Father Alberich or Alberik Zwyssig (baptismal names Johann Josef Maria) (born 17 November1808 in Bauen; died 18 November1854 in Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey) was a Cistercian monk who in 1841 composed the present Swissnational anthem, the Swiss Psalm (Schweizerpsalm). 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... take you to calendar). ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... The Swiss Psalm is the national anthem of 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. 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 January1841 the monks wandered from place to place for several years. After the Sonderbundskrieg Zwyssig spent six years as a guest in Wurmsbach Abbey at Jona on Lake Zürich. 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 June1854 the former monastery at Mehrerau in Bregenz, which had been secularised in 1806 by the Bavarian state was re-settled as a Cistercian monastery by Abbot Leopold Hoechle from Wettingen with seven priests and three brothers. Zwyssig participated in the new foundation as a cantor but died within a few months. For other uses, see Aargau (disambiguation). ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... take you to calendar). ... In 1847, a civil war broke out between the Catholic and the Protestant cantons (Sonderbundskrieg). ... Rapperswil is a small town in the canton of St. ... Lake Zurich showing a sailing boat, a popular pastime on the lake Lake Zurich (also spelled Lake Zürich or Lake of Zürich; in German Zürichsee) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the town of Zürich. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...
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(German)Works of and about Alberich Zwyssig in the DDB catalogue
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