Emma Altherr-Simond
Emma Altherr-Simond (born April 13, 1838 in Baden ; † December 10, 1925 in Heiden ; resident in Chamonix , after marriage in Speicher ) was a Swiss hotelier in Appenzell Ausserrhoden .
Life
Emma Altherr-Simond was the daughter of the merchant Joseph Simond and Anna Maria Simond, née Nieriker, from the Baden hotelier family. In 1876 she married Hermann Altherr . In 1860 Emma Altherr came to Heiden with her mother and two sisters , where they took over the Freihof brewery and sanatorium , and a little later also the Schweizerhof .
Both hotels later became their property. Under her leadership they developed into the most respected health resorts in Heiden and contributed significantly to the international reputation of the climatic health resort. In Freihof practiced by about 1,863 to 1,914 during the summer season many famous doctors. Henry Dunant , who has lived in Heiden since 1887, visited the Freihof regularly until his death in 1910 . The collapse of tourism after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 condemned Emma Altherr's life's work to failure and affected her personally.
As "Fräulein Simond" she was one of the initiators of the Rorschach-Heiden mountain railway in 1871 .
literature
- Appenzeller Zeitung , December 11, 1925.
- Appenzeller Anzeiger, December 12, 1925.
Web links
- Thomas Fuchs: Emma Altherr-Simond. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 22, 2001 , accessed March 27, 2020 .
- Personal dossier Emma Altherr-Simond in the catalog of the Cantonal Library of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Brugger: The Appenzell railways. Herisau: Verlag Appenzeller Hefte 1982, p. 26. Web access via appenzelldigital.ch
|
This version of the article is based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to theHLS's usage instructions, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). If the article has been revised and expanded to such an extent that it differs significantly from the HLS article, this module will be removed. The original text and a reference to the license can also be found in the version history of the article. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altherr-Simond, Emma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simond, Emma; Altherr, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss hotelier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to bathe |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1925 |
| Place of death | Heathens |