Find A Grave - Zurich

Schwarzenbach, Annemarie b. May 23, 1908 d. November 15, 1942
Author, Journalist. She was born in Zurich, Switzerland. A close friend of Klaus and Erika Mann, she was a big traveler, experience that she reflected powerfully in her books. In 1934, she accompanied Klaus Mann to the first Congress of Writers, in Moscow. In 1936, Annemarie arrived in New York along with the photographer Barbara Hamilton-Wright, to document the great industrial regions of northeastern United States. Later she crossed Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Horgen Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth b. December 9, 1915 d. August 3, 2006
Opera Singer. Born in Jarotschin, Germany (now Poland), she made her operatic debut as a Flower Maiden in Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Berlin State Opera in 1938. Within two years, she was singing lead soprano parts. Schwarzkopf was considered one of the supreme interpreters of Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Hugo Wolf, and she sang with such famous conductors as Wilhelm Furtwangler, Otto Klemperer, Vittorio de Sabata, and Herbert von Karajan. Her noted operatic roles included Violetta in "La...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Zumikon Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Sprüngli-Ammann, Rudolf b. 1816 d. 1897
Confectioner. He was one of the founders of the Swiss chocolate and candy company Lindt & Sprüngli. He began making chocolates in the confectionary shop of his father, David Sprüngli, in Zurich, Switzerland in 1845. He opened his own chocolate production company in 1847. In 1892, he turned the company over to his sons, David Robert and Rudolf, Jr. David Robert inherited the confectionary shop Confiserie Sprüngli, which today has 19 branches in Switzerland with an annual revenue of around 100...[Read More] (Bio by: M Pattison)
Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Sprüngli-Baud, David Robert b. 1851 d. 1944
Confectioner. Son of Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann and grandson of David Sprüngli of the Swiss Sprüngli chocolate dynasty. He inherited the Confiserie Sprüngli with shop and tea-room from his father in 1892 and successfully presided over it until 1924, when he turned it over to his son, Herman Sprüngli. Today, Confiserie Sprüngli has 19 branches in Switzerland with an annual revenue of around 100 million Swiss francs. (Bio by: M Pattison)
Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Spyri, Johanna b. June 12, 1827 d. July 7, 1901
Author. She is remembered for her classic children's book, "Heidi." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Waldman, Franz d. 1489
Mayor of Zurich. He was executed during civil disturbances.
Cause of death: executed
Frauenmunster Church, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Weingartner, Felix b. June 2, 1863 d. May 7, 1942
Conductor, Composer. More properly styled Paul Felix von Weingartner, Edler von Munzberg, he had a long career that saw him lead the renowned Vienna Philharmonic and record the first full preservation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Born to a noble family in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was raised in Graz, Austria, from age five, initially studied music with Wilhelm Mayer-Remy, and intending to train in both music and philosophy moved to Leipzig in 1881. Soon deciding to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Friedhof Enzenbühl, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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