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  • Thumbnail for Swiss Army knife
    the words "Swiss Army" and "Swiss Military" as a trademark in the US[year needed] and was sued at Bern cantonal commercial court by the Swiss Confederacy...
    41 KB (4,964 words) - 15:42, 27 June 2024
  • the official opening of Our Chalet. Named "Baby Chalet", it is still open to guests. The formal opening for both Chalets was on 31 July 1932 by Storrow...
    25 KB (2,981 words) - 03:11, 1 July 2024
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    yodeling. Other Swiss cultural icons include Swiss chocolate, Swiss cheese, watches, cowbells, banking, and the Swiss Army knives. Folk art is kept alive in...
    22 KB (2,586 words) - 13:19, 18 May 2024
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    Suvorov's Swiss campaign took place on Swiss territory between September and October 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition. Russo-Austrian troops...
    65 KB (8,204 words) - 19:53, 20 April 2024
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    Lion Monument (category Monuments and memorials in Switzerland)
    monument was built to honor Swiss citizens dying for a foreign monarchy. Swiss liberals felt that the personification of Switzerland as a lion seemed to glorify...
    12 KB (1,391 words) - 21:29, 8 July 2024
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    description are largely drawn from that study. The Chalet is the only surviving residence of four prefabricated "Swiss Cottages" that were shipped from Hamburg: 7 ...
    32 KB (4,253 words) - 22:38, 6 May 2024
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    Roger Federer (redirect from Swiss Maestro)
    South African, he holds both Swiss and South African citizenship. He is related to Swiss prelate Urban Federer and Swiss politician Barbara Schmid-Federer...
    329 KB (27,768 words) - 14:26, 5 August 2024
  • Jean Claude Mimran (category French expatriates in Switzerland)
    of chalets and apartments on the site. It was the first luxury hotel to open in Gstaad for 100 years. The minority partner in the hotel is a Swiss businessman...
    9 KB (831 words) - 20:53, 6 September 2023
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    Fondue (category Swiss cuisine)
    the cheese using long-stemmed forks. It was promoted as a Swiss national dish by the Swiss Cheese Union (Schweizerische Käseunion) in the 1930s, and was...
    20 KB (2,254 words) - 00:42, 5 August 2024
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    Swiss chocolate (German: Schweizer Schokolade; French: Chocolat Suisse; Italian: Cioccolato Svizzero) is chocolate produced in Switzerland. Switzerland's...
    44 KB (5,255 words) - 03:45, 6 June 2024
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    Gstaad (category Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland)
    but they were replaced with a number of smaller non-hotel accommodation (chalets, apartment houses, residences). Most of the modern resorts and small hotels...
    23 KB (2,190 words) - 22:28, 20 July 2024
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    Älplermagronen (category Swiss cuisine)
    dish of the Swiss Alps and a classic of Swiss comfort foods. According to a popular theory, pasta became widespread in northern Switzerland in the late...
    9 KB (1,205 words) - 21:50, 20 February 2024
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    Joseph Di Mambro (category CS1 Swiss French-language sources (fr-ch))
    two fires broke out in Switzerland: one at around 11:55 p.m. at the "La Rochette" farm in Cheiry, and another in three chalets at in Salvan. When the...
    22 KB (2,675 words) - 17:38, 31 July 2024
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    Cuckoo clock (category Culture of Switzerland)
    a quintessential Swiss structure, though some were rather grand in scale, measuring three or more feet across. Many of these chalets, crafted in different...
    61 KB (7,238 words) - 12:13, 26 June 2024
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    Gunter Sachs (category Suicides by firearm in Switzerland)
    "Gunter Sachs, former husband of Brigitte Bardot, shoots himself in Swiss chalet". Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "Playboy auf Lebenszeit"....
    14 KB (1,272 words) - 01:42, 30 June 2024
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    and Italian). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO. Retrieved 18 May 2020 – via opendata.swiss. Swiss Federal Statistical Office...
    101 KB (9,274 words) - 17:23, 7 July 2024
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    New Glarus, Wisconsin (category Swiss-American culture in Wisconsin)
    its Swiss heritage and old world traditions. Swiss-style chalets and flower boxes filled with red geraniums grace the streets of the village and Swiss flags...
    38 KB (4,673 words) - 04:30, 31 July 2024
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    Alps (category Mountain ranges of Switzerland)
    bedrooms benefit from rising heat. The typical Swiss chalet originated in the Bernese Oberland. Chalets often face south or downhill and are built of solid...
    104 KB (12,126 words) - 18:23, 20 July 2024
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    suspension but a Swiss court ruled that she could compete for a spot on the 2010 German Olympic team. This ruling was brought to the Swiss Federal Tribunal...
    137 KB (12,584 words) - 05:10, 5 August 2024
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    Matterhorn (category Pages with Swiss Standard German IPA)
    The Matterhorn (German: [ˈmatɐˌhɔʁn] , Swiss Standard German: [ˈmatərˌhɔrn]; Italian: Cervino [tʃerˈviːno]; French: Cervin [sɛʁvɛ̃]; Romansh: Mont(e)...
    101 KB (12,203 words) - 10:58, 21 June 2024
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