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William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. Except no Swiss document from his lifetime mentions his name. The story may be completely invented.
#WilliamTell #SwissHistory #ForgottenHistory #HistoryMyths #GuillameTell #Bluesky #Flipboard
https://econopass.com/william-tell-story-almost-certainly-fiction-no-contemporary-swiss-source/
William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. Except no Swiss document from his lifetime mentions his name. The story may be completely invented.
#WilliamTell #SwissHistory #ForgottenHistory #HistoryMyths #GuillameTell #Bluesky #Flipboard
https://econopass.com/william-tell-story-almost-certainly-fiction-no-contemporary-swiss-source/
William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. Except no Swiss document from his lifetime mentions his name. The story may be completely invented.
#WilliamTell #SwissHistory #ForgottenHistory #HistoryMyths #GuillameTell #Bluesky #Flipboard
https://econopass.com/william-tell-story-almost-certainly-fiction-no-contemporary-swiss-source/
The Story Of William Tell Is Almost Certainly Fiction. No Contemporary Swiss Source Mentions Him.
https://econopass.com/william-tell-story-almost-certainly-fiction-no-contemporary-swiss-source/
William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. Except no Swiss document from his lifetime mentions his name. The story may be completely invented.
#williamtell #swisshistory #forgottenhistory
🎉 Happy Swiss National Day! 🇨🇭 Today, we celebrate the rich history and unity of the Swiss Confederation, founded all the way back in 1291. Let’s raise a toast to the beautiful landscapes, delicious chocolate, and the spirit of togetherness that makes Switzerland truly special! 🎇✨
📍Switzerland 🇨🇭
#Switzerland
#SwissHistory
#SwissChocolate
#SwissNationalDay
#SwissConfederation
#BeautifulLandscapes
#CelebrateTogetherness
A dying lion carved into a Swiss mountain honors soldiers who sacrificed everything. Two centuries later, its silent message continues to move millions of visitors.
#AncientOrigins #LionOfLucerne #SwissHistory #FrenchRevolution #HistoricMysteries
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/unravelling-tragic-story-behind-impressive-lion-monument-lucerne
https://www.europesays.com/ch/93797/ Swiss Community Historical Society honors heritage at annual “Swiss Day” | Allen County #BlufftonEvents #HistoricalAreas #HomesteadsNearMe #Swiss #SwissCommunityHistoricalSocietyHomestead #SwissHeritage #SwissHistory #Switzerland #SwitzerlandWomen'sHockey
https://www.europesays.com/ch/28301/ Prosecutors expand Swiss ski bar fire probe to include mayor, document shows #CransMontana #LocalOfficials #NicolasFeraud #SkiBar #Swiss #SwissHistory #Switzerland #ValaisCanton
#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum. One canton continued to deny women the vote until a court case in 1990.
Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928 which was complaining about the slow progress towards #VotesForWomen.
A long novel about a family through the decades might not seem not very original, but the story is well told, the characters feel real, the setting is unique, and the history of a country and of a people are perfectly woven into it.
Old fashioned, engaging, fluid.
Melnitz, Charles Lewinsky
8/10
VINTAGE POSTCARD Insurance Riders Horses Swiss Militaria Company Winterthur
#VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #SwissHistory #Winterthur #Militaria #MountedTroops #HorseRiders #Cavalry #MilitaryHeritage #InsuranceHistory
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William Tell (2024): when a Swiss legend becomes a British lecture in bad CGI, token casting, and historical amnesia. Crossbows, mountains, and absolutely no point.
#WilliamTell #FilmReview #SwissHistory #CinemaFail #CastingChaos #CGINightmare #MythMangled #MovieCritique #CultureVultures
https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/william-tell-me-lies-tell-me-shitty-little-lies/
#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum.
Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928 which was complaining about the slow progress towards #VotesForWomen.
🇨🇭🗳️ Did you know the origins of direct democracy in the US can be traced back to a Swiss socialist named Karl Bürkli? He brought the idea of citizens' initiatives and referendums from Zurich to America in the late 1800s.
Flavio Eichmann, Generalsekretär der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geschichte (https://www.sgg-ssh.ch/) erklärt, wer die parlamentarische Gruppe "Geschichte" der SGG ist & und was sie macht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbB-1s5EE80
#archivCH #SwissHistory
#ruralhistory #histCH
The AM 2024 of the Agricultural History Society takes place on June 5-8. The Archives of Rural History (ARH) are organising a Session on films. With: M. Ó Fathartaigh, J. Anderson, P. Moser & Diana Méndez Rojas
Zwei Blicke auf ein Fach: Die @NZZ berichtet von schwindendem, die @woz Wochenzeitung von steigendem Interesse der Jugend am Fach Geschichte...
#archivCH
#histCH
#SwissHistory
www.woz.ch/path-preview...
www.nzz.ch/meinung/juge...
#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum.
Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928 which was complaining about the slow progress towards #VotesForWomen.
