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    Murten (German, pronounced [ˈmuːɐ̯tn̩] ) or Morat (French, pronounced [mɔʁa]; Arpitan: Morât [mɔˈʁa] ) is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See...
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    the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. The result was a crushing defeat for the...
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    Lake Morat (redirect from Murten See)
    Lake Morat or Lake Murten (French: Lac de Morat [lak də mɔʁa]; German: Murtensee) is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of...
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    This is a list of mayors of Murten (Stadtammann von Murten, Syndic de Morat), Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland....
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    Murten/Morat railway station (German: Bahnhof Murten, French: Gare de Morat) is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the Swiss canton of...
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  • Burg bei Murten is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1340 as...
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    furnishings are exhibited, an Armoury Tower, a diorama of the Battle of Murten, and a Coin Cabinet showing 14th, 15th, 16th century Swiss coins and even...
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    acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league...
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    Group is a European unattended self-service retailer founded in 1957 in Murten, Switzerland. It is owned by the American investment firm Kohlberg Kravis...
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  • exposition took place around the lakes of Neuchâtel, Bienne/Biel and Morat/Murten. It was divided into five sites, which were called Arteplages, due to the...
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    duvara- dvara- dwar die merdene mirdin mirin mrəl bamarden marde mireg, murten murdən, mərdən bamerden mürdən morde mideu mordan murdan mạriya- mar- mælyn...
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    (Freiburg im Üechtland, 1157) Bern (1191), Burgdorf (castle before 1175), Murten (c. 1180), Thun (c. 1190). Other towns owned by or under the jurisdiction...
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  • Hotel Adler (category Murten)
    Hotel Adler is a traditional hotel located in the Old Town of Murten, Fribourg canton, Switzerland, the first written record about it is from 1396. The...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Morat may refer to: Morat, Switzerland, or Murten, a town in Switzerland Battle of Morat (1476), between the Swiss Federation...
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    Landvogtei of Locarno Landvogtei of Lugano Landvogtei of Mendrisio Vogtei of Murten Vogtei of Orbe-Échallens Imperial Abbey of Pfäfers Vogtei of Rheintal Vogtei...
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    delimitation. It passes from Biel/Bienne over Murten and Fribourg to the Fribourg Alps. The cities of Biel/Bienne, Murten and Fribourg are officially bilingual...
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  • Planches, Liestal, Locarno, Lucerne, Lugano, Martigny, Montreux, Morges, Murten, Naters, Neuchâtel, Nyon, Olten, Rapperswil-Jona, Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen...
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    Burgunderbeute: Inventar der Beutestücke aus den Schlachten von Grandson, Murten und Nancy 1476/1477 (in German), Bern: Verlag Stämpfli & Cie. Stein, Robert...
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    Trois-Lacs, German: Drei-Seen-Land), along with lakes Biel/Bienne and Morat/Murten. With a surface of 218.3 km2 (84 sq mi), Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake...
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    with Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne; annexed by Lucerne in 1480. Murten – from 1353 by treaty with Bern; became a confederal condominium in 1475...
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    Teddy Stauffer (category People from Murten)
    Ernest Henry Stauffer Teddy-Stauffer-Septett Born (1909-05-02)2 May 1909 Murten, Fribourg, Switzerland Died 27 August 1991(1991-08-27) (aged 82) Acapulco...
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  • cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) 2002 – Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02 2004 – cancelled...
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  • St. Gallen - Winterthur - Zürich (North Ring) - Aarau - Olten - Bern - Murten - Avenches - Payerne - Estavayer-le-Lac - Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne -...
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    successively in various alliances with other cities including Fribourg, Murten, Biel or Solothurn. This Bernese "Burgundian Confederation" was a more volatile...
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  • Courlevon. On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of Burg bei Murten merged into Murten/Morat. On 24 May 1977 the municipality of Vully-le-Haut changed...
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    Burgunderbeute; Inventar der Beutestücke aus den Schlachten von Grandson, Murten und Nancy, 1476/1477 (in German). Bern: Stämpfli. p. 123. Norris, Herbert...
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    at Grandson and then again a few months later, on 22 June that year, at Murten. The duke was killed at the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477, an event...
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    commander and 3-time mayor (Schultheiss) of Bern, hero of the Battle of Murten Niklaus Dachselhofer (1595–1670) – Bernese politician, Schultheiss (mayor)...
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    Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano, Ceresio) Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) Lake Murten (Lac de Morat, Murtensee) Lake Neuchâtel (Lac de Neuchâtel, Neuenburgersee)...
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    1477-1479. In Switzerland, he is remembered as the hero of the 1476 Battle of Murten. Adrian von Bubenberg was born as the son of Heinrich IV. von Bubenberg...
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