Comments on: Map of Where the Zumbrunnen Family Lived in Switzerland

By: Earlene Meyer

Earlene Meyer — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:10:32 +0000

Love this page. Great research. My maiden name was Zumbrun

By: The Zumbrunnen Go to College « Zumbrun Genealogy

The Zumbrunnen Go to College « Zumbrun Genealogy — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:54:16 +0000

[…] alma mater was the Jesuit Collège Saint-Michel[1], or the College of St. Michael, in Fribourg, Switzerland. The school was founded by Father Peter Canisius, S.J., in 1582. Amazingly, the school has some […]

By: Translating the Zumbrunnen Entry in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland « Zumbrun Genealogy

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:30:25 +0000

[…] The article discusses three branches of the Zumbrunnen family, but it’s the third branch in Uri that is the interesting […]

By: The Oldest Baptism Book in Altdorf, Uri « Zumbrun Genealogy

The Oldest Baptism Book in Altdorf, Uri « Zumbrun Genealogy — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:45:06 +0000

[…] register of baptisms at the church in Altdorf begins in 1648. Earlier records were destroyed in a fire in 1799. These baptisms don’t seem […]

By: Vassals of the Fraumünster: the Zumbrunnen Family in the Feudal Period « Zumbrun Genealogy

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 22:49:34 +0000

[…] Louis was a powerful enough king that he could afford to give something to his daughter and so, in the year 853, he created a convent in the already-ancient city of Zürich. The Benedictine Convent, which became known as the Fraumünster, was built on the banks of the Limmat River in the very heart of the city. To preserve the lifestyle his daughter Hildegard was accustomed to he gave her the convent, which was endowed with all the nearby lands, among them the Valley of Uri. […]

By: William Tell and the Zumbrunnen Family « Zumbrun Genealogy

William Tell and the Zumbrunnen Family « Zumbrun Genealogy — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 01:53:07 +0000

[…] Zumbrunnen family originates from the Swiss towns of Attinghausen and Altdorf, in the Canton of Uri, and if you’d ever heard of these towns before it’s very likely because of William […]

By: The Castles of the Zumbrunnen Family « Zumbrun Genealogy

The Castles of the Zumbrunnen Family « Zumbrun Genealogy — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:33:16 +0000

[…] beginning in the 1100s, with most of the modern structure completed in the 1500s. It sits in the town of Sargans in the Swiss canton of St. […]

By: A Glossary of the Swiss Political Offices Held by the Zumbrunnen « Zumbrun Genealogy

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:16:29 +0000

[…] fortresses are primarily in regions along the modern borders of Switzerland. (You can see these locations in this map). The Landvogt was appointed by the central cantons to live in these castles and be the chief […]

By: How Heinrich Zumbrunnen of 1339 Became a Namesake for Centuries « Zumbrun Genealogy

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:23:39 +0000

[…] city of Bern — today the capital of Switzerland — had been growing in wealth and power and […]

By: Translating the Attinghausen entry in the Nobiliaire Militaire Suisse « Zumbrun Genealogy

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:17:24 +0000

[…] the village of Altdorf, beyond the Reuss River in the Canton or Uri.(For a map of these locations, see here.) Attinghausen gave its name to one of the most ancient, most illustrious and most respectable of […]