Pastor Künzle path Wangs

Themed circular hike with herb picture boards from Wangs Rappagugg via Vilters and back. In the former Kurhaus Bad Wangs (today holiday resort Fatima) there are still original brewing ports and bathing facilities.

Short biography Pastor Künzle 1857-1945
He had already acquired the basis for his comprehensive knowledge of the medicinal plants of his homeland and their application in early childhood, when his father Jakob Anton Künzle as a gardener showed him the various plants, mentioned their Latin names and also told him their origin.
Later, Father Künzle collected recipes of old, tried and tested remedies and studied the behavior of the animals. Although scientists scoffed at him, he unflinchingly drew his conclusions from the observations. In Wangs, he held the first herb market in 1914. Pastor Künzle had the herbs collected here, as he has found that the herbs in the foehn area in the Wang region are significantly stronger than those in the area of the north wind. When the dreaded flu raged in 1918 and death swung the scythe everywhere, the herbal priest fought with herbal teas against the "sinister journeyman", who did not succeed in making the "miracle doctor" even a single patient.

The healing successes of the popular pastor caused a sensation and made him famous. More and more people turned to the herbalist and asked him for help and healing, so that he was finally faced with the decision to remain a pastor or to devote himself entirely to the sick. He opted for herbal medicine and settled in Zizers. In the new home there was no lack of patients, but of the understanding of the authorities of the canton of Graubünden. He was fined for his help to the sick, and learned circles spoke of superstition and botchedness in connection with the herbal healing method. There was a famous vote on the medicinal herb initiative in the canton of Graubünden.

The people were clearly in favour of herbal medicine. The opponents of the herb priest were not yet defeated, as they hoped that the "miracle doctor" would fall through the exam they had set up. When the 65-year-old pastor was summoned for the exam, the examinee asked the high lords if he should answer the questions in Latin or Greek, which did not embarrass the examiners badly. Künzle passed the exam with flying colours. Now the way was clear for healing. The healing method of Pastor Künzle with the 3F's, for solid - liquid - volatile are still used today. Fixed stands for herbal active ingredients for the organs, liquid for the organism and volatile for the energy balance of the body. Pastor Künzle was buried on 11 January 1945 in the parish of Wangs.