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Thurgau, the Glossary

Thurgau (Thurgovie; Turgovia; Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.^[1]

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1460 establishments in Europe
1460s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy
1803 establishments in Switzerland
Cantons of Switzerland
Cantons of the Helvetic Republic
Former condominiums of Switzerland
States and territories established in 1803

Aadorf

Aadorf is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Abbey of Saint Gall

The Abbey of Saint Gall (Abtei St.) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic on 19 February 1803 to abolish the Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798, and replace it with the Swiss Confederation. Thurgau and Act of Mediation are 1803 establishments in Switzerland.

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Alamannia

Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213.

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Alemanni

The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes.

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Alliance of Independents

The Alliance of Independents, Ring of Independents, or National Ring of Independents, (Landesring der Unabhängigen (LdU), Alliance des Indépendants (AdI), Anello degli Indipendenti) was a social liberal political party in Switzerland that existed between 1936 and 1999.

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Amriswil

Amriswil (Low Alemannic: Amerschwiil) is a town and a municipality in Arbon District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland near the Lake Constance.

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Appenzell

Appenzell was a canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen, in existence from 1403 to 1597. Thurgau and Appenzell are 15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Arbon

Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Arbon District

Arbon District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bischofszell

Bischofszell (Alemannic: Bischefzèl) is a village and a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Bischofszell District

Bischofszell District is a former district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Canton of Schaffhausen

The canton of Schaffhausen, also canton of Schaffhouse (Kanton Schaffhausen; Chantun Schaffusa; Canton de Schaffhouse; Canton Sciaffusa), is the northernmost canton of Switzerland. Thurgau and canton of Schaffhausen are 15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy, cantons of Switzerland and cantons of the Helvetic Republic.

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Canton of St. Gallen

The canton of St. Thurgau and canton of St. Gallen are 1803 establishments in Switzerland, cantons of Switzerland, cantons of the Helvetic Republic and states and territories established in 1803.

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Canton of Zurich

The canton of Zurich (Kanton Zürich; Canton de Zurich.; Chantun Turitg; Canton Zurigo.) is an administrative unit (canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. Thurgau and canton of Zurich are cantons of Switzerland and cantons of the Helvetic Republic.

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Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Christian democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.

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Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party (Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party (Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra, PCD), was a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.

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Christian right

The Christian right, otherwise referred to as the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies.

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Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, economic freedom, political freedom and freedom of speech.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

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Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz, BDP; Parti bourgeois démocratique suisse, PBD; Partito Borghese Democratico Svizzero, PBD; Partida burgais democratica Svizra PBD, PBD; Swiss Democratic Bourgeois Party) was a conservative political party in Switzerland from 2008 to 2020.

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Counts of Toggenburg

The counts of Toggenburg (Grafen von Toggenburg) ruled the Toggenburg region of today's canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and adjacent areas during the 13th to 15th centuries.

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Diessenhofen District

Diessenhofen District is a former district of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Duchy of Swabia

The Duchy of Swabia (German: Herzogtum Schwaben; Latin: Ducatus Allemaniæ) was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom.

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Eastern Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland (Ostschweiz, Suisse orientale, Svizra orientala, Svizzera orientale) is the common name of the region situated to the east of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, and Glarus.

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Eschenz

Eschenz is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland

The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, EVP), Swiss Evangelical Party (Parti évangelique suisse, PEV; Partito Evangelico Svizzero, PEV), or Evangelical Party of Switzerland (Partida evangelica da la Svizra, PEV) is a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau and Zürich.

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Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland

The Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (German: Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union, EDU; French: Union Démocratique Fédérale, UDF; Italian: Unione Democratica Federale, UDF; Romansch: Uniun Democrata Federala, UDF) is a national-conservative political party in Switzerland.

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First War of Villmergen

The First War of Villmergen was a Swiss religious war which lasted from 5 January until 7 March 1656, at the time of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Francia

The Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.

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Frauenfeld

Frauenfeld (Alemannic: Frauefäld) is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Frauenfeld District

Frauenfeld District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

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Freedom Party of Switzerland

The Freedom Party of Switzerland (FPS) (Freiheits-Partei der Schweiz; Parti suisse de la liberté / PSL) is a minor right-wing populist political party in Switzerland.

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Gau (territory)

Gau (German:; gouw; gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or current province.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Grand Council of Thurgau

The Grand Council of Thurgau (Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Thurgau, in Switzerland.

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Green Liberal Party of Switzerland

The Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz, GLP; Partida verda-liberala, PVL; Parti vert'libéral, PVL; Partito verde liberale, PVL), abbreviated to GLP, is a centrist green-liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Green liberalism

Green liberalism, or liberal environmentalism, is liberalism that includes green politics in its ideology.

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Green Party of Switzerland

The Green Party of Switzerland (GRÜNE Schweiz; Les VERT-E-S suisses; VERDI svizzeri; VERDA svizra) is a green political party in Switzerland.

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Green politics

Green politics, or ecopolitics, is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often, but not always, rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.

