Father Alberich or Alberik Zwyssig (17 November 1808 – 18 November 1854) was a Cistercian monk who composed in 1841 the Swiss Psalm, the present Swiss national anthem. A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure depicting a person's head and Neck, as well as a variable portion of Bauen is a municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link The "Swiss Psalm" is the National anthem of Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's
Life
Johann Josef Maria Zwyssig (he took the name "Alberich" later as his name in religion) was born in 1808 in Bauen, Canton of Uri. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Bauen is a municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri. Uri (German) is one of the 26 Cantons of Switzerland. It is located in Central Switzerland. From 1821 to 1841 he lived in Wettingen Abbey, first as a choir boy and pupil in the monastery school, and later as a monk and priest. Wettingen Abbey ( Kloster Wettingen) was a Cistercian monastery in Wettingen in the Swiss canton of Aargau. He was also a teacher, secretary to the abbot and choirmaster.
After the dissolution of the abbey by the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau on 13 January 1841 the monks wandered from place to place for several years. Aargau ( German; rarely anglicized Argovia) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link After the Sonderbundskrieg Zwyssig spent six years as a guest in Wurmsbach Abbey at Jona on Lake Zürich. The Sonderbund Swiss civil war of November 1847 ensued after the Sonderbund (meaning "separate alliance" in German) was created in 1845 Wurmsbach Abbey ( Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach) is a Cistercian nunnery located in Bollingen near Rapperswil, in the Canton of St Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St Lake Zurich ( Swiss German / Alemannic: Zürisee; German: Zürichsee) is a Lake in Switzerland, extending He was in charge of teaching music at their newly founded daughter institute, and wrote many compositions both religious and secular. In 1854 the wandering monks at last came to Vorarlberg on 8 June 1854 the former monastery at Mehrerau in Bregenz, which had been secularised in 1806 by the Bavarian state, was re-founded as a Cistercian monastery by Abbot Leopold Hoechle from Wettingen with seven priests and three brothers. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Vorarlberg is the westernmost state ( Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area ( Vienna is the smallest it borders Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Wettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey ( Territorialabtei Wettingen-Mehrerau) (official name Beatae Mariae Virginis de Maris Stella et de Augia Majore) is Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Zwyssig participated in the new foundation as a cantor but died there within a few months, on 18 November 1854.
External links
- Alberik Zwyssig Monument in Bauen (German)
- Alberich Zwyssig in the German National Library catalogue
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| NAME | Zwyssig, Alberich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zwyssig, Alberik; Zwyssig, Johann Josef Maria (birth name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cistercian monk, composer of the Swiss national anthem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17 November 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bauen, Canton of Uri |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18 November 1854 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey |
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