Paxmal, peace monument by the artist K. Bickel

In 1924, after recovering from a serious illness in the Knoblisbühl lung sanatorium on the Walenstadtberg, the Zurich artist Karl Bickel moved to his adopted home in Schrina-Hochrugg on the Walenstadtberg. For 25 years, he designed his imposing peace monument, the PAXMAL. He also lived in it before building a home of his own for his family. In addition to his work on this manuscript, he devoted himself in particular to stamp engraving and painting. Karl Bickel died in 1982 at the age of 97.