Näfels, the Glossary
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39 relations: Bad Säckingen, Battle of Näfels, Canton of Glarus, Fachhochschule, Friedrich Schröder, Glarus, Glarus Nord, House of Habsburg, Innerthal, Insurrection of 10 August 1792, Karl Josef von Bachmann, Linthal, Glarus, Louis XVI, Mollis, Municipalities of Switzerland, Näfels-Mollis railway station, Netstal, Niklaus Franz von Bachmann, Oberurnen, Old Swiss Confederacy, Primary sector of the economy, Rapperswil, Rautispitz, S25 (ZVV), S6 (St. Gallen S-Bahn), Schwanden, Glarus, Secondary sector of the economy, Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, St. Gallen S-Bahn, St. Hilarius Parish Church of Näfels, Swiss People's Party, Switzerland, Tertiary sector of the economy, THURBO, Ziegelbrücke, Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway, Zurich, Zurich S-Bahn, 2007 Swiss federal election.
- Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus
Bad Säckingen
Bad Säckingen (High Alemannic: Bad Säckinge) is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Battle of Näfels
The Battle of Näfels was fought on 9 April 1388 between the Swiss canton of Glarus, supported by its allies of the Old Swiss Confederation, and the Duchy of Austria ruled by the House of Habsburg.
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Canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus (Kanton Glarus Chantun Glaruna; Canton de Glaris; Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland.
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Fachhochschule
A (plural), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, technology, business, architecture, design, and industrial design.
Friedrich Schröder
Friedrich Schröder (6 August 1910 – 25 September 1972) was a Swiss composer of what could be referred to as light music.
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Glarus
Glarus (Glaris; Glaris; Glarona; Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
Glarus Nord
Glarus Nord is one of three municipalities of the canton of Glarus, Switzerland (the others being Glarus and Glarus Süd).
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
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Innerthal
Innerthal is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Insurrection of 10 August 1792
The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace.
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Karl Josef von Bachmann
Karl Joseph Anton Leodegar von Bachmann (3 March 1734 – 3 September 1792) was a Swiss military officer in French service, best known as the commander of the Swiss Guards during the Insurrection of 10 August 1792.
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Linthal, Glarus
Linthal is a village and former municipality in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Näfels and Linthal, Glarus are former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Mollis
Mollis is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Näfels and Mollis are former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Municipalities (Gemeinden, Einwohnergemeinden or politische Gemeinden; communes; comuni; vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland.
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Näfels-Mollis railway station
Näfels-Mollis railway station (Bahnhof Näfels-Mollis) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Nord in the Swiss canton of Glarus.
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Netstal
Netstal is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Näfels and Netstal are former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.
Niklaus Franz von Bachmann
Niklaus Leodegar Franz Ignaz von Bachmann (Näfels, 27 March 1740 – Näfels, 11 February 1831) was a Swiss general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Oberurnen
Oberurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Näfels and Oberurnen are former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.
Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German or), initially within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Primary sector of the economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining.
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Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or;Andres Kristol, Rapperswil SG (See) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005,, p.
Rautispitz
The Rautispitz is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Netstal in the canton of Glarus.
S25 (ZVV)
The S25 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich with Schwyz, Glarus and St. Gallen.
S6 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)
The S6 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides hourly service between and, in the cantons of St. Gallen and Glarus.
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Schwanden, Glarus
Schwanden is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Näfels and Schwanden, Glarus are former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.
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Secondary sector of the economy
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing.
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Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, SP; Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (Parti socialiste suisse; Partito Socialista Svizzero, PS), is a political party in Switzerland.
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St. Gallen S-Bahn
The St.
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St. Hilarius Parish Church of Näfels
St.
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Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (Union démocratique du centre, UDC; Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
Tertiary sector of the economy
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle).
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THURBO
Thurbo is a railway company with S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland (cantons of Aargau, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zürich), southern Germany (states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), and northeastern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.
Ziegelbrücke
Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the Linth Channel in Switzerland.
Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway
The Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway (formerly the Weesen–Linthal railway, also called the Glarnerlinie—Glarus line), is a single-track standard-gauge line in Switzerland.
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Zurich
Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.
Zurich S-Bahn
The Zürich S-Bahn (S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zug), with a few lines extending into or crossing the territory of southern Germany.
2007 Swiss federal election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007.
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See also
Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus
- Betschwanden
- Bilten
- Braunwald, Glarus
- Diesbach, Glarus
- Elm, Switzerland
- Engi, Switzerland
- Ennenda
- Filzbach
- Hätzingen
- Haslen, Glarus
- Kerenzen-Mühlehorn
- Leuggelbach
- Linthal, Glarus
- Luchsingen
- Mühlehorn
- Matt, Switzerland
- Mitlödi
- Mollis
- Näfels
- Netstal
- Nidfurn
- Niederurnen
- Oberurnen
- Obstalden
- Rüti, Glarus
- Riedern
- Schwändi, near Schwanden, Glarus
- Schwanden, Glarus
- Sool, Switzerland
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Näfels
Also known as Naefels, Naefels (Glarus), Naefels GL, Naefels, Switzerland, Näfels (Glarus), Näfels GL, Näfels, Switzerland.