SCHWYZ

shvēts, canton (1993 pop. 116,100), 351 sq mi (909 sq km), central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. Bordering on the Lake of Zürich in the north and the Lake of Lucerne in the southwest, Schwyz is a mountainous and forested region, with meadows supporting livestock and orchards in the valleys. Cotton and silk textiles and wood furniture are manufactured, and there are large hydroelectric plants in the north. The population is German-speaking and Roman Catholic. In the early 13th cent. the rights to Schwyz passed to the counts of Hapsburg, but in 1240 Emperor Frederick II granted Schwyz a charter making it immediately subject to the Holy Roman Empire. The charter was revoked in 1274 by Rudolf I of Hapsburg, and in 1291 Schwyz concluded with Uri and Unterwalden the pact which became the basis of Swiss liberty. (The name Switzerland derives from Schwyz.) The canton rejected the Reformation and in 1845 joined the Catholic Sonderbund. Its capital, Schwyz (1993 pop. 13,000), one of the oldest towns in Switzerland, is a summer resort. The Swiss federal archives there contain the original pact of 1291. The town has a 16th-century town hall with historic paintings, several baroque churches, and numerous patrician houses (17th–18th cent.).

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books on: Schwyz  - 227 results

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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
The Schwyz force probably numbered close to 2,000 men, with 1,300 from Schwyz, 300 from Uri, and 100 from Unterwalden, although...000-4,000 men under arms, in which case the Schwyz would have outnumbered the Austrians. However large...
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History of Switzerland, 1499-1914
Book by Wilhelm Oechsli, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...government requested the government of Schwyz to hand over the personal property of...on that account to leave its domains. Schwyz, however, demanded the surrender of...property, whithersoever he pleased; but Schwyz refused even to submit the matter to Confederate...
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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
...mutual support. Between 1247 and 1251 Schwyz and Obwalden were in alliance with the...with the papal party rather than with Schwyz and Obwalden. But the trend towards union...and for what precise purposes Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden first reached the state...
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Infant and Child Mortality in the Past
Book by Alain Bideau, Bertrand Desjardins, Héctor Pérez Brignoli; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Children--Mortality--History, Infants--Mortality--History
...overall fertility of such cantons as Uri or Schwyz, however, can hardly be explained by...nuptiality was slightly lower in Uri, Schwyz, Obwald, and Nidwald than in Ticino...Nidwalden, 0.899 for Obwalden, 0.871 for Schwyz, and 0.972 for Uri Coale and Treadway...
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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
...1291, between the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Nidwalden. The agreement they signed...fact that the three localities of Uri, Schwyz, and Nidwalden were forming an alliance...Federation of August I, 1291, between Uri, Schwyz, and Nidwalden, with the seal of Schwyz...
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journal articles on: Schwyz  - 10 results

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Decentralized Taxation and the Size of Government: Evidence from Swiss State and Local Governments
Journal article by Lars P. Feld, Gebhard Kirchgassner, Christoph A. Schaltegger; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 77, 2010
Subjects: Local government--Management, Local government--United States, Public sector--Management
...the village of Freienbach of the canton Schwyz has to pay a bit more than 7% income...Cantons with average financial potential Schwyz 66.5 110 Basel-Land 92.5 109 Aargau...Cantons with average financial potential Schwyz 35.7 Basel-Land 27.8 Aargau 28...
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Of MohrenkÖpfe and Japanesen: Swiss Images of the Foreign
Journal article by Regina Bendix; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 30, 1993
Subjects: Folklore
...continuing to the present are the Japanesen of Schwyz. In 1863, the carnival society of the village of Schwyz decided to ridicule the failed commercial...Swiss court and folk festival in Yeddo-Schwyz" ( Weibel 1981 :105). Yeddo referred...
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Panacea or Pathetic Fallacy? the Swiss Ban on Minarets
Journal article by Lorenz Langer; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 43, 2010
Subjects: Freedom of religion--Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial review--Laws, regulations and rules, Minarets--Laws, regulations and rules, Referendum--Laws, regulations and rules, Referendums--Laws, regulations and rules
...foedus pactum of 1291 concluded between the valleys of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden to ensure general peace and mutual assistance...The Federal Charter of 1291 states that the people of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden would "accept or receive no judge ... who...
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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.
...surprising that like the Heralds, the speakers come from Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden respectively. The playwright has made an...schuBetat jn der/Thell zetod. Then Tell climbs the mountain by Schwyz and conceals himself by the sunken lane, through which the...
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Staging Act 5 of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell
Journal article by Timothy Richard Wutrich; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von--Works, Wilhelm Tell: Ein Schauspiel. Zum Neujarhrsgeschenk auf 1805 (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...and Melchthal form the idea to unite the three cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden in rebellion against Hapsburg rule. Furst...2, scene 2, that takes place on the Rutli. Konrad Hunn of Schwyz reports how once abroad he encountered a crying Duke Johann...
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magazine articles on: Schwyz  - 11 results

