Adolf Guggenbühl

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Adolf Guggenbühl (born June 21, 1896 in Zurich ; † January 21, 1971 in Olten ; resident in Zurich and Uetikon am See ) was a Swiss publicist and publisher .

Life

Guggenbühl studied at the Universities of Zurich , Bern , Berlin and Montpellier . In 1920 he received his doctorate from the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Bern. rer. pole. He has worked in England and the USA.

In 1925 he founded the magazine and the publishing house Schweizer Spiegel in Zurich with his wife and brother-in-law Fortunat Huber . The magazine appeared in the Second World War as a conservative representative of intellectual national defense . In 1938 he founded the Bund Schwyzertütsch (today dialect forum ) together with Eugen Dieth .

In addition, Guggenbühl was the author of various books on Swiss history and culture and the editor of various collections of Swiss German poetry , a dictionary for Zurich German and a book for Swiss etiquette (Der Schweizerische Knigge: A breviary for contemporary manners) .

Adolf Guggenbühl is the grandfather of the psychologist Allan Guggenbühl .

Works (selection)

  • The wages and employment conditions of the workers in the service of the Swiss municipalities . Haupt, Bern 1920 ( dissertation , University of Bern, 1920)
  • Disintegration and renewal of communities . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1936.
  • Schwyzer Meie: The most beautiful Swiss German poems . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1938.
  • Swiss etiquette: a breviary for contemporary manners . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1947.
  • Heal, heal, saw: old Swiss nursery rhymes . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1947.
  • Switzerland - country and people: geography, population, constitution, economy, history, military, culture . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1951.
  • Uf good Züritüütsch . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1953.
  • S'Chindli begs: Swiss-German children's prayers . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1956.
  • The Swiss are different: the preservation of individual character, a question of national existence . Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1967.

literature

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Guggenbühl, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss publicist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1971
Place of death Olten