FOUR FOREST CANTONS, THE

Ger. Die Vier Waldstätten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Lucerne, the first Swiss communities to win their freedom against the Hapsburgs. In 1291 the three mountain forest cantons (Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri) formed the League of Forest Cantons as the nucleus of an independent Switzerland. They were joined by Lucerne in 1332. The Lake of the Four Forest Cantons (Vierwaldstättersee) is called in English the Lake of Lucerne.

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books on: Four Forest Cantons The  - 52 results

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His Majesty's Rebels: Communities, Factions, and Rural Revolt in the Black Forest, 1725-1745
Book by David Martin Luebke; Cornell University Press, 1997
Subjects: Black Forest (Germany)--Economic Conditions, Black Forest (Germany)--History, Black Forest (Germany)--Rural Conditions, Black Forest (Germany)--Social Conditions
...to Waldkirch from at least four cantons testifies to the public interest...in turn, were organized by canton. Each of these units of social...for example, that Hilperts canton of Wolpadingen was only lukewarm...densely there than in any other canton. Taken in isolation, geographical...
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A Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War of 1847
Book by Joachim Remak; Westview, 1993
Subjects: Dufour, Guillaume-Henri--1787-1875--Military leadership, Fribourg (Switzerland : Canton)--History, Switzerland--Church history--19th century, Switzerland--History--Sonderbund, 1845-1847
...action on the part of the forest cantons to achieve a...THE PART OF THE FOREST CANTONS WOULD SIMPLY BE FOOLHARDY": THE FOREST CANTONS SURRENDER Before another week had passed, the four cantons still remaining in the...do so was the half-canton of Obwalden, which...
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One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups
Book by James B. Minahan; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Ethnology--Europe--Dictionaries, Europe--History--Dictionaries
...Everlasting League of Forest Cantons, among the three...the so-called Forest Cantons against their Austrian...bringing the number of cantons to thirteen, which...that later formed the canton of Ticino. The Swiss...by the leaders of the Four Forest Cantons of Uri...
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The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450)
Book by Ephraim Emerton; AMS Press, 1917
Subjects: Europe--History
...the people of the valleys around the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons, the breaking of some of the Habsburg castles...aggression. Within six months Henry gave to the Forest Cantons a formal renewal of all their former privileges and...
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Germany in Western Civilization
Book by William Harvey Maehl; University of Alabama, 1979
Subjects: Germany--History
...sympathizers in several cantons: in Glarus, Valentin...Zwinglis. In Appenzell canton a historically important...the largest town of the canton, went Zwinglian by 1523...Thus several Swiss cantons took the first steps...while Lucerne and the four forest cantons held solidly...
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The Urner Tellenspiel of 1512: Strategies of Early Political Drama
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Urner Tellspiel (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...chief market town of the canton and legendary birthplace...1477, and surviving in four extant versions. This...of the three original Forest Cantons, Uri, Schwytz, and...Confederation had twelve member cantons at the time of the plays...significant equation of the Forest Cantons with early Republican...
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Crimes of the Dream World: French Trials of Diola Witches in Colonial Senegal
Journal article by Robert M. Baum; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Cannibalism, Colonialism, Diola Tribe, Senegal, Social life & customs, Trials, Witchcraft
...destined to wander the forests, continually attacked...principal villages of the cantons of Brin-Seleki, Floups...Benjamin Diatta and his canton chiefs saw similar opportunities...trials occurred in two cantons of the Lower Casamance...trials in the latter canton, which corresponds...eaten human flesh, but four of them had done so...who brought in the canton chief as a character...
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The Road to Bo Ra: Travel, Settlement and Contact on a Vietnamese Upland Frontier
Journal article by Andrew Hardy; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 31, 2000
Subjects: Boundaries--Vietnam, Human settlements--Vietnam, Migration, Internal--Vietnam, Travel--Personal narratives, Vietnam--Description and travel
...downstream, while those from the four original villages were evacuated...rice, vegetables, a bit of forest on the top of the hills. Nice...Yen Thuan commune (Yen Lang canton). The canton (tong) was...number of communes. There were four in Yen Lang: Yen Thuan, Yen...
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Loma Political Culture: A Phenomenology of Structural Form
Journal article by Christian K. Hojbjerg; Africa, Vol. 69, 1999
Subjects: Community development--Guinea, Ethnicity--Political aspects, Guinea--Politics and government, Matrilineal kinship--Political aspects
...fringes of the great coastal forests and were there subjected first...French created the so-called cantons, local administrative units...of `big men in Upper Guinea forest societies are no less varied...matrilateral alliance. There are four different types of sacrifice...
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Lung Cancer Risk in Painters: A Meta-Analysis
Journal article; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Lung cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Occupational exposure--Health aspects, Occupational health and safety--Health aspects, Painters (Artists)--Health aspects, Painters--Health aspects
...106 men 49,028 male non-lung <br/ cantons of Basel, cancer registrants <br/ Geneva...Plasterers and painters 273 <br/ 2002, cantons of current, or (in the construction...1.3) Age, registry, <br/ 2002, cantons of civil status, <br/ Basel, Geneva...
