Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Johannes Hottinger i te tau 1712, ko ia anake te tama i ora i roto i ngā tamariki tokorima a Hans-Rudolf rāua ko Verena Hottinger. Ko te tau o te whanautanga o Johannes i tohuhia e te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o Villmergen
, i muri i a Zurich i tino kaha ki te whakamahi i tona tuunga hei huarahi nui o Uropi me te pokapū tauhokohoko. Ko te mahi a Johannes ka awhinahia e te meka ko tana matua keke, a Christof Hottinger, he Kaituku mo te Kaunihera Taone mo te umanga saffron kaha me te Kaitiaki o te Grossmünster.