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    The city of Bern is one of the Zähringer foundations of the late 12th century (traditional date 1191). By the end of the 13th century, it had acquired...
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    Bern (Swiss Standard German: [bɛrn] ), or Berne (French: [bɛʁn] ), is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population...
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  • The history of the Jews in Bern dates back to at least the Middle Ages. Following the expulsion and persecution of Jews during and after the Black Death...
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    The canton of Bern, or Berne (‹See Tfd›German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons...
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    The Natural History Museum of Bern (‹See Tfd›German: Naturhistorisches Museum Bern) is a museum in Bern, Switzerland. In its teaching and research it...
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    Bern is a city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 161. Bern had its start in the late 1880s...
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    The coat of arms of Bern, along with the associated flag and heraldic colours, are used both by the Swiss city of Bern and by the canton of the same name...
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    Bern (formerly Newbern) is a city in and the county seat of Craven County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 31...
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    The University of Bern (‹See Tfd›German: Universität Bern, French: Université de Berne, Latin: Universitas Bernensis) is a public research university in...
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  • The Treaty of Bern (formally the Treaty concerning the formation of a General Postal Union), signed on 9 October 1874, established the General Postal Union...
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  • seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, also known in Romania as the Bern incident (Romanian: Incidentul de la Berna), was the brief seizure of the Romanian...
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  • seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern, Switzerland was a politically and financially motivated hostage situation. The embassy was seized by a group of four...
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    Operation Sunrise (World War II) (category History of Bern)
    to arrange a local surrender of German forces in northern Italy. Most of the meetings took place in the vicinity of Bern, Switzerland, and the lead negotiators...
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    Bern-Belp Regional Aerodrome (IATA: BRN, ICAO: LSZB / LSMB), marketed as Bern Airport, officially referred to as Regionalflugplatz Bern-Belp in German...
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    and the area of Lucerne. As a result, he enlarged Thun and founded Bern in 1191, which became the focus of his expansionism. At the battle of Ulrichen in...
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    Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-03-18. Lissner, Jørgen. "Family: Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders)". The Spiders of Europe and Greenland...
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    This is a list of mayors of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The executive of Bern is the municipal council (Gemeinderat). It is chaired by the mayor (Stadtpräsident...
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    The Bern zinc tablet or Gobannus tablet is a metal sheet found in 1984 in Bern, Switzerland. As it was only analysed after the death of the workman who...
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    Bern Minster (‹See Tfd›German: Berner Münster) is a Swiss Reformed cathedral (or minster) in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style...
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  • Universal Postal Union (category History of Bern)
    worldwide postal system. It comprises 192 member states and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. Established in 1874 as the General Postal Union, the UPU is...
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  • following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bern, Switzerland. 2nd-3rd century CE - Roman settlement abandoned. 1191 - Bern set up as military...
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    Black house spider (category Spiders of Asia)
    Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 15 September 2017. "Taxon details Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum...
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    completed in 2009. The museum contains collections related to the history of Bern from prehistoric times to the present and other artefacts on permanent...
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  • List of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance in the Canton of Bern, including in the city of Bern. The cultural...
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    The Golden Charter of Bern (also: Golden Bull, in German: Goldene Handfeste or Berner Handfeste) is a medieval charter purporting to have been issued...
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  • The Bern Disputation was a debate over the theology of the Swiss Reformation that occurred in Bern from 6 to 26 January 1528 that ended in Bern becoming...
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    Bernnadette Stanis, also billed as Bern Nadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, December 22, 1953), is an American actress and author. Stanis is best...
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    World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-01-19 Hawkes, Alison (31 October 2012), "Signs of the Season: Pumpkin spiders on the...
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    Paul Bern (born Paul Levy; December 3, 1889 – September 5, 1932) was a German-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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  • Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-08-26 Ruiz, G.R.S.; Maddison, W.P. & Galiano, M.E. (2019), "A revision of the concept of Mago O. Pickard-Cambridge...
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