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Hörnli

Hörnli mountain is located on the territory of the community of Fischenthal, in the Zürcher Oberland, in the eastern part of canton of Zürich, in Switzerland.

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Helvetic Republic

The Helvetic Republic was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.

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Historiography of Switzerland

The historiography of Switzerland is the study of the history of Switzerland.

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Hohgrat

The Hohgrat (also known as Groot) is a mountain located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen.

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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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House of Zähringen

The House of Zähringen (Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility.

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In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit or Reichsfreiheit) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' (unmittelbar) to Emperor and Empire (Kaiser und Reich) and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that status was defined as 'mediate' (mittelbar).

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Ittingen Charterhouse

Ittingen Charterhouse (Kartause Ittingen) is a former Carthusian monastery near Warth, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland. Thurgau and Ittingen Charterhouse are 15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Konstanz

Konstanz (also), also known as Constance in English, is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany.

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Kreuzlingen

Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland.

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Kreuzlingen District

Kreuzlingen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Kyburg family

The Kyburg family (also Kiburg) was a noble family of grafen (counts) in the Duchy of Swabia, a cadet line of the counts of Dillingen, who in the late 12th and early 13th centuries ruled the County of Kyburg, corresponding to much of what is now Northeastern Switzerland.

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Lake Constance

Lake Constance (Bodensee) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (Obersee), Lower Lake Constance (Untersee), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.

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List of cantonal executives of Switzerland

This article lists the cantonal executives of Switzerland. Thurgau and list of cantonal executives of Switzerland are cantons of Switzerland.

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List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland

This is a list of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland. Thurgau and list of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland are cantons of Switzerland.

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List of Swiss cantons by elevation

The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in Switzerland. Thurgau and list of Swiss cantons by elevation are cantons of Switzerland.

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Münchwilen District

Münchwilen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

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Münchwilen, Thurgau

Münchwilen is a municipality and district capital of the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of the canton of Thurgau

The following are the 80 municipalities of the canton of Thurgau, as of 2009.

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Murg (Thur)

The Murg is a long tributary of the Thur in Switzerland.

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National conservatism

National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national, cultural identity, communitarianism, and the public role of religion (see religion in politics).

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National Council (Switzerland)

The National Council (Nationalrat; Conseil national; Consiglio nazionale; Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly, with the upper house being the Council of States.

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Neunforn

Neunforn is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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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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Pfyn culture

The Pfyn Culture is one of several archaeological cultures of the Neolithic period in Switzerland.

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Progressive Organizations of Switzerland

The Progressive Organisations of Switzerland (POCH; Progressive Organisationen der Schweiz; Organisations progressistes de Suisse) was a communist party founded in 1969.

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Progressivism

Progressivism is a political philosophy and movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform – primarily based on purported advancements in social organization, science, and technology.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Reformation in Switzerland

The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate, Mark Reust, and the population of Zürich in the 1520s.

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Reformed worship

Reformed worship is religious devotion to God as conducted by Reformed or Calvinistic Christians, including Presbyterians.

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Republican Movement (Switzerland)

The Republican Movement (Mouvement républicain; Republikanische Bewegung) was a political party in Switzerland between 1971 and 1989.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Right-wing populism

Right-wing populism, also called right populism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics with populist rhetoric and themes.

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Romanshorn

Romanshorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Second War of Kappel

The Second War of Kappel (Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the Catholic and the Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the Reformation in Switzerland.

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Sirnach

Sirnach is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and supports a gradualist, reformist and democratic approach towards achieving socialism.

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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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The logotype "Quaerite Libertatem et Altruismum" (Latin: as a transnational and neutral language) means "Seek Freedom and Altruism!".

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St. Gallen

St.

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Steckborn District

Steckborn District is a former district of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

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Swiss Democrats

The Swiss Democrats (Schweizer Demokraten; Démocrates Suisses; Democratici Svizzeri; Democrats Svizers) is a nationalist political party in Switzerland.

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Swiss franc

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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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.

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The Liberals (Switzerland)

FDP.

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Thur (Rhine)

The Thur is a river in north-eastern Switzerland and a tributary of the High Rhine (Hochrhein).

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Triband (flag)

A triband is a vexillological style which consists of three stripes arranged to form a flag.

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Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg (Vorarlbearg, Voralbärg, or Voraadelbearg) is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria.

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Weinfelden

Weinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

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Weinfelden District

Weinfelden District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

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Wine

Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit.

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Zurich

Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. Thurgau and Zurich are 15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgau

Also known as Canton Thurgau, Canton de Thurgovie, Canton of Thurgau, Canton of Thurgovia, History of the Thurgau, Kanton Thurgau, Landgraviate of Thurgau, Thurgau (National Council constituency), Thurgovia, Thurgovie.

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1460 establishments in Europe

1460s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

15th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy

1803 establishments in Switzerland

Cantons of Switzerland

Cantons of the Helvetic Republic

Former condominiums of Switzerland

States and territories established in 1803

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