Meyer had grown up in Schleitheim and worked as a primary school teacher in Gächlingen, a neighboring village. To complement his relief, which he used for teaching local history, he drew a school wall map of the same region in 1911.

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.163.