Otto Henne am Rhyn was an Swiss writer.

He was a son of Josef Anton Henne

Josef Anton Henne

Josef Anton Henne was a Swiss historian and politician active during the formative phase of the modern Swiss state....

 called "von Sargans". After marrying Elisabeth am Rhyn, a member of the important Lucerne family am Rhyn, he added her name to his own family name. After studying philosophy and history in Bern and Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, he became a teacher at a school in St. Gallen in 1857. Between 1859 and 1877, as well as between 1885 and 1912, he was state archivist in St. Gallen. Between 1872 and 1879, he had been an editor in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 and Hirschberg (Silesia)

Jelenia Góra

----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found...

, from 1879 to 1885 at the NZZ. Since 1861, he was an active member of the freemasons.

Works

• Geschichte des Schweizervolkes und seiner Kultur von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart (1865-1866)
• Die Kreuzzüge und die Kultur ihrer Zeit (1 vol - 1880? - illustré par Gustave Doré)
• Kulturgeschichte des deutschen Volkes (2 volumes, 1886)
• Geschichte des Kantons St. Gallen (2 volumes, 1863-1896)