Jenny Estate (german: Jenny Schloss) is a large estate in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Thalwil Thalwil is a municipality and town in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. In addition to the town of Thalwil, the municipality includes the village of Gattikon. History Thalwil is first mentioned around 1030 as ''Tal ...

of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

History

The building, now known as Jenny Estate, was built in 1878 as a home and silk fabric factory for Fritz Schwarzenbach-Suter. It was designed by architect Jakob Staub (1837-1892) and Johann Rudolf Hofmann-Schmid. Merchant Conrad Jenny Blumer (1848-1928), married to Albertina Jenny, bought the building from Schwarzenbach's heirs in 1893. Since then it was popularly referred to as the "''Jenny Castle''".The decorative paintings in the staircase are by Eugen Ott (1850-1916) and the Jenny coat of arms decorates the master bedroom.1928 it became the home of son and author Hans Jenny (1894-1942) who is best known for his book ''Kunstführer der Schweiz'' (Art and architecture of Switzerland) (1934). It was acquired by the municipality and then renovated in 1986–93. One of the outbuildings is now used as a

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...

Personalities

Beside Hans Jenny, some other members of his family made a name of themselves. His sister

Tina Keller-Jenny Tina Keller-Jenny (born June 17, 1887 in Schwanden, Switzerland, died October 25, 1985 in Geneva) was a Swiss physician and Jungian psychotherapist who witnessed firsthand the development of analytical psychology during its formative years. B ...

was a known Psychotherapist, and one of the first clients of Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, phi ...

. She was married to the

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Adolf Keller, a close friend of

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ...

. Sister Elisabeth Alice Jenny was married to the politician and founder of the Orchester de la Suisse Romande,

Paul Lachenal Paul Lachenal (1884, Geneva – 1955) was a Swiss politician and philanthropist. He was born in Geneva as son of the Jean-François Lachenal and the Louise Marie born Gleckner. He studied law at the University of Geneva, which he completed in 1 ...

(1884-1955). Son Caspar Konrad Jenny-Caflisch (1888-1944), was a Swiss ambassador in Buenos Aires.

References

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