Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according...
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university. Altdorf also boasts some impressive remnants of its fortifications. Altdorf bei Nürnberg is twinned with: Altdorf, Switzerland Colbitz, Saxony-Anhalt...
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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Dictionary of Switzerland, 25 June 2009. Hans Stadler: Altdorf (UR) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 5 October...
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William Tell (category Historiography of Switzerland)
rule. Albrecht Gessler was the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf, Switzerland. He raised a pole under the village lindentree, hung his hat on top...
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Altdorf railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Altdorf. The station is situated on the Gotthard railway north...
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Claudio Fäh (category Swiss film directors)
[Claudio Fäh, a Swiss director in Hollywood]. Swissinfo (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2017. "Von Altdorf nach Hollywood" [From Altdorf to Hollywood]...
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Altdorf, a compound word in German consisting of old and village, may refer to: Altdorf, Bas-Rhin Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a city in Bavaria Altdorf, Lower...
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Simone Zgraggen (category Swiss classical violinists)
Simone Zgraggen (born 8 August 1975 in Altdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss violinist and professor at Freiburg University of Music. Simone Zgraggen began...
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Erna Schillig (category Textile arts of Switzerland)
plaster technique, sgraffito, and mosaic. Schillig was born in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland on 27 September 1900. In the mid-1920s she belonged to the "Urner...
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Canton of Uri (redirect from Uri (Switzerland))
medieval period, the name referred not to the entire Reuss valley but just to Altdorf and the surrounding settlements and estates. The extension of the name...
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Henry Haller (category Swiss chefs)
Haller's death was announced on November 9, 2020. Haller was born in Altdorf, Switzerland, in 1923. He was of French descent on his mother's side and German...
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name State Origin/notes Altdorf Wisconsin Named after Altdorf, Switzerland. Altorf Illinois Named after Altdorf, Switzerland. Altenburg Missouri Named...
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in 032 040 – Telepage Swiss (pager) 042 – Zug, since 23 March 1996 in 041 043 – Schwyz, since 23 March 1996 in 041 044 – Altdorf, since 23 March 1996 in...
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Nathalie Henseler (category 21st-century Swiss businesspeople)
Nathalie Henseler (born 9 December 1975, Altdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur, author and politician (FDP). Nathalie Henseler grew up in Goldau...
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Switzerland from Italy. In the Battle of Gotthard Pass from 24–26 September, Suvorov's army pushed aside Lecourbe's 8,000 troops and reached Altdorf near...
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Heidi Z'graggen (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
Council (Switzerland) to succeed Doris Leuthard. She currently engages in strategy and business consulting through UrImpuls AG headquartered in Altdorf, Switzerland...
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Andermatt (redirect from Andermatt, Switzerland)
cross of north-south and east-west traverses of Switzerland. It is some 28 km (17 mi) south of Altdorf, the capital of Uri. Andermatt is in the Urseren...
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Tell Monument (category Altdorf, Uri)
Telldenkmal) is a memorial to William Tell in the market place of Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The bronze statue by sculptor Richard Kissling was inaugurated...
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The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate...
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Geneva (redirect from Geneva, Switzerland)
[dzəˈnɛva] ; French: Genève [ʒənɛv] ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous of the French-speaking Romandy....
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Hansheiri Inderkum (category Altdorf, Uri)
Inderkum (born 9 June 1947 in Altdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician from the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP). From 1995 to 2011...
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primers. GP 11 cartridges were mass-produced for the Swiss military in the ammunition factories in Altdorf and in Thun until 1994. The last 1994 produced ammunition...
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Bardonnex (French border) A2 Basel (German border) - Olten - Luzern - Altdorf UR - Gotthard - Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso (Italian border) A3 Basel...
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the busiest motorways in Switzerland. The A2 motorway leaves Basel heading south toward Olten, Sursee, Luzern, Stans, Altdorf, Erstfeld, Göschenen, Airolo...
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Laupen (1339). One 14th century flag is preserved in the town hall of Altdorf. Schwyz used a solid red war flag (Blutbanner) from 1240. From the 14th...
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Bassecourt (redirect from Altdorf (Jura))
1160 as Baressicort. In 1184 it was first mentioned by its German name, Altdorf. The hamlet of Berlincourt was first mentioned in 1303 as Burlincort. Bassecourt...
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Capuchins were also called to help; a Capuchin cloister was founded in 1581 in Altdorf. Parallel to these efforts to reform the Catholic Church, the Catholic...
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Heinrich Danioth (category 20th-century Swiss painters)
Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953) was a Swiss painter and poet. Heinrich Danioth was born on 1 May 1896 in Altdorf, Switzerland. In 1912, he received some of his...
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(1885-12-08)8 December 1885 Hausen im Wiesental, Germany Died 3 September 1936(1936-09-03) (aged 50) Altdorf, Switzerland Nationality German Occupation Painter...
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