Hermann Schönbächler

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Hermann Schönbächler (born July 14, 1966 ) is a former Swiss sports lumberjack. In 2010 he emigrated to Western Canada and was portrayed for a documentary on Swiss television .

Life

Hermann Schönbächler grew up in Biel . He trained as a forest warden and ran his own company in Biel. Between 2005 and 2010, Schönbächler, known as the "Herminator", was five times Swiss champion in sports log felling in the Stihl Timbersports Series . In 2007 and 2008 he was Vice-European Champion and in 2006 and 2007 with the Swiss team European Champion. At the 2007 World Cup in Oberstdorf , he also reached 3rd place. In 2013 he retired from competitive sport with a 4th place at the 11th Swiss Championship in Brienz .

Documentary series " Up and Away" from Swiss television

Hermann Schönbächler's family became well known in German-speaking Switzerland in 2011 thanks to the emigrant documentary “Up and Away” on the TV program “DOK” . These episodes were awarded the Swiss Television Prize in 2012. In early 2010, the then four-member family emigrated to Rosswood near Terrace in the Canadian province of British Columbia and was accompanied by a camera team. The documentary season was a success thanks to the simple and honest manner of the Schönbächler family. An excerpt from the series, in which Schönbächler's five-year-old son Richi fell out of an excavator and cried, became a hit on YouTube . This scene with the father's reproachful saying “ Richiii! I hate, you would have so good! »Was processed and parodied in different variations. Due to the public interest, the Schönbächler family was the only family to be accompanied in the following season of this documentary.

In November 2012 the book Pretty Wild was published , which also portrays the life of the emigrant family. The first edition was sold out after two months and had to be reprinted. In the bestseller list of the Swiss book trade , on February 10, 2013 , Tender Wild came first in the non-fiction category.

In April 2016, Hermann Schönbächler and his family were naturalized and were able to receive the Canadian passport.

literature

  • Beat Kuhn, Christine Schönbächler-Michel: Pretty wild - the Schönbächler family and their life on the edge of civilization. Verlag Gassmann, Biel 2012, ISBN 978-3-906140-98-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Schönbächler. Stihl Timbersports , accessed April 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Heinz Röthlisberger: Hermann Schönbächler announces his resignation. Schweizer Bauer , June 24, 2013, accessed July 31, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Richi-Videos ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , storyfilter.com, November 11, 2013, accessed July 31, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.storyfilter.com
  4. ↑ hitparade.ch, February 10, 2013
  5. ↑ Hardly there, they're all gone , Bieler Tagblatt online, January 17, 2013, accessed on July 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ naturalization
personal data
SURNAME Schönbächler, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herminator (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss forest warden and sports lumberjack
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel , Switzerland