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Degersheim
Degersheim is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Degersheim is first mentioned in 837 as ''Tegarascai''. It was known as ''Tegerschen'' until 1803, when Degersheim became the official name. The village of Wolfertswil is mentioned in 838 as ''Wolfrideswilare''. Geography Degersheim has an area, , of . Of this area, 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). It consists of the village of Degersheim and the hamlets of Magdenau with the abbey, Wolfertswil, Hinterschwil, the exclave Obergampen and a number of scattered farm houses. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Per pale sable an Ash tree eradicated Or and Or a Cross Lorraine Sable.'' Demographics Degersheim has a population (as of ) of . , about 17.2% of the population was made up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil (Wahlkreis)
Wil is a district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is named after the regional centre Wil, which is the largest city of the district. The district capital is Wil, Switzerland, Wil. Demographics The Wil District had a population of as of . Of the foreign population , 947 were from Germany, 2,336 were from Italy, 6,127 were from ex-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, 439 were from Austria, 820 were from Turkey, and 2,029 were from other countries.Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009 accessed 30 December 2009 Also , 58,596 people spoke German language, German, 196 people spoke French language, French, 1,494 people spoke Italian language, Italian, and 81 people spoke Romansh language, Romansh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herisau
Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen. The central hamlet and the houses around the central square, the Protestant church of 1580, the houses ''Wetter'' and ''zur Rose'' (both 1737), the hamlet ''Schwänberg'' and the government building with the state archive are listed as heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 55. Together with other Alpine towns Herisau engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Herisau was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2003. History Herisau was first mentioned in 837 as ''Herinisauva'', and its church is mentioned in 907. In 1084 Herisau was destroyed as part of battles around the monastery in St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lütisburg
Lütisburg is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Lütisburg is first mentioned in 1214 as ''Liutinsburch'' Bereits früher belegt sind. The hamlet of Rindal was first mentioned in 849 as ''Runtal'', Tufertschwil was mentioned in 928 as ''Turolveswilare'' and Alenschwanden was mentioned in 928 as ''Waleessvanton''. Geography Lütisburg has an area, , of . Of this area, 58.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Toggenburg ''Wahlkreis'' on a rocky ridge above the confluence of the Thur and Neckar rivers. It consists of the village of Lütisburg on the ridge above the rivers, the hamlet of Tufertschwil below a large molasse cliff and in the hill country around the rivers, the hamlets of Ober- and Unterrindal, Winzenbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogelsberg
Mogelsberg is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Mogelsberg was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Brunnadern and St. Peterzell to form the municipality of Neckertal Neckertal is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberuzwil
Oberuzwil is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Oberuzwil is first mentioned in 819 as ''Uzzinwilare''. In 1382 it was mentioned as ''Obren Utzwille''. The village of Bichwil was first mentioned in 865 as ''Pichilinwilare'' and Niederglatt was mentioned in 1336 as ''Nidernglat''. Geography Oberuzwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Wil ''Wahlkreis.'' It consists of the villages of Oberuzwil, Bichwil and Niederglatt and the hamlets of Buechen, Wilen, Riggenschwil, Oberrindal, Ramsau as well as scattered farm houses. Bettenauer Weiher is located at the border to Jonschwil. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure a Mill Wheel Argent and a Barrulet wavy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Peterzell
St. Peterzell is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Brunnadern and Mogelsberg to form the municipality of Neckertal Neckertal is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwellbrunn
Schwellbrunn is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. History Schwellbrunn is first mentioned in 1268 as ''Schwellbrunnen''. Geography Schwellbrunn has an area, , of . Of this area, 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the former District of Hinterland. It consists of the linear village of Schwellbrunn and a number of scattered farm houses. Schwellbrunn is the highest elevated village in the canton at . The village overviews mountains and the Lake Constance (''Bodensee''). Demographics Schwellbrunn has a population () of 1,475, of which about 4.4% are foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flawil
Flawil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland with slightly over 10,000 inhabitants. It is the regional centre of Untertoggenburg, but belongs to the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil. History Flawil is first mentioned in 858 as ''Flawilare marcho''. Several of the surrounding hamlets were also mentioned in about the same era. Alterswil was first mentioned in 858 as ''Altiricheswilae'', Oberglatt in 731 as ''villa Clata'' and in 1316 as ''Obren Glat'' and Burgau in 964 as ''Purchouva''. Geography Flawil has an area, , of . Of this area, 53.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Wil ''Wahlkreis.'' It was the capital of the earlier ''Bezirk''. To the north-east it is bordered by the Wissbach valley and the Glatt river. It consists of the extended linear village of Flaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romansh Language
Romansh (; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch; Sursilvan: ; Vallader, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: ; Putèr: ; Sutsilvan: , , ; Jauer: ) is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area. Romansh retains a small number of words fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
