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    Raron (French: Rarogne) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Raron is first mentioned around 1101–1200 as...
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    Von Raron (French Rarogne) was an influential noble family in the Valais (the bishopric of Sion) in the late medieval period. Related to the lords of...
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  • The district of Raron was one of the 12 districts comprising the Republic of Wallis and after 1848 the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Today[when?] it...
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  • Östlich Raron (fr. District de Rarogne oriental) is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The districts of Östlich Raron and Westlich...
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  • Raron (fr. Rarogne occidental) is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The districts of Östlich Raron and Westlich Raron share...
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    noble Raron family. The uprising was successful in driving out the Rarons and almost brought the Confederation to civil war. Following the Raron affair...
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    The Raron affair (German: Raronhandel) was a 15th-century rebellion in the Valais (the prince-bishopric of Sion) against the power of a local noble family...
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    capital Visp The district of Raron is divided into: Östlich Raron with capital Mörel-Filet Westlich Raron with capital Raron The Canton of Neuchâtel was...
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    Raron railway station (German: Bahnhof Raron, French: Gare de Rarogne) is a railway station in the municipality of Raron, in the Swiss canton of Valais...
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    in 1417 during the Raron affair, a war between the people of Sion and the Raron family. It was rebuilt by Bishop William III of Raron some thirty years...
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    to the Raron family in the 14th century. In 1387, the castle was damaged by the soldiers of Amadeus VII in reprisal for an uprising of the Raron against...
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    below the existing Lötschberg Tunnel. It runs between Frutigen, Bern, and Raron, Valais. The Lötschberg Base Tunnel was built as one of the two centrepieces...
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    Valmont Sanatorium in Switzerland. He was buried on 2 January 1927, in the Raron cemetery to the west of Visp. Rilke had chosen as his own epitaph this poem:...
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    clash between Bern and the four Waldstätten over the Raron conflict (Bern supported the barons of Raron, while the forest cantons sided with the Sieben Zenden)...
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  • Eischoll is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Eischoll is first mentioned in 1250 as Oiselz. In 1336 it...
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    Valais, listed orographically[clarification needed], were Goms, Brig, Visp, Raron, Leuk, Siders, and Sion. The six districts of the Lower Valais, known as...
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    Methuen & Company. Retrieved 13 February 2022. Schmid, Alfred A. (1972). Raron, Burg und Kirche (in German). Birkhäuser. p. 164. ISBN 978-3-7643-0635-9...
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    Brienz-Ringgenberg, Wädenswil, Weissenburg). For a time, some of the Walser barons (Raron, vom Turn) ruled portions of the Bernese Oberland. The Saanen valley was...
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    Valais in Switzerland. Negotiations after the battle led to the end of the Raron affair and self-determination for Valais. During the late 14th century and...
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    beginning with the success of the rebellion of 1415–1420. Bishop William IV of Raron (1437-1457) was obliged to relinquish civil and criminal jurisdiction over...
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    Mörel-Filet is a municipality in the district of Östlich Raron in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was formed on 1. January 2009 when Mörel and Filet...
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    (German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːdɐʔalp]) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created in 2003 through the...
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  • number 6297 ISO 3166 code CH-VS Surrounded by Baltschieder, Brig-Glis, Bürchen, Lalden, Raron, Visperterminen, Zeneggen Website visp.ch SFSO statistics...
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  • champions. FC Raron continue to the final. FC Rorschach continue to the final. FC Rorschach win 3–1 on aggregate and remain in division. FC Raron are relegated...
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    the Swiss confederacy. Eventually, the Toggenburg passed to the lord of Raron (in Valais), who sold it to the abbot of St. Gall in 1468. Part of the Toggenburg...
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  • This list contains all cultural property of regional significance (class B) in the canton of Valais from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property...
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  • Bürchen (Walliser German: Birchu) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bürchen...
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    retired football goalkeeper. During his club career, Burgener played for FC Raron, Lausanne and Servette FC. He played 64 times for the Switzerland national...
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  • October 1955 in Paris. Patrick was killed in a car accident in Turtig near Raron, Switzerland 1965. Their children were: Maria Alexandra Guinness Cook (born...
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  • Bitsch (German pronunciation: [bɪtʃ]) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bitsch has an area, as of 2011[update]...
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