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A Greener Focus
Magazine article; American Forests, Vol. 104, Autumn 1998
Subjects: Canton Ohio, Chattanooga Tennessee, Ecosystems, Environmental monitoring, Roanoke Virginia, Urban areas, Washington DC
A Greener Focus Four Urban Ecosystem Analysis projects...and overall health of urban forests in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Canton, Ohio; Roanoke, Virginia...next falls 9th National Urban Forest Conference. In South Carolina...federal grant and AMERICAN FORESTS CITYgreen software to measure...
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Multi-Lingual Switzerland
Magazine article by Norman Berdichevsky; World and I, Vol. 23, February 2008
Subjects: Multilingualism--Military aspects, Multilingualism--Political aspects, Multilingualism--Social aspects, Swiss foreign relations, Switzerland--Social aspects
...country "divided" by four official languages and...German-speaking "forest cantons" of Schwytz, Uri and...obligations, the forest cantons rose in rebellion and...original German speaking cantons of Uri, Schwyz and...000 people in the canton of Graubunden comprising...
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Armed and Ready - Swiss Traditions of Military Service
Magazine article by Ben Barber; World and I, Vol. 17, June 2002
Subjects: Armed Forces--Switzerland, Armed forces--Switzerland, Switzerland--Military policy
...We are sent to the forest and the materials we...the stuff and walk for four to six hours a day...of key employees for four weeks at a time. Another...December 2001 they voted four to one to reject a proposal...majority of the Swiss cantons (states). Though a...percent. Even in Geneva canton, the heart of Switzerlands...
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The War on Bosnia: In the Ethnic War of a Decade Ago, People and Communities Suffered and Died. Now, It's the Environment's Turn
Magazine article by Tim Clancy; World Watch, Vol. 17, March 2004
...as much as 20 percent of the forests littered with mines--one...competition over BiHs rich hardwood forests. Several clearcutting locations...signs to keep inspectors and forest rangers away--arent mined...go in order to clearcut the forests without being regulated and...The Neretva River already has four large dams in a 40-kilometer...
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Association Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Magazine article by Kevin Kenzenkovic, Nedzida Salihovic-Galijasevic; Public Management, Vol. 81, April 1999
Subjects: Bosnia-Herzegovina--Politics and government, Public administration--Associations and societies
...was prepared. A four-page "decree...the countrys 10 cantons, five have majority...members, with each canton having a representative...in each of the 10 cantons in BiH. By holding...representing all 10 cantons, 34 municipalities...conference, Sarajevo Canton made its 10,000...Kenzenkovic, Lake Forest, Illinois, is...
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Lucerne Swims in Lovely Music
Newspaper article by Octavio Roca; The Washington Times, May 25, 1997
Subjects: Industrial equipment and supplies industry, Wagner Spray Tech Corp.
...floating Valhalla of Wagners epic. The countrys original cantons hug the shores of Lake Lucerne, which the Swiss refer...historic title of Vierwaldstattersee or Lake of the Four Forest Cantons. This is the cradle of Swiss democracy, conceived...
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Francly, a Good Place to Buy
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 21, 2008
...do up a 3,000sq ft, four-bedroom flat in the...are British. Villars, Canton and Vaud Pretty and buzzy...mountainside scheme in the forest at Le Hameau de la Foret...amount of tax over a four-year period. These...anddeveloping property. "Swiss cantons (administrative areas...pounds sterling379,000: four three-bedroom chalet...
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Round Lake, Carmel Take Steps Forward
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 4, 2011
...his 24th year, have to find four additional nonconference games...for most career 3s. Roth and Cantons Kevin Rhodes, No. 3 on the...Jerry Gaylor (Jr., F) Lake Forest -- Thomas Durrett (Jr...G), Carter Bass (Lake Forest, So., F), Drake Orser...


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encyclopedia articles on: Four Forest Cantons The  - 8 results

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Four Forest Cantons, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOUR FOREST CANTONS, THE Ger. Die Vier Waldstatten, in...Hapsburgs. In 1291 the three mountain forest cantons (Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri...joined by Lucerne in 1332. The Lake of the Four Forest Cantons (Vierwaldstattersee...
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Uri , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URI , canton, Switzerland oo re, canton (1993 pop. 35,500...Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons . Altdorf is the capital...populated of the Swiss cantons, Uri is an Alpine...and pastures, with forests and meadows in the...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...two members from each canton and one from each half canton, and the 200-seat...All legislators serve four-year terms. Switzerland...change. Switzerlands 20 cantons and 6 half cantons...Catholics, led by the Four Forest Cantons , defeated...
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Unterwalden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...UNTERWALDEN oon t rvald n, canton, central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons . A mountainous, forested...is divided into the half cantons of Obwalden (1993 pop...Unterwalden formed with the cantons of Uri and Schwyz a league...
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Pilatus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PILATUS pela toos, mountain, 6,800 ft (2,073 m) high, in the Alps of the Four Forest Cantons, central Switzerland. According to medieval legend, the corpse of Pontius Pilate was thrown into a small lake on the mountain...
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