Sahlenweidli, Röthenbach
Immerse yourself in a long-forgotten time when running water and electricity were not yet a matter of course in the Emmental.
The Gotthelf House
High above Röthenbach and Eggiwil, in the venerable Sahlenweidli – well known from the SRF report – you can enjoy "life as it was in Gotthelf's time." The Sahlenweidli is a typical 18th-century small farmhouse in the Upper Menton region, built with local fir wood. The building has neither electricity nor running water – making it completely authentic.
Restaurant
Delicious dishes from yesteryear, prepared on a wood-burning stove. Whether it's a fine Schwartenwurst sausage, taken straight from the kitchen smoker, a "Suure Mockä" or a "Gnagi": you choose your own menu at the Sahlenweidli. Indulge in nostalgia and enjoy this culinary experience.
Events
The Sahlenweidli can also be rented for cocktail parties and company outings.
Overnight stays
Living as they did in the 19th century means doing without modern household appliances and luxury goods, but also without food and everyday items that are now indispensable in modern life. Below is an inventory of the items available to the "Gotthelf family" in the Sahlenweidli house, the barn, and the surrounding area:
- For the kitchen: lighter, matches, pans, cutlery, drinking vessels, plates, jugs, bowls, butter churn, sieve, chopping board, storage containers, kitchen knives, rags, soda, and sand (scouring agent).
- Household appliances: bucket, broom, scissors, and string.
- Lighting: candles, kerosene lamps, and kerosene.
- Living room: table, chairs, and bench.
- Bedrooms: beds, mattresses, pillows, duvets, bedding, and chest. Sunday clothes and hats.
- Toiletries: chamber pot
- Work and craft tools: milking stool, milking pail, axe, saw, rake, pitchforks, scythe, whetstone, sickle, hay cloth, wheelbarrow, ropes, sacks, nails, and hammer
High above Röthenbach and Eggiwil, in the venerable Sahlenweidli – well known from the SRF report – you can enjoy "life as it was in Gotthelf's time." The Sahlenweidli is a typical 18th-century small farmhouse in the Upper Menton region, built with local fir wood. The building has neither electricity nor running water – making it completely authentic.
Restaurant
Delicious dishes from yesteryear, prepared on a wood-burning stove. Whether it's a fine Schwartenwurst sausage, taken straight from the kitchen smoker, a "Suure Mockä" or a "Gnagi": you choose your own menu at the Sahlenweidli. Indulge in nostalgia and enjoy this culinary experience.
Events
The Sahlenweidli can also be rented for cocktail parties and company outings.
Overnight stays
Living as they did in the 19th century means doing without modern household appliances and luxury goods, but also without food and everyday items that are now indispensable in modern life. Below is an inventory of the items available to the "Gotthelf family" in the Sahlenweidli house, the barn, and the surrounding area:
- For the kitchen: lighter, matches, pans, cutlery, drinking vessels, plates, jugs, bowls, butter churn, sieve, chopping board, storage containers, kitchen knives, rags, soda, and sand (scouring agent).
- Household appliances: bucket, broom, scissors, and string.
- Lighting: candles, kerosene lamps, and kerosene.
- Living room: table, chairs, and bench.
- Bedrooms: beds, mattresses, pillows, duvets, bedding, and chest. Sunday clothes and hats.
- Toiletries: chamber pot
- Work and craft tools: milking stool, milking pail, axe, saw, rake, pitchforks, scythe, whetstone, sickle, hay cloth, wheelbarrow, ropes, sacks, nails, and hammer
