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    canton of St. Gallen or St Gall (German: Kanton St. Gallen [saŋkt ˈɡalən] ; Romansh: Chantun Son Gagl; French: Canton de Saint-Gall; Italian: Canton San Gallo)...
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    Rapperswil (Swiss German: [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl]; short: Rappi) is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of...
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    11 August 1712. The Catholic "inner cantons" and the Imperial Abbey of Saint Gall fought the Protestant cantons of Bern and Zürich as well as the abbatial...
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  • Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld Burgäschisee Ost Inkwilersee Insel Feldbach (Seegubel) Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum Bleiche 2-3 Insel Werd Egelsee Nussbaumersee Pointe de...
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    Franz von Gaisberg (category Abbots of Saint Gall)
    March 1529) was librarian from 1491 to c. 1496 and abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1504 to 1529. He was born in Konstanz. Franz von Gaisberg's father...
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    as Uzinaa in a grant from a noble lady at Benken Abbey to the Abbey of Saint Gall. It was also mentioned later as both Uzinaha and Uzzinriuda. In the late...
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  • Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are to be found...
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  • (dissolved) at Ebikon (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns Capuchin Friary, Rapperswil, at Rapperswil (St. Gall): Capuchin friars Rheinau Abbey (dissolved) at Rheinau (Zürich):...
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    Flüeli Ranft and the Caves of Saint Beatus. They also traveled through historic cities and villages, including St. Gall, Lucerne, Schwyz, Interlaken,...
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    Express, which links Lucerne and Romanshorn via Rapperswil and St. Gallen, and by a Regio service from Rapperswil to Linthal. Both trains run hourly, combining...
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    along with the Lords of Habsburg, Toggenburg and Rapperswil. Both Pfäffikon Castle and Alt Rapperswil Castle were built by these landlords to control their...
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    the inheritance of a number of local noble families (among these Alt-Rapperswil) in c. 1200 and adopted the title of comes (count) from 1209. In 1187...
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    the nation. Saint Gall, an Irish monk who in the early 7th century helped introduce Christianity to eastern Switzerland. The Abbey of St. Gall is believed...
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    Acht Orte minus Bern from 1460; annexed to the County of Sargans in 1483 Rapperswil – protectorate of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Glarus from 1464; of Zürich...
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    celebration of the Kantonschule St. Gallen, his oratorio "Der heilige Gallus" ("Saint Gall") was premiered on 25 August 1848. Repeat performances followed in early...
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    Rüti's quarter Fägswil was first mentioned in a document of the Abbey of Saint Gall. In a document of the German Emperor Otto II (972), the municipality was...
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    banner of Saint Fridolin used in the Battle of Näfels in 1388, because the former banner of Glarus had been captured by the people of Rapperswil in a previous...
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    authorities in 1336. The city also sought support against the Habsburg city of Rapperswil, which had tried to overthrow mayor Rudolf Brun in Zürich in 1350. With...
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    Préverenges Préveranges, France Pully Obernai, France Rafz Hetvehely, Hungary Rapperswil-Jona Aalborg, Denmark Bagno di Romagna, Italy Reigoldswil Bad Bellingen...
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    1217–1222. Around 1230, Grüningen passed from Einsiedeln to the Abbey of Saint Gall and was at first given as a fief to the counts of Kyburg, and in 1253...
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