52 relations: Altstadt (Zürich), Au Peninsula, Augustinerkirche Zürich, Bollinger Sandstein, Carolinum, Zürich, Christoph Froschauer, Conrad Meyer (painter), County of Kyburg, Dölf Wild, Der Landbote, Early Modern Switzerland, Elisabeth von Matsch, Felix and Regula, Gosteli, Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Haus zum Rüden, History of Switzerland, House of Rapperswil, Imperial Regalia, Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg), Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg), Johann Jakob Hottinger (historian), Josias Simmler, Kempraten, Kyburg family, Landenberg, Lindenhof, List of Alamannic pagi, List of commanders of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, Luzerner Schilling, Marx Röist, Obersee (Zürichsee), Old Swiss Confederacy, Poverty in Switzerland, Predigerkirche Zürich, Predigerkloster, Reformation in Zürich, Regensberg family, Reichsvogt, Ritterhaus Bubikon, Roll of arms, Sechseläuten, Staatsarchiv Zürich, Synagoge Zürich Löwenstrasse, Timeline of Zürich, Unterlunkhofen, Wickiana, Zünfte of Zürich, Zürich Town Hall, Züriputsch, ..., Zunft zum Kämbel, Zunfthaus zur Meisen. Expand index (2 more) »
Altstadt (Zürich)
Die Altstadt (German for "the old town") in the Swiss city of Zürich encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934.
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Au Peninsula
The Au Peninsula (German: Halbinsel Au) is located on the Swiss Zürichsee lake shore in the municipality of Au, Canton of Zürich.
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Augustinerkirche Zürich
Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, together with Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Predigern and St. Peter's.
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Bollinger Sandstein
Bollinger Sandstein or Bollingen Sandstone is a sandstone found on Obersee lake shore, namely between Bollingen and Uznach and Buechberg area, in the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz in Switzerland.
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Carolinum, Zürich
The Carolinum Zürich (sometimes Prophezei or Prophezey) is the predecessor educational institution of the theological faculty of the University of Zürich, established in 1525.
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Christoph Froschauer
Christoph Froschauer (ca. 1490 – 1 April 1564) was the first printer in Zurich, notably for printing the Froschauer Bible, the Zwinglian Bible translation.
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Conrad Meyer (painter)
Conrad Meyer (1618 Zürich – 1689 Zürich) was a painter, engraver, and medallist of Zürich.
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County of Kyburg
The County of Kyburg existed from 1053 as a possession of the counts of Dillingen.
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Dölf Wild
Dölf Wild (born 1954) is a Swiss historian, archaeologist, science writer and works as the chief archaeologist of the city of Zürich.
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Der Landbote
Der Landbote, commonly shortened to Landbote, is a Swiss-German-language daily newspaper, published in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Early Modern Switzerland
The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent Thirteen Cantons encompasses the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) until the French invasion of 1798.
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Elisabeth von Matsch
Elisabeth von Matsch (also von Mätsch, Mazzo, von Toggenburg, date of birth unknown; † after 20 June 1442, assumably on 24 November 1446, probably in the Rüti Abbey) was the last countess of the Swiss noble House of Toggenburg and wife of Friedrich VII, count of Toggenburg.
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Felix and Regula
Felix and Regula are Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints, together with their servant Exuperantius, and are the patron saints of Zürich, their feast day being 11 September at the head of the Coptic Calendar.
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Gosteli
Gosteli is a rare yet distinguished surname of Swiss origin.
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Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy began as a late medieval alliance between the communities of the valleys in the Central Alps, at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, to facilitate the management of common interests such as free trade and to ensure the peace along the important trade routes through the mountains.
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Haus zum Rüden
The Haus zum Rüden (or for short: Rüden) building is the assembly hall of the Gesellschaft zur Constaffel and one of the historically notable buildings in Zürich, Switzerland.
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History of Switzerland
Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics.
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House of Rapperswil
The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (Grafen von Rapperwil since 1233, before Lords) ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and Seedamm region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s.
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Imperial Regalia
The Imperial Regalia, also Imperial Insignia (in German Reichskleinodien, Reichsinsignien or Reichsschatz), are regalia of the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg)
Johann I von Habsburg-Laufenburg (also Johannes von Rapperswil-Laufenburg-Habsburg, von Laufenburg-Rapperswil; born around 1297; died 21 September 1337 in Grynau) was the Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg and later Count of the House of Rapperswil.
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Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg)
Johann II von Habsburg-Laufenburg (also Johannes von Rapperswil-Laufenburg-Habsburg, von Laufenburg-Rapperswil; born around 1330; died 17 December 1380) was the Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg and later Count of the House of Rapperswil.
