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    Saanen (French: Gessenay; Highest Alemannic: Saanä) is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Obersimmental-Saanen...
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    The Saanen is a Swiss breed of domestic goat. It takes its name from the Saanental in the Bernese Oberland, in the southern part of the Canton of Bern...
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  • Saanen is a municipality in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. Saanen may also refer to: Saanen District, a former administrative district in the canton...
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  • Saanen Algi (c. 1 November 1882 – 2 May 1938) was a Romanian architect, painter, and stage designer. Van Saanen Algi was the son of Robert van Saanen...
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    of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high...
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    which included Saanen. Two years later Saanen and Château-d'Œx negotiated their own alliances with Bern. Due to the Bernese alliance, Saanen sent troops...
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    Aarwangen and Wangen Obersimmental-Saanen with capital Saanen, made up of all of the former districts of Obersimmental and Saanen Seeland with capital Aarberg...
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    Saanen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality...
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  • Obersimmental-Saanen District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 7 municipalities...
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  • Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen (1932 – April 2008) was a Romanian-born Canadian writer, educator, engineer and geologist. The daughter of a Dutch diplomat...
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    since it packs more calories with an increased fat content. Compared to Saanen goat milk, it is higher in all nutritional aspects, except the fat content...
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    Walser barons (Raron, vom Turn) ruled portions of the Bernese Oberland. The Saanen valley was ruled by the Counts of Gruyères. Portions of the alpine passes...
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    Vaud near Rougemont and enters the German-speaking canton of Bern. After Saanen the planners would have liked a direct ascent of the Saanenmöser Pass but...
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    Zweisimmen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Zweisimmen is first mentioned in...
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    Rutledge, Marice Rutledge, Marie Louise Goetchius, and Marie Louise Van Saanen. Marie Louise Gibson was born on November 24, 1884. She was the daughter...
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  • in Ostallgäu, Bavaria Gsteig bei Gstaad, a municipality in the district Saanen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland The church Gsteig bei Interlaken (municipality...
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    Goat Chèvre paon Pfauenziege Capra Pavone Saanen Chèvre de Gessenay Saanen or Saanenziege Capra di Saanen St. Gallen Booted Goat Chèvre bottée Stiefelgeiss...
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  • Channing, names him Stripes. He meets a Shetland pony named Tucker, a Saanen goat named Franny, and a Rhode Island Red named Reggie. The next day, Stripes...
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    698 Colombier, Neuchâtel Neuchâtel LSGN Neuchâtel Airport Saanen / Gstaad Bern LSGK Saanen Airport Sion (Sitten) Valais LSGS SIR Sion Airport (Public...
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    is known for developing the Alaminos Anglo Dairy Line (AADL) and Anglo-Saanen Crosses, a breed of dairy goats which are commercially viable in the wet-dry...
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  • province. The event was founded by writer and educator Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen, who served as its director general until 2006. Since its inception, the...
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    1403 by treaty with Berne; annexed by Berne in 1555: Imperial Valley of Saanen Imperial Valley of Château-d'Œx County of Werdenberg – from 1493 by treaty...
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    cross-bred local feral goats with imported dairy goat bucks of the Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, and Toggenburg breeds. The only aims of the breeding programme were fast...
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  • the Czech Republic. It is the result of selective breeding of native Czech landrace goats crossed with Swiss Saanen goats. White Shorthaired Goat v t e...
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    Lenk im Simmental (or simply Lenk) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Lenk is first...
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    of 52.5 metres (172 ft). The architects were Louis Weeks and Edmond van Saanen Algi and engineer Walter Troy. The Art Deco monuments are a crucial part...
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    Oberland, flowing past Gsteig, Gstaad and Saanen in the Obersimmental-Saanen district. Downstream of Saanen, at 982 m, it enters the Canton of Vaud, passing...
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    original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022. "Jiddu Krishnamurti, Saanen 2nd Conversation with Swami Venkatesananda 26 July 1969". Archived from...
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    of the island is treated as a nature reserve with wild Eriskay ponies, Saanen goats, Soay sheep and the replanting of native trees. The rare Rock Whitebeam...
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    books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Kracht was born in Saanen in the Canton of Bern. Kracht's father, Christian Kracht Sr., was chief...
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