Stein auf Stein

Johann Peter Enderlin (1844-1925) The son of a small farmer from Maienfeld, Johann Peter Enderlin decides to become an entrepreneur even as a teenager. Unwavering, he pursues his plan, leaving school against his parents' wishes, and soon begins supplying stones for the construction of the Rheinwuhre until he is discovered by National Councilor Andreas Rudolf von Planta, who hires him as a manager on his estate in Tänikon. Eventually, the self-taught Enderlin, along with his partner Johann Georg Wiher, makes a name for himself as a road construction contractor. In his old age, Enderlin writes down his memories of the most important stages of his life. From this diary, we learn that his work includes not only roads in Eastern Switzerland, particularly the scenic road from Weesen to Amden, but also dam constructions in Graubünden and parts of the Gotthard fortress. He collaborates with his uncle Fortunat Enderlin, the builder of the Enderlin hut.