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Johann Jakob Hottinger (historian)
Johann Jakob Hottinger (18 May 1783, in Zürich – 17 May 1860, in Zürich) was a Swiss historian.
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Josias Simmler
Josias Simmler (Josiah Simler; Iosias Simlerus) (6 November 1530 – 2 July 1576) was a Swiss theologian and classicist, author of the first book relating solely to the Alps.
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Kempraten
Kempraten-Lenggis is a village (Kirchdorf) within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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Kyburg family
Kyburg (also Kiburg) was a noble family of grafen (counts) in the Duchy of Swabia, a cadet line of the counts of Dillingen, who in the late 12th and early 13th century ruled the County of Kyburg, corresponding to much of what is now Northeastern Switzerland.
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Landenberg
Landenberg was a noble family in medieval Switzerland.
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Lindenhof
The Lindenhof in the old town of Zürich is the historical site of the Roman castle, and the later Carolingian Kaiserpfalz.
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List of Alamannic pagi
The following is a list of pagi (the Latin term glossing Old High German gowe, corresponding to English shire) of the Frankish duchy of Alamannia.
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List of commanders of the Pontifical Swiss Guard
The Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the head of the Pontifical Swiss Guard.
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Luzerner Schilling
The Luzerner Schilling (or Luzernerchronik, Lucerne chronicle) is an illuminated manuscript of 1513, containing the chronicle of the history of the Swiss Confederation written by Diebold Schilling the Younger of Lucerne.
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Marx Röist
Marx Röist (1454–1524) was a member of the political elite of Zürich, and from 1517 the second commander of the Papal Swiss Guard.
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Obersee (Zürichsee)
The Obersee ("upper lake") is the smaller of the two parts of Zürichsee (Lake Zürich) in the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz in Switzerland.
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Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy (Modern German: Alte Eidgenossenschaft; historically Eidgenossenschaft, after the Reformation also République des Suisses, Res publica Helvetiorum "Republic of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German or) within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Poverty in Switzerland
Poverty in Switzerland refers to people who are living in relative poverty in Switzerland.
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Predigerkirche Zürich
Predigerkirche is one of the four main churches of the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, besides Fraumünster, Grossmünster and St. Peter.
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Predigerkloster
The Predigerkloster was a monastery of the Dominican Order, established around 1234 and abolished in 1524, in the imperial city of Zürich, Switzerland.
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Reformation in Zürich
The Reformation in Zürich was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrates of the city of Zürich and the princess abbess Katharina von Zimmern of the Fraumünster Abbey, and the population of the city of Zürich and agriculture-oriented population of the present Canton of Zürich in the early 1520s.
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Regensberg family
Regensberg was a family of counts from the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
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Reichsvogt
Reichsvogt (Imperial Advocate) was the term for the office of a Vogt that was nominated by the king of the Holy Roman Empire as his representative.
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Ritterhaus Bubikon
Bubikon Castle or Bubikon Commandery (Ritterhaus Bubikon) is a castle in the municipality of Bubikon of the Swiss Canton of Zürich.
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Roll of arms
A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms.
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Sechseläuten
The Sechseläuten (Zürich German: Sächsilüüte) is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich celebrated in its current form, usually on the 3rd Monday of April, since the early 20th century.
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Staatsarchiv Zürich
Staatsarchiv Zürich, or by its native name Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich and commonly shortened to Staatsarchiv, is the name of the state archives of the Swiss Canton of Zürich respectively of the former city republic of Zürich and its preceding statutories.
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Synagoge Zürich Löwenstrasse
The Synagoge Zürich Löwenstrasse---> is the oldest and largest synagogue in the Swiss municipality of Zürich.
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Timeline of Zürich
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Zürich, Switzerland.
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Unterlunkhofen
Unterlunkhofen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
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Wickiana
The Wickiana is recognized as one of the most significant collections of news reports and documents pertaining to current events dating from the 16th century in the form of single-leaf and illustrated broadsheets, pamphlets, prints, handwritten texts and drawings.
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Zünfte of Zürich
There are fourteen historical Zünfte (guilds, singular Zunft) of Zürich, under the system established in 1336 with the "guild revolution" of Rudolf Brun.
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Zürich Town Hall
The ''Rathaus'' in Zürich, Switzerland is Zürich's Town Hall.
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Züriputsch
The Züriputsch of 6 September 1839 was a putsch of the rural conservative population against the liberal rule of the city of Zürich on the eve of the formation of the Swiss federal state.
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Zunft zum Kämbel
Zunft zum Kämbel (literally "Kämbel guild") is a ''Zunft'' organisation in Zürich, Switzerland, assiocated in Zünfte of Zürich.
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Zunfthaus zur Meisen
The Zunfthaus zur Meisen is the guild house of the Zunft zur Meisen.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Zürich