BADEN, Town, Switzerland

anc. Aquae Helveticae, town (1990 pop. 15,718), Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Limmat River. A noted spa since ancient times, the town has hot sulfur springs. It is also a manufacturing center known for electrical-engineering works and other factories. The Swiss diet met at Baden from c.1425 to 1712. The Treaty of Baden (1714) complemented the Peace of Utrecht (see Utrecht, Peace of). Baden was the capital (1798–1803) of Baden canton under the Helvetic Republic. The castle of Stein, now in ruins, was once a Hapsburg residence.

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Switzerland
Book by Doré Ogrizek, J. G. Rufenacht; Whittlesey House, 1949
Subjects: Switzerland--Description And Travel--Guide-Books
...picturesque little town of Lenzburg that...charming little towns of Rhein, felden...most picturesque towns in Switzerland. Baden, which is an all...flourishing modern town where the Brown...Wettingen, near Baden, the Early Gothic...
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History of Switzerland, 1499-1914
Book by Wilhelm Oechsli, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...the, 427 Bacon, 243 Bacon, Antony, 199 Baden, county, town and Canton of, 20 , 40 , 42 , 77 , 95 f...291 , 320 , 350 , 386 ; peace of 1718 , 236 Baden, Grand Duchy of, 64 , 443 Baden, house of, 360 Baden, Margrave of, 238...
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A Short History of Switzerland
Book by E. Bonjour, H. S. Offler, G. R. Potter; Clarendon Press, 1952
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...settlements with town law, for merchants...garrisons within the town fortifications had...systematic foundation of towns, generally in connexion...thirteenth century German Switzerland possessed some sixteen towns; by the end the...Frauenfeld, Zug, Aarau, Baden, Lenzburg, Mellingen...Sursee owed their town status; to the Habsburgs...
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Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany
Book by Tom Scott; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Rhine River Region, Group Identity--Rhine River Region, Peasants' War, 1524-1525, Reformation--Germany, Rhine River Region
...as the breadbasket of Switzerland), albeit accompanied...Wurttemberg or parts of Baden, though the Habsburgs...located administrative towns (see Map 10.2 ). The administrative town and its hinterland were...differential between town and country, since the artisanal economy of the towns was reined in as craft...Belfort, the largest town of the Sundgau with...
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Outline of Town and City Planning: A Review of past Efforts and Modern Aims
Book by Thomas Adams; Russell Sage, 1935
Subjects: City Planning
...Free towns. See New towns, historic Freedom...See also Industrial towns and villages Garden Cities...Housing; Industrial towns and villages Gardens: in town and city areas, 40...49 note Geneva, Switzerland, 117 Geographical Review...other cities of, in Baden, 115 ; social conditions...
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Smoothing the Transition to Skilled Employment: School-Based Vocational Guidance in Britain and Continental Europe
Journal article by Valerie Jarvis; National Institute Economic Review, 1994
Subjects: Germany--Employment, Netherlands--Employment, Switzerland--Employment, United Kingdom--Employment, Vocational guidance--Research
...success of Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands...schools in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands...southern Lander of Baden-Wurttemberg (main town: Stuttgart) and...speaking region of Switzerland, where three main...
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Reflections from the "Heartland of Europe" Summer Seminar
Journal article by Mary Louise Burger; Childhood Education, Vol. 70, 1994
Subjects: Association for Childhood Education International--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Early childhood educators--Conferences, meetings and seminars, England, Geneva, Switzerland, Schools
...Madurodam. En route to Geneva, Switzerland, we spent a night in Baden-Baden, Germany. We took advantage...and the French section of Switzerland, we traveled to Zurich in...night in Munich and the small town of Freising, near the international...
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Beethoven and the Countess Josephine Brunswick, 1799-1821
Journal article by Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach; The Beethoven Newsletter, Vol. 2, 1987
...Karl had visited his uncle in Baden and would at that time have...Beethoven did not return to Baden before 1821. Prior to Karls...Giannatasios, Beethoven remained in Baden. His biographers found it strange...that he didnt even come to the town for the operation. "What had...
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A Regiment of Immigrants: the 28nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry and the Letters of Captain Rudolph Mueller
Journal article by Eric Benjaminson; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 94, 2001
...Corps was heavily engaged north of the town. Shortly thereafter, a courier from the...the XI Corps through the streets of the town itself and "extend and secure" the right...miles along the muddy roads leading to the town. The column was led by the First Brigade...
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`... A Banner I Could Not Hold Aloft'
Journal article by Gabriele Sander; European Judaism, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Converts from Judaism--History, Doblin, Alfred--Behavior, German Jews--History, Jews, German--History
