Schwyz (German pronunciation: [ʃviːts] ; French: Schwytz; Italian: Svitto) is a town and the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal...
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The canton of Schwyz (German: Kanton Schwyz [ʃviːts] Romansh: Chantun Sviz; French: Canton de Schwytz; Italian: Canton Svitto) is a canton in central...
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Name of Switzerland (section Schwyz)
[tʃviːts] for the Confederation, but simply Schwyz [ʃviːts] for the canton and the town). The toponym Schwyz itself is first attested in 972, as villa Suittes...
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Old Swiss Confederacy (section Glarus and Schwyz)
Since 1889, the Federal Charter of 1291 among the rural communes of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden has been considered the founding document of the confederacy...
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Fronalpstock is a mountain in Switzerland, in the Schwyzer Alps and the canton of Schwyz near the south-east corner of the Four Valley Lakes. It has an elevation...
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Stoosbahn (redirect from Schwyz-Stoos)
Stoosbahn, also known as the Schwyz–Stoos funicular or Standseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos, is a funicular railway in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. It connects the Hintere...
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Sparkasse Schwyz AG is a regional savings bank in the Swiss Canton of Schwyz, founded in 1812 and thus one of the oldest banks in continuous operation...
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is the principal town of the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. Together with Wollerau, Pfäffikon is considered the principal...
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Einsiedeln (redirect from Einsiedeln (Schwyz))
pronunciation: [ˈaɪnziːdl̩n]) is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey...
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Schwyz District is a district of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is both the largest and most populous of the six districts of the canton of Schwyz...
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name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer, in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory, one of the Waldstätte cantons which formed...
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Between 1831 and 1833 the canton of Schwyz was divided into half-cantons: (Inner) Schwyz and the break-away Outer Schwyz; in this instance, the half-cantons...
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Outer Schwyz (German: Ausserschwyz, formally Kanton Schwyz äusseres Land, Canton of Schwyz Outer Territory) was a half-canton of Switzerland from 1831...
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The Gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Schwyz until 1798. It was subdivided into 40 Schilling, each of 3 Rappen or 6 Angster. Coins were also...
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The Schwyz Alps (German: Schwyzer Alpen) are a mountain range in Switzerland. They form part of the North-Eastern Swiss Alps and are bordered by the Glarus...
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Swiss Alps (redirect from Schwyz Prealps)
Graubünden, Uri, Glarus, Ticino, St. Gallen, Vaud, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Schwyz, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Fribourg, Lucerne and Zug...
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Cantonal Council of Schwyz (German: Schwyzer Kantonsrat) is the legislature of the Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Schwyz has a unicameral legislature...
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The Battle of Morgarten took place on 15 November 1315, when troops of Schwyz, supported by their allies of Uri and Unterwalden, ambushed an Austrian...
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Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos (also Stoosbahn) was a funicular railway in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It led from Schlattli in the municipality of Schwyz at...
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Districts of Switzerland (section Schwyz)
organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Grisons and Schwyz are their own legal entities with jurisdiction over tax and often have their...
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heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug. Central Switzerland is one of the...
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Flags and arms of cantons of Switzerland (redirect from Flag of Schwyz)
Obwalden and Nidwalden) and for Geneva two cantons show the Swiss cross, for Schwyz on solid red, and for Neuchâtel in the corner of the "revolutionary" tricolour...
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47°1′0″N 8°39′0″E / 47.01667°N 8.65000°E / 47.01667; 8.65000 Battle of Schwyz im Muttenthal occurred on 14–15 August 1799 between French forces commanded...
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capital of the district Pfäffikon, Schwyz (Pfäffikon SZ), a town within the municipality of Freienbach, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland Pfeffikon (Pfeffikon...
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Arth (redirect from Arth (Schwyz))
Arth is a village, a town, and a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The municipality consists of the villages Arth...
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municipality of Schwyz, itself in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It lies some 2 km (1.2 mi) to the west of the town centre of Schwyz, and near the...
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The Frank was the currency of the Swiss canton of Schwyz between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 Batzen, each of 10 Rappen (also spelled Rapen)...
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Schwyz railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwyz) is a railway station in the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland...
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Altendorf is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Altendorf is first mentioned in 972 as Rahprehteswilare. In 1932...
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Federal Charter of 1291 (category Schwyz)
Switzerland. A treaty of alliance from 1291 between the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, the Charter is one of a series of alliances from which...
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