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    Pfyffer is a Swiss family and surname, originally members of the patriciate of the city of Lucerne. Several generations of representatives of this family...
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    Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (Lucerne, 1524 – Lucerne, 17 March 1594) was a Swiss military and political leader, spokesman for Roman Catholic interests...
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    Casimir Pfyffer von Altishofen (10 October 1794, in Rome – 11 November 1875) was a Swiss politician and jurist. He was mayor of Lucerne (1832–1835), President...
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  • Hans Pfyffer von Altishofen (28 March 1866 – 5 April 1953) was a Swiss businessman and politician. He was manager of the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne...
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    Confederacy. It became strongly associated with the leading family of Lucerne, Pfyffer von Altishofen, a family which between 1652 and 1847 provided nine out...
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    Gütsch is a historic château in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1859, Burkhard Pfyffer bought a plot of land on the Gütsch hill from the town and was granted...
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    at the footstool of each guest. This quick thinking was noticed by Max Pfyffer, the designer of the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, who noted his efficiency...
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    von Segesser's son-in-law Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen (otherwise known as Max Alphons Pfyffer); they acquired land in the outlying Unteren...
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    to Lucerne by the city council in 1573 to establish a college. Ludwig Pfyffer, mayor of Lucerne, offered annual financial support to the Jesuits out...
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  • von Fischer-1830 Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1831 Eduard Pfyffer von Altishoven-1832 Johann Jakob Hess-1833 Konrad Melchior Hirzel-1834...
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    ISBN 978-1-4649-0122-5. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Pfyffer GE, Auckenthaler R, van Embden JD, van Soolingen D (1998). "Mycobacterium...
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    (1607), a Lucerna shown in 1658 with the victor of Villmergen, Christoph Pfyffer, and a Berna of 1682. Over the next half-century, Merian's Abundantia would...
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    Ehre (Loyalty and Honor) to 389 of the survivors of the regiment. Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, an officer of the Guards who had been on leave in Lucerne...
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    1739: Régiment de Monin → 1756: Régiment de Reding → 1763: Régiment de Pfyffer → 1768: Régiment de Sonnenberg → 1791: 65ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne...
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    unfavourably developing siege of Rapperswil. On the Catholic side, Christoph Pfyffer von Altishofen of Lucerne was appointed commander-in-chief of the army...
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    Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen (also known as Max Alphons Pfyffer; 12 October 1834, in Altishofen – 12 January 1890, in Lucerne) was a Swiss...
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    the office became quasi-heritable, with ten commanders members of the Pfyffer von Altishofen family of Lucerne. Two commanders were from Zürich, serving...
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  • Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn, President of the Swiss Diet (1831) Eduard Pfyffer von Altishoven, President of the Swiss Diet (1832) Johann Jakob Hess, President...
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  • 000702. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 26486726. Funke G, Hutson RA, Bernard KA, Pfyffer GE, Wauters G, Collins MD (1996). "Isolation of Arthrobacter spp. from...
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    the pressure of the Protestant Reformation, Borromeo encouraged Ludwig Pfyffer in his development of the "Golden League" but did not live to see its formation...
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  • Baron Pfyffer d'Altinhosen may refer to: Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen Hans Pfyffer This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    would be improved if they were filled. The Victorian sculptor Theodore Pfyffers was commissioned to create the statues and most of them were installed...
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    succeeded Lurgan as director of the Ritz before being replaced by Hans Pfyffer von Altishofen, who had been on the board of the Ritz Hotel Development...
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    Preceded by Casimir Pfyffer President of the National Council 1855/1856 Succeeded by Friedrich Siegfried...
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    islet in the 0.55 km2 (136 acre) large lake. It was built in 1605 for the Pfyffer family. List of lakes of Switzerland Mauensee castle (in French and German)...
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    army during the Franco-Dutch War, from 1674 to 1678, as a captain in the Pfyffer Regiment. He was colonel of a Swiss regiment fighting for Savoy at the...
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    Casimir Pfyffer was five time president...
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    castle. In 1588 it was inherited by Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen, whose descendants adopted the name Pfyffer von Wyher. Between 1837 and 1964 it was owned...
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    General Francesco Traversa. General Schumacher's aide-de-camp was Alphons Pfyffer von Altishofen who later became the Chief of General Staff of the Swiss...
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  • characteristic phenolic glycolipid and lipo-oligosaccharide. In 1998, Pfyffer described abdominal lymphatic TB in a 56-year-old Swiss man with HIV infection...
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