Bratschi graduated from the Hofwil teacher training college and was a teacher in Wyler near Innertkirchen from 1911 and for some time a member of the Innertkirchen municipal council. Based on his own geological surveys, he created several reliefs of the Engelhörner between 1914 and 1941.

[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.155.

See also: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Hermann Bratschi. 2002.