Jasmin Gauch

Jasmin Gauch is a master's student of history and social anthropology at the University of Bern.

“Farewell, dear homeland!”

Jasmin Gauch 15.05.2025 On 17 August 1874, five nuns left Maria-Rickenbach Benedictine Convent in the canton of Nidwalden and emigrated to the American Midwest. Sister Maria Beatrix Renggli (1848–1942) recorded her journey in a detailed travel journal.

Farewell home: five Benedictine nuns travelled to the United States to establish a convent. Illustration by Marco Heer.