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    Appenzell Castle (German: Schloss von Appenzell) is a castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It is one...
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    Clanx Castle (category Appenzell Innerrhoden)
    Castle (German: Ruine Clanx) is a ruined castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The castle is first mentioned...
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    Meersburg Castle (German: Burg Meersburg), also known as the Alte Burg (English: Old Castle), in Meersburg on Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany...
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    Laudegg Castle (redirect from Burg Laudegg)
    Burg Laudegg is a restored castle ruin near the three villages of Ladis, Serfaus, and Fiss, Bezirk Landeck, in the state of Tyrol, Austria. Across the...
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    Wildegg Rosenberg Rosenburg/ Ramsenberg Urstein Appenzell Clanx Hoch-Altstätten Aesch Angenstein Altenberg Burg Birseck Bischofstein Bottmingen Ebenrain Farnsburg...
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  • formed in fact a class of "integration nobility". As for the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, there are known direct male decedents of the most elite noble...
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  • Ulrich Eberhard IV of Hohensax as a fief. In the Appenzell War of 1405, the castle was occupied by Appenzell and became detached from the lordship of Hohensax...
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    Neu-Ems Castle (redirect from Burg Neu-Ems)
    Neu-Ems Castle (German: Burg Neu-Ems or Schloss Glopper) is a medieval castle in Hohenems in the province of Vorarlberg, Austria. It was the fortification...
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  • 5 months 2007 Ylenia Lenhard 5 Switzerland A five-year-old girl from Appenzell, Switzerland, abducted and murdered while bicycling home from a local...
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  • into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes) Canton — — 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648:...
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    being "Salz-" (German for "salt") and the second being "-burg" from Proto-West-Germanic: *burg conveying the same meaning as Latin: oppidum, lit. 'fortified...
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    as Magadoburg (probably from Old High German magado for big, mighty and burg for fortress), the town was fortified in 919 by King Henry the Fowler against...
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    Uster Castle (redirect from Burg Uster)
    Uster Castle (Swiss German: Schloss Uster also referred to Burg Uster) is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil...
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    citizen of the city of St. Gallen in 1398. At the same time, the state of Appenzell and the City of St. Gallen were enganged in a war with the Abbey of St...
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    renamed the city Petrograd in order to expunge the German words Sankt and Burg. Since the prefix "Saint" was omitted, this act also changed the eponym and...
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    him at the Heldenplatz, where he held a speech from a balcony in the Neue Burg, in which he announced that Austria would be absorbed into Nazi Germany....
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    Hohensax (German: Ruine Hohensax or German: Burg Hohensax) is a ruined castle in the Sennwald municipality in the Swiss canton St. Gallen. The castle was...
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    In 1407 both castles were destroyed during the Appenzell Wars, but rebuilt shortly afterwards. Burg Neu-Ems is still intact today and is the private...
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    practical biology schools in four locations (Botanischer Schulgarten Burg, Freiluftschule Burg, Zooschule Hannover, and Botanischer Schulgarten Linden). The...
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    February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022. "Weltweite Kontakte: Türöffner für Bürger, Wirtschaft und Kultur". duesseldorf.de (in German). Düsseldorf. Archived...
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    as a defence against Slavic incursion, and acquired the name Hammaburg, burg meaning castle or fort. The origin of the Hamma term remains uncertain, but...
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    Birsfelden Blauen Böckten Bottmingen Bretzwil Brislach Bubendorf Buckten Burg im Leimental Buus Diegten Diepflingen Dittingen Duggingen Eptingen Ettingen...
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    by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and the architect William Burges. Original Roman work can, however, still be distinguished in the wall facings...
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    abbey was built in 1730-82. Burg Iberg (Castle Iberg) was built in 1240 by Heinrich von Iberg. It was damaged during the Appenzell Wars in 1405 and soon thereafter...
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  • initiated by the EDU, the Citizens for Citizens Association (Verein Bürger für Bürger) and the Committee for True Democracy (Wahre Demokratie), and the...
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    German). Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Burg, David F. (2004). "Tax Rebellions". A World History of Tax Rebellions: An...
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  • Federal Patent Court Foreign relations European Union Cantons Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR) Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI) Aargau (AG) Basel-Landschaft (BL) Basel-Stadt...
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    a similarly named shopping centre in Graz, called Citypark. The Castle (Burg), with a Gothic double-helix staircase, built between 1438 and 1453 by Emperor...
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    due to ill health. Ollongren was succeeded as acting Mayor by Eric van der Burg on 26 October 2017 and by Jozias van Aartsen on 4 December 2017. Unlike most...
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    others. Contemporary fast food giants like McDonald's, KFC, Subway and Burger King are the successors to milk bars, though some reemerged in recent years...
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