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    and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald. In 1995, the Swiss Heritage Society bestowed the Wakker Prize to Splügen. Splügen is first...
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    The Splügen Pass (German: Splügenpass; Italian: Passo dello Spluga; Romansh: Pass dal Spleia 2,114 m (6,936 ft)) is an Alpine mountain pass of the Lepontine...
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    The ruins of the former Splügen Castle (German: Burg Splügen) lie east of the village of Splügen in the Rheinwald forest in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
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  • Olona. In 1939, the company passed to the Bassetti family, who owned the Splügen brewery in Chiavenna. In 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought 50% of the shares...
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  • sponsorship, the club has been known as : Noalex Venezia: (1966–1970) Splügen Venezia (1970–1973) Canon Venezia: (1973–1980) Carrera Venezia: (1980–1984)...
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    east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide, and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the...
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    St Bernard passes (Little St Bernard Pass and Great St Bernard Pass), the Splügen Pass, the Septimer Pass, the Reschen Pass, the Brenner Pass, the Plöcken...
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    in eastern Switzerland according to geologist Stefan Schmid, near the Splügen Pass. The highest peaks of the Western Alps and Eastern Alps, respectively...
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    divide exists between the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, which uses the Splügen Pass (Italian: Passo dello Spluga) on the Swiss-Italian border, together...
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    "Fardün" to "Farden". January 1, 2006 Medels im Rheinwald and Splügen merged to form Splügen. January 1, 2007 St. Antönien and St. Antönien Ascharina merged...
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    of the Lepontine Alps from the Lukmanier and St Gotthard Passes to the Splügen Pass. They lie mostly in Switzerland, in the Cantons of Ticino, Graubünden...
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    The Hinterrhein near Splügen...
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    Sufnersee is a reservoir between Splügen and Sufers on the Hinterrhein river in the Grisons, Switzerland, surrounded by peaks of the Adula Alps. The Sufers...
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    overlooking the Splügen Pass. List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Splügen Pass (2...
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    mule track in the fifteenth century when the route between Thusis and Splügen was known as the Via Mala. A road for wheeled vehicles was opened in 1770;...
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    disputed whether he was trying to flee from Italy to Switzerland (through the Splügen Pass), and was travelling with a German anti-aircraft battalion. On 28...
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    Society bestowed the Wakker Prize on the village of Splügen. The prize description notes that Splügen had reached a notable compromise between preservation...
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    eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splügen Pass, is named the Adula Alps, while the western part is historically referred...
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    the Roman armies on their way through to the province of Raetia and the Splügen pass. Troops wintered at the foot of the present Villa Serbelloni, sheltered...
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    years of seasonal electricity), paradoxically after the population of Splügen had voted against the company's plans to build a dam that would have submerged...
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  • Waltensburg, Andiast 1100 2418 1318 6/3/0 75 Brigels Splügen Splügen 1480 2215 735 4/2/2 30 Splügen Vals3000 Vals 1250 3000 1750 4/0/1 25 Vals3000 Minschuns...
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    the Lombard Alps and which connect the region with Switzerland are the Splügen Pass (2,118 m (6,949 ft)), the Maloja Pass (1,815 m (5,955 ft)) and the...
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    Como approached St.Gallen and Grisons with plans of a tunnel through the Splügen. In the 1840s, the two cantons then joined forces with the Ticino for a...
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    Eastern Alps, whose division is along the Rhine from Lake Constance to the Splügen Pass. The western ranges occupy the greatest part of Switzerland while...
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    Lake Constance to Lake Como along the Alpine Rhine valley and via the Splügen Pass. The Central Alps consist mainly of the gneiss and slate rocks of...
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    altitude on the road to Chiavenna. The village marks the Italian end of the Splügen Pass (Italian: Passo dello Spluga, c. 3 km from the village). Since the...
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    Pass, and Italy (via the Splügen Pass). Main route: St. Margrethen - Buchs SG - Sargans - Landquart - Chur - Thusis - Splügen - Cassanawald tunnel - Hinterrhein...
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    Historically the Viamala was the most serious obstacle on the approach to the Splügen and San Bernardino mountain passes. A Viamala pathway already existed in...
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    Tourmalet) 2,114 m Splügenpass / Passo dello Spluga Alps Switzerland Italy pass Splügen (Graubünden) and Chiavenna (Lombardy) Described by Mary Shelley in 1844...
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    diligently, and in the winter of 1800–01, he was ordered to march over the Splügen Pass at the head of the Army of the Grisons. This achievement is described...
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