Aktuell: Porträt über das Archiv für Agrargeschichte AfA im Spendenmagazin von stiftungschweiz.ch:
https://spendenmagazin.stiftungschweiz.ch/das-virtuelle-archiv-der-landwirtschaft
Das AfA kann seine Arbeit nur weiterführen, wenn es Spenden erhält. #aghist #foodhistory #ruralhistory #archivCH #histCH #SwissHistory
We are delighted that our video essay on working animals https://ruralfilms.eu/ruralfilms/video-essays/working-animals/
is also being discussed in Latin America.
#AgrarianHistory #aghist #SwissHistory #ruralhistory
Der neuste Artikel aus der Serie "Fundstücke aus dem Agrararchiv" aus der BauernZeitung ist jetzt auf der AfA-Homepage zugänglich: https://histoirerurale.ch/pdfs/2023_Fundstuecke.pdf
#Landwirtschaft #HumanAnimalStudies #archivCH #histCH #SwissHistory
#foodhistory
Das nützliche Tier - ein Workshop der TU Dresden und des AfA vom 09.-10.11.2023 in Dresden. Programm:
https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/ige/tgwg/ressourcen/dateien/Flyer_NuetzlichesTier_WorkshopTUD_Nov23_erw_MG.pdf?lang=de
#AgrarianHistory #aghist #SwissHistory #ruralhistory #HumanAnimalStudies #animalhistory #HorseHistory
Two new Video Essays are now online in our series Vdeo Essays in Rural History: https://ruralfilms.eu/ruralfilms/video-essays/
#HumanAnimalStudies #archivCH #histCH #SwissHistory
#ruralwomen
#foodhistory
Before RH2023 in Cluj: Time to join the rekindled debate on the ambivalent effects of Europeanization in (rural) history.
A Response by J. Hildebrand . https://worck.eu/2023/08/14/beyond-multilingualism-constructing-common-language-and-database-terms-to-write-comparative-and-entangled-histories-a-response/
Das AfA an der Rural History Conference 2023 in Cluj https://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/rural/: Mit Referaten, Kommentaren und einer Keynote Lecture von Peter Moser: https://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/rural/programme/i-keynote-lecture/
#archivCH
#SwissHistory
#aghist
#ruralhistory
#envhist
Revolution im Hühnerstall: Wie aus einer Frauen- eine Männerdomäne gemacht wurde. Folge Nr. 4 der AfA Serie "Fundstücke" in der
https://histoirerurale.ch/pdfs/2023_Fundstuecke.pdf
#archivCH
#SwissHistory
#ruralhistory
#envhist
#landwirtschaft
Im AfA-Portal Personen und Institutionen sind neu Infos zu mehr als 11'000 Personen und 700 Institutionen (Behörden, Verbände, Firmen, Schulen etc.) online zugänglich: https://histoirerurale.ch/pers/
#archivCH #SwissHistory
#landwirtschaft
Beyond Multilingualism: Constructing Common Language and Database Terms to Write Comparative and Entangled Histories. A Response to Peter Moser.
#aghist #SwissHistory #ruralhistory
#ERHFA
https://worck.eu/2023/08/14/beyond-multilingualism-constructing-common-language-and-database-terms-to-write-comparative-and-entangled-histories-a-response/
The Archives of Rural History ARH and the European Rural History Film Association ERHFA are expanding its activities in C&Eastern Europe. Join us in the Workshop at the Babes-Bolyai Univ. Cluj, 15.9.2023. For more information: https://ruralfilms.eu/ruralfilms/2023/08/09/15th-september-2023-workshop-rural-films-in-central-and-eastern-europe
#aghist #SwissHistory #ruralhistory
#ERHFA
Folge 3 der Serie "Fundstücke aus dem AfA": Sollen oder dürfen auch Hunde arbeiten?
https://histoirerurale.ch/pdfs/2023_Schiedt_Zughunde.pdf
#Landwirtschaft #HumanAnimalStudies #archivCH #histCH #SwissHistory #hunde
Heute ist #TagDerSchweizerMilch, und sogar dazu haben wir im #Heftarchiv einen passenden #Lektürehinweis gefunden:
Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger (https://twitter.com/@CcileStehrenbe1), Umkämpftes "Volksgetränk". Die Geschichte der Milchkommission der Stadt Luzern und Umgebung, 1944–1973, in: #WerkstattGeschichte 77/2018, online zugänglich unter: https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/umstrittene-objekte/
#Konsumgeschichte #swissmilk #histodons #Schweiz #Luzern #swisshistory
@histodons @historikerinnen
We are pleased to announce that more than 1‘000 films from 23 institutions in 9 European countries are now accessible on the ARH/ERHFA Portal: https://ruralfilms.eu/filmdatabaseOnline/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1
#SwissHistory #ruralhistory #histCH #archivCH #ruralfilms #HumanAnimalStudies #aghist #foodhistory #ruralwomen