...those which he experienced in his home town of Stettin on the grounds of his origin...Jews. During his visits to the `Jewish town of Warsaw, the Jewish quarters in Vilnius...rejected. With a smile he said: "The town has shown me its back once more". He...
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Patrolling across International Borders
Magazine article by Alan Harman; Law & Order, Vol. 48, July 2000
Subjects: Boundaries, Jurisdiction, Lake Constance, Lakes, Law enforcement, Switzerland
...miles in the northeast comer of Switzerland. Two of these are German police...Bavaria at the eastern end and Baden-Wurtenberg on the western...escarpment near the medieval town of Schaffhausen on the German...yachting are the only sports in Switzerland that the government makes people...
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I Married a Fraulein
Magazine article by Norm Rockwell; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 273, September 2001
Subjects: Cultural relations, Humor, Marriage, Personal relationships
...her home but in front of the town castle. Thats right, a real...where she comes from near the town of Stuttgart. Even though her...in Germany, which is called Baden-- Wiirttemberg, borders on Switzerland, she also cringes when she...
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Zumthor the Shaman
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, October 1998
Subjects: Architects--Achievements and awards, Zumthor, Peter--Achievements and awards
...theatre.(13) From the town side, a new square...ubiquitous setts of the towns pedestrian areas would...tell nothing about Switzerland, but of course, in...halcyon summer trip to Switzerland The text is published...Architecture, Lars Muller, Baden/Switzerland, 1998, p13. The...
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Entombed Alive!
Magazine article by Joe Nickell; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 32, March 2008
Subjects: Burial--Myths and legends, Burial--Social aspects, Cemeteries--Myths and legends, Ghost stories--Social aspects
...Singraven, an estate near the small town of Denekamp in northeastern Netherlands...structure high atop a medieval castle in Switzerland. Overlooking the village of Oensingen...Sites, and Spooky Occurrences". Baden, Switzerland: AT Verlaq. Scott...
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Organ Sonatas
Magazine article; The Tracker, Vol. 54, Fall 2010
...Traub, organist, Metzler organ in the Stadtkirche Baden, Switzerland. Svisa ES 73785. DOES THE WORLD NEED ANOTHER recording...Tom Murray made back in 1973 and 1975 on a Sheffield Town Hall LP, and reissued on a Raven CD, OAR 390. As...
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Dreaming of a White Christmas in the Black Forest
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, December 22, 2001
Subjects: Black Forest
...Hall. Nearby is the towns Christmas market...about halfway between Baden-Baden, the famous spa town since Roman occupation...Rhine River separates Baden-Wurttemberg from...of its border with Switzerland to the south. Twelve...
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Nonstop to Germany for Its Sights, Tastes
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, December 22, 2001
Subjects: Germany
...to such cities as Freiburg, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg or Stuttgart...trains operate between Basel, Switzerland, north through Baden-Wurttemberg to Frankfurt...delightful bakery, Dreher, on the town square. The town is very popular...
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Sign Up for a Pleasure Trail; MIKE RITCHIE Finds Europe Offers a Treasure Trove for the Coach Traveller
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 13, 2001
...exactly where you should go. Italy or Austria? Spain? Switzerland? Germany or France, Scandinavia or Holland, Portugal...enthralled visitors for years with the famous spa town of Baden Baden and Freiburg with its famous cathedral tower. Then...
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Here Comes Summer
Newspaper article by Richard Allen; The People (London, England), May 17, 1998
...coach travel from more than 160 towns in the UK, ferry crossing from...optional excursions to the spa town of Baden Baden and the Bernese Oberland - a stunning...holiday to the Venetian Riviera and Switzerland starts from pounds 575. Cosmos...
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DE PURY'S PROGRESS; in 2002 Simon De Pury Was Humiliated in One of the Worst Nights in Auction history.The Hammer Had Come Down on His Life, His Business Was in Tatters, as Was His Relationship with Louise MacBain. but with His Auction House Restored, HQs Just Opened in London and New York and Rumours of a New Glamorous Blonde in His Life, De Pury Is Back in the Market
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 24, 2006
...Neuchatel in French Switzerland and is both ancient...the world, naming a town (Purysburg) in South...brushes. Returning to Switzerland aged 20 for military...chairman of Sothebys Switzerland and left in 1997 as...Moscow, Florence and Baden-Baden (in the Margraves...
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Baden , Town, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BADEN , town, Switzerland anc. Aquae Helveticae, town (1990 pop. 15,718), Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Limmat River. A noted spa...other factories. The Swiss diet met at Baden from c.1425 to 1712. The Treaty...


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