Click on the links to view some photos of Switzerland, home of the Zeller, Dähler, and Kratzer families.
Peter Kratzer house, Wengi bei Reichenbach, built by my great-great-great grandfather
Property in Oberried bei Zweisimmen, owned by Jakob Matti, my great-great-great-great grandfather.
Pasture in Oberried bei Zweisimmen, owned by Jakob Matti until his death in 1866
Obersimmentaler Heimathus Zweisimmen, built in 1647 by my sixth great Grandfather Solomon Martig
1795 wooden chest owned by my 5th great Grandfather Johannes Zeller in Zweisimmen
1648 wooden chest owned by my 6th great Grandfather Solomon Martig, in the collection of the Obersimmentaler Heimathus Zweisimmen
Houses in Zweisimmen, where my fifth great grandfather Johannes Zeller was born
Zweisimmen in 1876 - Photo courtesy of Werner Zeller Foto in Zweisimmen
Business Card of Albert Dähler of 93 Rue de Carouge in Geneva, Switzerland
93 Rue de Carouge in Geneva; birthplace of my grandfather George Dähler
View of Niesen Mountain from Spiez Castle garden, Spiez, Switzerland
Same view downward to Aeschi bei Spiez, Interlaken, and Lake Thun from summit of Niesen Mountain
School attended by my great grandfather Albert Dähler in Seftigen
Heavy traffic on Simmental Highway between Zweisimmen and Spiez
Yet another traffic jam, this time in Reichenbach im Kandertal.
Jodlerklub Bärgfründe Boltigen at Jodlerabend 2002 in Reidenbach Merzweckhalle
Jodlerklub Bärgfründe Boltigen at Jodlerabend 2003 in Reidenbach Merzweckhalle
Jodlerklub Frutigen at Jodlerabend 2003 in Reidenbach Merzweckhalle
Cow auction on runway at Zweisimmen airport
Zweisimmen Bahnhof more than 100 years ago
Two radio
stations
in Switzerland play Swiss folk music via the internet on a daily basis.
Radio Berner Oberland in Interlaken plays excellent Volksmusik daily
for
about three hours after 10:30 Eastern time, or at 0230 UTC. You need
the
RealAudio Player to hear their broadcasts. Most computers have a
RealAudio
player, but if you don't have one you can download the player for free
Radio Eviva, a cable and satellite radio
service
in Zurich, Switzerland, has an extensive 24 hour schedule consisting
primarily
of Swiss Volksmusik. Their RealAudio server has been out of order for
some
time, but they recently added a Windows Media Player audio service to
their
web site. If you have a Windows Media player, check out the link below
to their web site, which includes a link to the Media Player stream. .
Radio Berner Oberland - Interlaken, Switzerland
Radio Eviva Web Site - Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail me at georgez@nacs.net
