-be grave robbers.","Hofkirche cemetery Lucerne.","https:\u002F\u002Fba.e-pics.ethz.ch\u002Fcatalog\u002FETHBIB.Bildarchiv\u002Fr\u002F1073056\u002Fviewmode=infoview","Wikimedia \u002F National Trust","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:James_Rannie_Swinton_(1816-1888)_-_Emma_Sophia_Edgcumbe_(1792%E2%80%931872),_Countess_Brownlow_-_436209_-_National_Trust.jpg","Women in history","women","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fsociety\u002Fwomen\u002F","47.05542332214181","8.313662683446474",{},"bernese-whey-receives-royal-approval","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Fbernese-whey-receives-royal-approval\u002F",124289,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi.jpg","ETH Library Zurich \u002F Wikimedia","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi.jpg 1600w","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-300x225.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002Fiojoijojoi-320x320.jpg","Sisi, the famous Empress Elisabeth, was a much more frequent visitor to Switzerland than previously known. She visited the Bernese Oberland in 1892, where she very much enjoyed a local product normally used as pig feed...","Brief statement about the Empress in Intelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern of 14 September 1892.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-newspaperarchives.ch\u002F?a=d&d=ISB18920914-01.2.3&srpos=8&e=------189-de-20--1--img-txIN-kaiserin+elisabeth----1892---0-----","Wikimedia \u002F Ludwig Angerer","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Kaiserin_Elisabeth_1862.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fpermalink.nationalmuseum.ch\u002F100802817","Royals","royals-en","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fexhibitions\u002Froyals-en\u002F","46.686400027021236","7.8569352539922335",1,5,true,"home","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F","Swiss National Museum History Blog","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F12\u002Fswitzerlands-first-motorway\u002F","Transportation","transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Feconomy\u002Ftransportation\u002F","47.03375","8.29503","Switzerland’s first motorway","Switzerland's first motorway ran from Lucerne to Ennethorw. Illustration by Marco Heer.","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fthe-ossola-republic\u002F","War\u002Fbattle","war-battle","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fpolitics\u002Fwar-battle\u002F","46.11545110852343","8.291156542791294","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002FAndrej.jpg","Andrej Abplanalp","The Ossola Republic","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002FPartisanen_im_Kampf.jpg","Im Oktober 1944 kam es im Val Formazza nahe der Schweizer Grenze zu einem Kampf zwischen den sich zurückziehenden Partisanen und den deutschen und faschistischen Truppen. Einige Widerstandskämpfer konnten in die Schweiz flüchten.","09.09.2024","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F11\u002Fgenevas-italian-side\u002F","46.20538982183319","6.140600749264616","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FChristophe_Vuilleumier.jpg","Geneva’s Italian side","The Turrettini family’s influence is evident wherever you look in Geneva. View over the Quai Turrettini, circa 1940.",157206,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F11\u002Fcocoa-in-ghana-how-it-all-began\u002F","Colonialism","colonialism","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Fcategory\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcolonialism\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Ficon-1.jpg","Pascale Meyer","Local workers and a supervisor dressed in ‘colonial whites’ at a cocoa drying area run by the Basel Mission Trading Company in Accra in what is now Ghana (1904\u002F1905).","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F11\u002Fthe-genesis-of-modern-mountain-rescue\u002F","46.615927946921076","8.195679213316776","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002FKatrin-Brunner.jpg","Katrin Brunner",500,"The birth of aerial mountain rescue","With their feet, the stranded passengers wrote the French word “fini” (meaning “finish”) in the snow to stop the dangerous air drops of supplies.","19.11.2024",156563,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F11\u002Fthe-american-revolutionary-war-through-the-eyes-of-a-swiss-immigrant\u002F","John Zubly merged religion with politics and compared parts of Swiss history to the American resistance against Great Britain. Illustration by Marco Heer","Subscribe to the blog","We will inform you about new articles every two weeks.","Enter your email address","beige","The execution of Ernst S.","9.113310","47.423985","Visiting the Rigi used to make people ill, why?","8.485467561045732","47.056767897967035","Escape to Switzerland",96,"Emperor Haile Selassie, God of the Rastafarians","7.509459851780047","47.04796350886161",102,153,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F10\u002Fvisiting-the-rigi-used-to-make-people-ill-why\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Femperor-haile-selassie-god-of-the-rastafarians\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fmurielle-schlup.jpg",521,"Emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975), who was crowned ‘King of Kings’ in Addis Ababa in 1930, was believed in Ethiopia to have been chosen by God. The Rastafarians in Jamaica even ‘recognised’ him as their Messiah and God. A look at the dual ‘careers’ of a 20th-century figure who was as remarkable as he was controversial.","Haile Selassie I in his limousine during his state visit to Bern on 25 November 1954. His headdress is decorated with a lion’s mane.",149095,"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F06\u002Fsexuality-in-the-middle-ages\u002F","Middle Ages","middle-ages","Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, 1490-1500.","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002F2024\u002F10\u002Fthe-execution-of-ernst-s\u002F",334,"Ernst Schrämli in uniform and in civilian attire at his arrest in January 1942.","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fapp\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002FS.jpg","article-not-found","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.nationalmuseum.ch\u002Fen\u002Farticle-not-found\u002F","Article not found","1","2",92,"Search","michael-van-orsouw"));</script><script src="/_nuxt/3fbaa83.js" defer></script><script src="/_nuxt/f5bb0c0.js" defer></script><script src="/_nuxt/6b9286a.js" defer></script><script src="/_nuxt/b94f6da.js" defer></script><script src="/_nuxt/1cd886d.js" defer></script><script src="/_nuxt/a3fb2e5.js" defer></script><script data-n-head="ssr" src="https://api3.geo.admin.ch/loader.js?version=4.4.2" data-body="true"></script> </body> </html>