Willisau District is one of the five districts (German: Ämter) of the German-speaking Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Willisau...
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Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of...
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Christoph Graf (category People from Willisau District)
Colonel Christoph Graf (born 5 September 1961) is the 35th and current Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, appointed by Pope Francis on 7 February...
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Patrick Nuo (category People from Willisau District)
Patrick Nuo (born 31 August 1982) is a Swiss singer. Nuo was born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he lived till the age of 17.[citation needed]...
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Beat Wirz (category People from Willisau District)
Beat Wirz (born 30 January 1953) is a Swiss former rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
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Fabian Lustenberger (category People from Willisau District)
Fabian Lustenberger (born 2 May 1988) is a Swiss former professional footballer. He has earned three caps with the Switzerland national team. In his first...
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Max Wechsler (cyclist) (category People from Willisau District)
Max Wechsler (born 6 October 1938) is a former Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics. "Max Wechsler Olympic...
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Louis von Sonnenberg (category People from Willisau District)
Louis von Sonnenberg (19 May 1921 – 17 February 2004) was a Swiss sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. "Francois...
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Caspar Widmer (category People from Willisau District)
Caspar Widmer (28 May 1874 – 27 March 1953) was a Swiss sports shooter. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1920 Summer Olympics. "Caspar...
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Pirmin Lang (category People from Willisau District)
Pirmin Lang (born 25 November 1984) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He rode in the 2014 Vuelta a España. In February 2020, he publicly confessed to having...
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Marianne Schroeder (category People from Willisau District)
Marianne Schroeder (born 1949 in Reiden) is a Swiss pianist and composer. She studied with Giacinto Scelsi. She played at Carnegie Hall, Lucerne Festival...
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Sabine Fischer (runner) (category People from Willisau District)
Sabine Fischer (born 29 June 1973 in Menznau) is a Swiss long-distance runner. Sabine Fischer at World Athletics Sabine Fischer at World Athletics Sabine...
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Melanie Maurer (category People from Willisau District)
Melanie Maurer (born 17 June 1988) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, and duathlete, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Winspace...
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Nicolai Kern (category People from Willisau District)
Nicolai Kern (born 12 October 1968) is a Swiss former rower. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans...
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Josi Meier (category People from Willisau District)
Josephine Johanna "Josi" Meier (31 August 1926 in Dagmersellen – 4 November 2006 in Lucerne) was a Swiss politician and feminist. She was one of the first...
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Nadja Purtschert (category People from Willisau District)
Nadja Purtschert (born 3 September 1989) is a Swiss snowboarder, specializing in halfpipe. Purtschert competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland...
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Christian Schwegler (category People from Willisau District)
Christian Schwegler (born 6 June 1984) is a former footballer from Switzerland who played as defender. Christian joined Red Bull Salzburg during the summer...
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Hildegard Kleeb (born 1957 in Richenthal, Reidenl [Wikidata], Willisau District) is a Swiss pianist. After her first piano and oboe lessons in music school...
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Mathias Frank (category People from Willisau District)
Mathias Frank (born 9 December 1986) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the Gerolsteiner, BMC Racing...
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Hergiswil bei Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Hergiswil bei Willisau is first mentioned...
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Hochdorf Luzern with capital Luzern Sursee with capital Sursee Willisau with capital Willisau These were abolished with the new cantonal constitution of 2007...
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Aloys Lütolf (category People from Willisau District)
Aloys Lütolf (born 23 July 1824, in Gettnau near Willisau, Switzerland; died at Lucerne, 8 April 1879) was a Swiss Catholic ecclesiastical historian. He...
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mechanics and quantum field theory. Felder attended school in Lugano and Willisau District. He studied physics at ETH Zurich, where he graduated with M.Sc. in...
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the Huttwil-Wolhusen-Bahn, which were mainly politicians from the Willisau District, saw their project in the 1870s as part of through route that would...
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Reiden is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei...
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Dagmersellen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2006, the former municipalities of Buchs...
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Pfaffnau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. In the municipality two different parts are existing, the...
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Luthern is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Luthern is first mentioned in 1275 as Lutrun. Luthern has...
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and valleys under Austrian control, including, Meienberg, Reichensee and Willisau. These moves were the immediate cause of war. On 14 January, Lucerne called...
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which left Langenthal to arrive at the Reuss north of Lucerne by way of Willisau and Ruswil. The reserve artillery was concentrated on the bridgehead of...
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