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Selina Chönz
Selina Chönz or Selina Choenz (4 August 1910 – 17 February 2000) was a Swiss children's author. Her most famous work is ''A Bell for Ursli'', a children's literature, children's book illustrated by Alois Carigiet . Biography Selina Chönz was born in Samedan on 4 August 1910 as the oldest child and the only daughter to printer and typesetter Anton M. Meyer from Hof and his wife, Marie Louise Ronzi. Chönz trained as a Montessori kindergarten teacher in Bern. She then spent time learning languages by moving to Spain, England and Italy. Her first teaching position was in Zuoz in the Engadin. Shortly after she moved to Zurich to teach kindergarten teachers. While there she decided to write a children's book herself. Chönz was a proponent of Romansh language, Romansh. When she married, she changed the spelling of her name to replace the German "K" with the "Ch". She wrote the original version of the ''A Bell for Ursli'' in Upper Engadin Romansh. She persuaded artist Alois Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samedan
Samedan (, ) is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is served by Samedan railway station on the Rhaetian Railway network and by the Samedan Airport. History Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Samaden''. In 1334 it was mentioned as ''Semeden'', in 1367 as ''Semaden'', in 1498 as ''Sumada'' and in 1527 as ''Sameden''. Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 J08 Samaden.JPG, Samedan c. 1870 with the Bernina hotel (opened in 1865), one of the oldest hotels in the Engadin. Etching by Heinrich Müller Samedan circa 1870.jpg, A photograph of Samedan in the circa 1870s Samedan circa 1870 B.jpg, Another photographic view of Samedan in the circa 1870s ETH-BIB-Samedan-LBS H1-017880.tif, Aerial view (1954) Geography Samedan has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 15.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 72.9% is unproductive la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
