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    Silenen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Silenen municipality comprises the villages of Silenen (divided into three parts, Dörfli...
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    Kaspar von Silenen (c. 1467 – 5 August 1517) was the first commander or commandant of the Papal Swiss Guard. Born in Lucerne as the son of Ritter Albin...
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  • Supersaxo Burgundian War 1482 1496 Jost of Silenen (d. 1498) Member of Lucerne nobility (uncle of Kaspar von Silenen) and diplomat for the Swiss Confederacy...
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  • Brienzersee, in the Swiss canton of Bern Dörfli (Silenen), a hamlet in the municipality of Silenen in the Swiss canton of Uri Dörfli (Wolfenschiessen)...
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  • times eigenleute of Wettingen Abbey) Meier von Silenen (perhaps related to the Schüpfer; bailiffs of Silenen ca. 1256–1370; originally from Urseren; later...
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    150 soldiers set off on march to Rome, under the command of Kaspar von Silenen, and entered the city on 22 January 1506, now regarded as the official...
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    Reusstal, passing below Wassen (840 m), Gurtnellen (720 m), Amsteg and Silenen (500 m), and through Erstfeld (460 m), past Attinghausen and Altdorf (440 m)...
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    Bishop Jost von Silenen entered into dispute with the Count of Arona, whose seignory was the Duke of Milan. The Knight Albin von Silenen, brother of Bishop...
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  • - Piz Lagalb Samnaun Ravaisch - Alp Trider Sattel Rivera - Alpe Foppa Silenen - Chilcherberge Switzerland portal "Aerial Tramway Furi". www.fatzer.com...
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    15th century from bishops: Guillaume VI de Rarogne (1437-1451), Jost de Silenen (1482-1496) and above all Walter Supersaxo (1457-1482) who possessed a...
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  • This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Uri from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of...
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  • Bernard of Saxe-Weimar and France during the Thirty Years War. Kaspar von Silenen 1506–1517 First Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Sampiero Corso...
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    Gurtnellen, Hospental, Isenthal, Realp, Schattdorf, Seedorf, Seelisberg, Silenen, Sisikon, Spiringen, Unterschächen, Wassen On 1 January 2021 the former...
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    on the way at a place that a later version of 1502, was identified as Silenen, Switzerland. The original record was in a 12th-century manuscript that...
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  • 1498: Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut, India. January 22, 1506: Kaspar von Silenen and first contingent of Swiss mercenaries enter the Vatican during the...
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    Born Adelheid Franziska Z’graggen (1966-02-01) 1 February 1966 (age 58) Silenen, Switzerland Domestic partner Bruno Dobler Residence Erstfeld, Switzerland...
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  • Göschenen Gurtnellen Hospental Isenthal Realp Schattdorf Seedorf Seelisberg Silenen Sisikon Spiringen Unterschächen Wassen Arbaz Ardon Baltschieder Bourg-Saint-Pierre...
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  • Windgällen. The lake can be reached by foot in 2–3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen. List of mountain lakes of Switzerland Seewli Alp (in German)...
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    Frederick Haldimand Ludwig Pfyffer Theodor von Reding Caspar Röist Kaspar von Silenen Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer Military history of Switzerland Beresinalied Mal...
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  • Windegg, Schiers Windegg, Schwende District Windegg, Sevelen Windegg, Silenen Windegg, St. Margrethen Windegg, Unterägeri Windegg, Urnäsch Alp Windegg...
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    well as part of the area on the left side of the Reuss near Amsteg and Silenen. Gurtnellen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 512. As of 2007[update]...
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    having descended from Disentis by the Maderanertal, occupied Amsteg (now Silenen) on the Reuss and knocked out from there an insignificant French detachment;...
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    Altdorf 15.01.1896 Altdorf — Erstfeld 06.12.1896 Erstfeld — Silenen Amsteg 09.04.1893 Silenen Amsteg — Gurtnellen 14.05.1893 Gurtnellen — Wassen 26.06.1892...
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    office Place of origin Pope 1 von Silenen, KasparKaspar von Silenen (1467–1517) 1506 5 August 1517 † 10–11 years Silenen, Uri; Luzern Julius II Leo X 2 Röist...
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    Maderanertal and can be reached by cable car from Bristen (municipality of Silenen). The lake is a popular fishing location. Species include brown trout,...
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  • Valais Siglistorf Aargau Signau Bern Signy-Avenex Vaud Sigriswil Bern Silenen Uri Sils im Domleschg Graubünden Sils im Engadin/Segl Graubünden Silvaplana...
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    precisely, the seventeenth of March, they went to another small town named Silenen. From that they advanced through the Alps. Now the mountains were laden...
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    SFOS number 1219 ISO 3166 code CH-UR Surrounded by Bürglen, Muotathal (SZ), Schattdorf, Silenen, Spiringen Website www.unterschaechen.ch SFSO statistics...
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  • Maderanertal (since 1992 Hotel Maderanertal) is a historic mountain hotel in Silenen, Switzerland, from the "golden years of alpinism". The hotel was built...
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    Meierturm is a medieval tower in the municipality of Silenen in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance...
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