COLLECTED BY YVO BUSCHAUER · PRESERVED AND SHARED
Appenzell, up close.
Six ways to discover its story.
Familiar places. Forgotten stories. A fresh sense of discovery.
Come and see the Appenzellerland through different eyes.
Good company. Open skies.
Barbecue spots
By a stream, beneath the trees, with mountains on the horizon: places to share a meal and a little unhurried time.
Explore the barbecue spotsQuiet places. Stories that endure.
Chapels
Wayside chapels and village churches: quiet witnesses to the lives and landscape around them.
Explore the chapelsA welcome from another time
Historic Taverns
Step back into Appenzell’s old taverns. Many are gone, but the stories told around their tables remain.
Explore the collectionA railway to the clouds
Säntis Railway
The story of a planned railway on the Säntis - and an idea that aimed high.
Explore the railway projectHistory, shaped from clay
Brickworks
The history of the brickworks in Appenzell: a look at a place of crafts and work.
Explore the brickworksVoices above the village
Bells
The bells of St. Mauritius: a story of fire, renewal, craftsmanship, and voices that connect generations.
Discover the story of the bellsNOTICE. REMEMBER. PASS IT ON.
The stories we keep
make a place our own.
Yvo Buschauer recorded the stories of his home region: its places to gather, chapels and taverns, an ambitious railway project, a brickworks, and the bells of St. Mauritius.
Michael Buschauer brings this collection to the web. Each theme invites you to follow a trail, see familiar places afresh and rediscover stories that might otherwise be forgotten.
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