War Horror in Riesbach

War Horror in Riesbach. During the War of the Second Coalition in 1799, a double house in Riesbach was set on fire by howitzer grenades and burned down, and a…

Location: Riesbach, Zurich, Switzerland

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During the War of the Second Coalition in 1799, a double house in Riesbach was set on fire by howitzer grenades and burned down, and a man was shot under the door of his house. In another incident, a 21-year-old man named Heinrich Unholz was injured when a cannonball hit his house, killing his mother and grandmother.

Source: Die Riesbachstrasse

War Horror in Riesbach — Zurich, Canton of Zurich

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