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Travel PSA in 1991: Grab Your Camera for PSA Photo-Adventures
Magazine article by Donald Lyon; PSA Journal, Vol. 57, February 1991
Subjects: Photographic Society of America--Services, Travel photography--Services
...Our itinerary includes two nights at Schwyz (near Lucerne), four in Locarno, five...colorful part of the travel experience. Schwyz is majestically sited under towering peaks...wooden bridges and colorful squares. Schwyz is the very heart of the Swiss Confederation...
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The Swiss Referendum on Asylum Seekers
Magazine article by Michael L. Nash; Contemporary Review, Vol. 288, Winter 2006
Subjects: Immigrants--Political aspects, Refugees--Political aspects, Switzerland--Political aspects, Voting--Laws, regulations and rules
...European Union expansion or enlargement, in recent times, had a higher proportion of voters approving the proposed new law. In Schwyz, for example, in the heartland of Switzerland, the vote was over 80 per cent for the new law, while in Geneva, on the edge...
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Real Time Travel
Magazine article by Rirkrit Tiravanija; Artforum International, Vol. 34, Summer 1996
Subjects: Art, Swiss--Reports, Artists--Interviews, Fischli, Peter--Interviews, Weiss, David--Interviews
...you the cave is almost 170 kilometers long is too abstract. We drive past the Swiss Army Knife factory and the outer parts of Schwyz. Peter puts on a tape of international-style easy-listening music. The sun is going down and there are lakes and mountains...
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Black Sheep, White Sheep: The Swiss and Immigration
Magazine article by Michael Nash; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Spring 2008
Subjects: Blocher, Christopher--Political activity, Blocher, Christopher--Powers and duties, Immigration policy--Interpretation and construction, Politicians--Political activity, Politicians--Powers and duties, Swiss foreign relations--Political aspects, Swiss foreign relations--Social aspects, Switzerland--Foreign policy, Switzerland--Political aspects
...Catholics. This area, the centre and northwest and north-east, includes the heartland of Switzerland, the forest cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, where the original oath of Rutli was taken in 1291, taken to be the beginning of the Swiss state...
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Mountains and Minarets: Switzerland's Recent Vote to Ban the Building of Minarets Drew Widespread Criticism. Natasha Proietto Looks at the Historical Background to That Decision, the Result of a Typically Swiss Mixture of Conservatism and Democracy
Magazine article by Natasha Proietto; History Today, Vol. 60, April 2010
Subjects: Freedom of religion, Minarets--Laws, regulations and rules, Political history, Switzerland--History
...democracy and power-sharing between the classes has been ingrained since the official formation of the Swiss state in 1291. Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden, three cantons at the heart of modern-day Switzerland, formed a defensive alliance against Habsburg aggression...
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newspaper articles on: Schwyz  - 7 results

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Swiss Army Knife Morphs with Age
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2009
Subjects: Armies, Clock and watch industry, Cutlery industry, Victorinox AG, Watch industry
Swiss Army Knife Morphs with Age. SCHWYZ, Switzerland, July 27, 2009 (AFP) - A century and a quarter...the Philippines.An exhibition at the Swiss National Museum in Schwyz, near the firms headquarters, retraces the evolution of pocket...
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Twin Giants of the Jet Era; Answers to Correspondents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 11, 2011
Subjects: Whittle, Frank, Sir
...Swiss Army pen knives called Victorinox? CUTLER and businessman Karl Elsener opened a knife manufacturing company in Ibach-Schwyz, central Switzerland, in 1884. In 1891, he supplied the Swiss army with the soldiers knife for the first time and in 1897...
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Twin Giants of the Jet Era
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 11, 2011
Subjects: Whittle, Frank, Sir
...Swiss Army pen knives called Victorinox? CUTLER and businessman Karl Elsener opened a knife manufacturing company in Ibach-Schwyz, central Switzerland, in 1884. In 1891, he supplied the Swiss army with the soldiers knife for the first time, and the...
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The Roman Army Knife; or How the Ingenuity of the Swiss Was Beaten by 1,800 Years
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 30, 2010
Subjects: Ancient Roman civilization
...vast expansion of Rome - he would have been wealthy to have such a real luxury item. Swiss Army Knives originated in Ibach Schwyz, Switzerland, in 1897 and were created by Karl Elsener. Nationalist Elsener decided to design the knives after he realised...
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Twin Giants of the Jet Era; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 11, 2011
...Swiss Army pen knives called Victorinox? CUTLER and businessman Karl Elsener opened a knife manufacturing company in Ibach-Schwyz, central Switzerland, in 1884. In 1891, he supplied the Swiss army with the soldiers knife for the first time, and the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Schwyz  - 12 results

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Schwyz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCHWYZ shvets, canton (1993 pop. 116,100...and the Lake of Lucerne in the southwest, Schwyz is a mountainous and forested region, with...In the early 13th cent. the rights to Schwyz passed to the counts of Hapsburg, but in...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cantons are Zurich , Bern , Lucerne , Uri , Schwyz , Glarus , Zug , Fribourg , Solothurn...three mountainous localities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden resulted in the conclusion...preserved Catholicism in Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Fribourg, and Solothurn...
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Four Forest Cantons, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Waldstatten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden , Schwyz , Uri , and Lucerne , the first Swiss communities to win their...In 1291 the three mountain forest cantons (Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri) formed the League of Forest Cantons as the nucleus...
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Einsiedeln
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EINSIEDELN in ze d ln, town (1990 pop. 10,869), Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the most famous pilgrimage center in Switzerland and one of the most noted in Europe...
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Uri , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1231) the status of a dependency of the emperor. The scene of the events of the William Tell legend, Uri in 1291 formed with Schwyz and Unterwalden the league that became the nucleus of Switzerland. It rejected the Reformation and in 1845 joined the Catholic...
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