Niklaus von Flüe (historian)

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Niklaus von Flüe (born April 16, 1934 in Kerns ; † October 26, 2013 in Sarnen ; legal resident in Sachseln ) was a Swiss historian , author and teacher.

Life

Von Flüe spent his youth in Sarnen . He received his doctorate in 1960 from the University of Freiburg i.Üe. In his doctoral thesis in Obwalden at the time of the Helvetic Republic , he began as a historian to work through the Obwalden history of the 18th and 19th centuries. He taught history at the Solothurn Cantonal School . In 1983 he switched to the Reussbühl Cantonal School in Littau , where he also taught history from 1983 to 1995; from 1983 to 1997 he was the principal of this school. He was retired in 1997 and lived in Kerns.

plant

Von Flüe wrote numerous books and publications on Obwalden history. In cooperation with the historical association Obwalden, many of his books have been published in the association's "Obwalden history sheets" series.

Von Flüe worked for the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland and authored over a hundred articles in this lexicon.

Books

  • Obwalden at the time of the Helvetic Republic 1798–1803 . Obwalden history sheets, No. 7, 1961.
  • The mediation time in Obwalden 1803–1813 . Obwalden history sheets, No. 10, 1968.
  • 100 years of Nünalphorn-Paxmontana: The history of the hotel . Ed .: Paxmontana AG, 1996.
  • Restoration time in Obwalden: Obwalden's relations with the federal government and the development of the canton from 1814 to 1848 . Obwalden history sheets, issue 22, 1998.
  • Peter Ignaz von Flüe, 1762 to 1834: Obwalden Landammann, Helvetian civil servant and senator, pastor of Alpnach . Self-published, Kerns, 1998.
  • Edisried and his St. Josef Chapel: Festschrift for the 250th anniversary of the chapel . Edisried: Chapel Foundation Edisried, 2003.
  • Obwalden 1848–1888: Classification in the federal state. Obwalden history sheets, issue 25, 2004.
  • Giswil in the 19th century: a village in political and economic change . Giswil Local History Association, Giswil History Booklet, No. 6, 2006.
  • Beneficiary of the chapels in Ranft and on the Flüeli 1482–2004 . Ed .: Chapel Foundation Flüeli-Ranft, 2006.
  • Sachseln in the 19th century: Chronicle and history of the community . Self-published, Kerns 2006.
  • Obwalden in the 18th century. Obwalden history sheets, issue 26, 2009.
  • Nicolaus Hermann 1818–1888. The most important Sachsler politician of the 19th century . Self-published, Kerns 2009.
  • Sarnen: from 1000 years of history . Self-published, Kerns 2012.

Essays

  • The Obwalden defense order in the first half of the 19th century. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 12, 1974, pp. 5-68.
  • The tension between Obwalden and Nidwalden after Engelberg was annexed to Obwalden. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 14, 1979, pp. 73-135.
  • Change in the state organization of Obwalden under the influence of the ideas of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 15, 1980, pp 109–127.
  • From the federal treaty to the federal constitution: Obwalden in the fight against the free marches and for the Sonderbund. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 19, 1990, pp. 9–205.
  • 125 years of the historical antiquarian association Obwalden: A club history. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 23, 2003, pp. 33–88.
  • Brother Klausen veneration in the 19th century. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 23, 2003, pp. 127–192.
  • The Benedictines of the Muri-Gries monastery at the Obwalden college in Sarnen. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter, Heft 23, 2003, pp. 193–212.
  • The sex of the von Flüe. In: Obwaldner Brattig, 2014, pp. 78–96.

Web links

  • Ruedi Brosi: Obituary. (PDF) In: Public Personnel Switzerland. Central Association of Public Personnel Switzerland, 2014, p. 17 , accessed on July 14, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Local history also for high school students , article in the Neue Obwaldner Zeitung from November 28, 2012
  2. ^ History, teachers ( Memento from December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Information page of the Reussbühl Cantonal School
  3. ^ Obwalden history sheets , list of the publication series on the website of the Historisches Verein Obwalden, accessed on November 28, 2012
  4. ↑ Obwaldner Brattig, 2014, p. 141 (obituary)
personal data
SURNAME Flüe, Niklaus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian, author and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Kerns
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2013
Place of death Sarnen