Wiler 1900

If one looks for information about the history of the village of Wiler in the literature of the 20th century, the red blessing Sunday 1900 will probably not be missing in any report - no matter how short it may be. On Sunday, June 17, 1900, the village of Wiler was hit by a terrible village fire, in which all houses were burned down. Thus, during the procession in Kippel, believers noticed that black smoke was rising in Wiler. After only 4 ½ hours, the last of the 400 firstets of the village of Wiler fell. The beautiful village was only a smoking pile of rubble!
The poor people stood around the fire site with the saved belongings, mourning and crying. The total damage was estimated at an unbelievable 450,000.- for that time. From a telegram to the State Council it could be seen that the total of 268 homeless people were distributed among the communities of Ferden (9), Kippel (201), Ried (17), Weissried (3) and Blatten (5).