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Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler
Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler (5 February 1873 – 9 May 1952) was a Swiss painter, craftswoman, art collector and patron of the arts. Life Hedwig (Hedy) was born 5 February 1873 in Winterthur was the second of four children of Carl and Ida Bühler-Blumer, a strict industrialist family in Winterthur which operated spinning mills. In 1889, Hedy entered the drawing school for industry and commerce in St. Gallen. She married Arthur Hahnloser, an ophthalmologist, on 24 October 1898. They moved into the "Villa Flora" in Winterthur, which was already in the family possession of the Bühlers and set up an eye clinic. Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler assisted her husband in running the practice. In 1899 and 1901, their son Hans and daughter Lisa were born. She also worked as an artisan, and gathered people interested in monument preservation and architecture to exchange ideas. Attendees included Robert Rittmeyer (architect), Jules de Praetere (director of the Zurich School of Applied Arts), Richard ...
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Winterthurer Bibliotheken 171504 Hedy Hahnloser-Buehler 1873-1952 Kunstsammlerin Mit Tochter Und Freundin
Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. Located about northeast of Zurich, Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial satellite city within Zurich Metropolitan Area. The official language of Winterthur is German,The official language in any municipality in German-speaking Switzerland is always German. In this context, the term 'German' is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. So, according to law, you are allowed to communicate with the authorities by using any kind of German, in written or oral form. However, the authorities will always use Swiss Standard German (aka the Swiss variety of Standard German) in documents, or any written form. And orally, it is either ''Hochdeutsch'' (i.e., Swiss Standard German or what the particular speaker ...
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