The first mention of “Kilchzimmer” is in a document of 1491, when the farm was let to a tenant named Uli Moser. According to a date which can be read on one of the beams, the main building at Kilchzimmer dates from 1571.
The monastery, down at Schönthal, was first inhabited by Benedictine monks, but like other medieval monasteries, it underwent many vicissitudes, at one time being a nunnery. In 1525, during the peasants’ Revolt in Germany, the tenants stormed the place and burnt its records. The monks fled. It was at this time that the city of Basel sent bailiffs to take charge of the farms. A few years later, after the Reformation, some of the farms, including Kilchzimmer, were sold to the “Bürgerspital” (the Citizen’s Hospital) in Basel. for the next 250 years, there is no record of this area.
continue >>
go to page: 1 2 3 4
