Book launch "Valley history. Ursern in the 19th and 20th centuries" by Martin Schaffner, March 23, 2023
The alpine high valley of Ursern in the canton of Uri is the focus of this volume of essays - not the current tourist hotspot in Andermatt, but the transformation of the mountain region over the last 200 years. 21 independent texts shed light on various aspects of life in the valley and the history of Ursern. They cover formative natural events, the use of natural resources such as alpine pastures and peat and the centuries-long collective administration of the valley as "Allmäini". But forgotten forms of work, which were often carried out by women, also find a place in this book. And, of course, the proximity to the Gotthard, which made the Ursernal a hub for transnational travel routes.
An atmospheric search for traces through the centuries, in which the relationship between man and nature repeatedly pushes its way to the surface - and thus finds answers to current questions. With a series of pictures by Basel photographer Serge Hasenböhler.
Martin Schaffner is Professor Emeritus of Modern General History at the University of Basel. He has worked intensively on the history of the Ursern Valley, including as head of the renovation of the valley archive (2003-2006) and as an associated researcher in the interdisciplinary ValUrsern project (2009-2013). At the Institute Cultures of the Alps, he contributed his experience and expertise to the project Uri in Transition.
Thurday, 23. March 2023, 6 p.m.
Talmuseum Ursern, Suworow-Haus, Gotthardstrasse 113, 6490 Andermatt
Greeting: Beat Schmid, President Foundation Talmuseum Ursern, and Bruno Meier, Publisher
Reading from the book
Talk and discussion with the author, Meinrad Müller, valley archivist, and Thomas Brunner, monument conservator, moderated by Bruno Meier
Book table and aperitif
The organizer requests registration by 17 March 2023 at www.hierundjetzt.ch/veranstaltungen, by e-mail to admin@hierundjetzt.ch
or telephone 043 243 30 73.
Published on 03. March 2023
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