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    Arnold von Winkelried or Arnold Winkelried was a legendary hero of Swiss history. According to 16th-century Swiss historiography, Winkelried's sacrifice...
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    Winkelried (d. after 1303), known as Schrutan or Strut "the giant", was a medieval knight in what is now Central Switzerland. As Strut von Winkelried...
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    The Winkelried memorial was erected in memory of Arnold von Winkelried, who sacrificed his life in the Battle of Sempach on the 9 July 1386. According...
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    attributed the turning of the tide to the heroic deed of Arnold von Winkelried, who opened a breach in the Habsburg lines by throwing himself into their pikes...
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  • Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni (December 28, 1878 – August 1973), also known as Arnaldo da Winkelried, was a Paraguayan zoologist born in Switzerland....
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    portion of the Winkelriedhaus (Winkelried House) was once home to the Winkelried family, though Arnold von Winkelried (if he existed) did not live in...
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    central figure in Swiss national historiography, along with Arnold von Winkelried, the hero of Sempach (1386). He was important as a symbol during the formative...
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     203–04.[ISBN missing] Skorzeny, Otto (2007). Meine Kommandounternehmen. Winkelried, Dresden. pp. 190–92. ISBN 978-3-938392-11-9. Юрий Львович Кузнец: Тегеран-43 :...
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    Retrieved 30 March 2016. Skorzeny, Otto (2007). Meine Kommandounternehmen. Winkelried, Dresden. pp. 190–92. ISBN 978-3-938392-11-9. Kern, Gary (2003). "How...
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    Lusignan Henry Percy (Hotspur) Heinrich von Bülow (Grotekop) Heinrich von Winkelried Hernán Cortés Hugues de Payens Jean III d'Aa of Gruuthuse Jean Le Maingre...
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    unable to break through the Austrian pikes, Winkelried threw himself on the pikes and used his body to open a hole in the Austrian lines leading to the...
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    182. Arnold Winkelried and Albert von Stein are each named as Frundsberg's opponent in contemporary sources. Oman suggests that Winkelried's actions here...
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    figures. In 1855, he won a competition for a monument honoring Arnold von Winkelried, to be erected in Stans. It was inaugurated in 1865, and immediately made...
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    Wallisellen there are two scout troops: scout troop Gryfensee and scout troop Winkelried. Wallisellen is known in the German part of Switzerland due to a rhyme:...
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    tragic lover transforms into an idealistic patriot. Inspired by Arnold von Winkelried, he resolves to devote his life to assassinating Russian Tsar Nicholas...
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    making no attempt to escape after completing their killing. Arnold von Winkelried became a hero in the Swiss struggle for independence when he sacrificed...
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    portrait was available on which to model a sculpture. When the memorial was opened in 1842, Guido von Lessner authored a poem about Germany's greatness which...
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    Arnold von Winkelried likewise is first recorded in the 16th century; earlier accounts of the Battle of Sempach do not mention him. Winkelried is said to...
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  • S. Watson (M.B.A. 1980) – Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation Jon Winkelried (A.B. & M.B.A. 1982) – CEO of TPG Capital and former COO of Goldman Sachs...
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    metal: Silver Mintage: 6,000 Design: Obv.: The planned Winkelried monument in Stans, ARNOLD WINKELRIED, signature A. BOVY Rev.: Swiss cross in splendour,...
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    Campylorhamphus (category Taxa named by Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni)
    Campylorhamphus Avibase: 215CD19C01C1F38C BOLD: 97879 CoL: 3GMV GBIF: 2485916 iNaturalist: 11188 IRMNG: 1115444 ITIS: 557481 NCBI: 190294 Open Tree of Life: 12257...
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  • In 2006, Sasek directed the film Heroes Die Differently about Arnold Winkelried, a mythical figure in Swiss history, which he initiated. He made other...
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    foundation of Switzerland in 1291 and figures such as William Tell, Arnold von Winkelried and Nicholas of Flüe. The second theme is the fundamental principles that...
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    Bertoni's antbird (category Taxa named by Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni)
    antbird. The bird's common name commemorates the ornithologist Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni (1857–1929). BirdLife International (2016). "Drymophila rubricollis"...
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    Tawny-browed owl (category Taxa named by Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni)
    Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. It inhabits humid tropical forest, open woodland, and forest dominated by Araucaria evergreens. In elevation it ranges...
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