Johannes Kehrli
Johannes Kehrli (baptized February 27, 1774 in Brienz ; † July 13, 1854 there ) was a Swiss teacher, musician and tourism expert.
Life
Johannes Kehrli was the son of the Brienz farmer Jakob Kehrli and Ursula Wyss. In 1804 he married Barbara Schild, also from Brienz. The autodidactic schoolmaster dedicated himself particularly to school singing. In 1805 he performed with a girls' choir at the first Unspunnen Festival . With the support of the Bernese government, he opened the Giessbach Falls from 1818 .
In 1822 he built his first inn on his Giessbachwiese. Together with the Brienz pastor Daniel Wyss, he founded tourism to Giessbach. In 1834 he gave up the teaching profession and devoted himself with his children to the business, which took off with steamship in 1839. In 1855 his heirs sold the Giessbach to Conrad von Rappard .
literature
- Bernese Biographies Collection , pp. 440–446.
- P. Schenk: Vanished grand hotel glory . In: Yearbook from Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, 1944, pp. 71–86.
- Commemorative publication on the occasion of the reopening of the Park Hotel Giessbach , 1949.
- F. Ammann: The Giessbach Hotels . In: Jahrbuch vom Thuner and Brienzersee, 1977, pp. 52–65.
- AA Häsler: Bernese Oberland , 1986.
- Max Gygax et al .: Heimatbuch Brienz , 1999.
- Christoph Zürcher: Kehrli, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Christoph Wyss and Rudolf Gallati: Unspunnen 1805 - 2005, page 103 ff.
Web links
- Giessbach, exchange letter March 13, 1839 ( State Archives of the Canton of Bern )
- Giessbach, exchange contract September 7, 1848 (State Archives of the Canton of Bern)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kehrli, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teachers, musicians and tourism experts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 27, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brienz BE |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1854 |
| Place of death | Brienz BE |