• Cities, please check: List of cities in Switzerland
• Municipalities, please check: List of municipalities of Switzerland
• People, please check: List of Swiss people, and List of members of the Swiss Federal Council

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• Aar (Aare)
• Aargau
  Aargau
  Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...
  
   (Argovia)
• Aargauer Literaturpreis
• Abbey of St. Gall
  Abbey of St. Gall
  The Abbey of Saint Gall is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was...
  
  
• Alinghi
  Alinghi
  Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup...
  
  
• Allenbach
  Allenbach
  Allenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
  
  
• Alps
  Alps
  The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
  
  
• Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a canton of Switzerland. The seat of the government and parliament is Herisau, judicial authorities are in Trogen. Appenzell Ausserrhoden is located in the north east of Switzerland, bordering the cantons of St...
  
   (Appenzell Outer Rhodes)
• Appenzell Innerrhoden
  Appenzell Innerrhoden
  Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population and the second smallest by area, Basel-City having less area.-Foundation:...
  
   (Appenzell Inner Rhodes)

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• Basel-City
  Basel-City
  Basel-Stadt is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.-History:...
  
   (Basel-Stadt)
• Basel-Country
  Basel-Country
  Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
  
  
• Basel-Mulhouse International Airport
• Battle of Grandson
  Battle of Grandson
  The Battle of Grandson, took place on 2 March 1476, was part of the Burgundian Wars, and resulted in a major defeat for Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.- Siege of Grandson, February 1476 :...
  
  
• Battle of Morgarten
  Battle of Morgarten
  The Battle of Morgarten occurred on November 15, 1315, when a Swiss Confederation force of 1,500 infantry archers ambushed a group of Austrian soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire near the Morgarten Pass...
  
  
• Battle of Novara (1513)
  Battle of Novara (1513)
  The Battle of Novara was a battle of the War of the League of Cambrai fought on June 6, 1513, near Novara, in Northern Italy.The French had been victorious at Ravenna the previous year. Nevertheless, the French under King Louis XII were driven out of the city of Milan the following month by the...
  
  
• Bern Airport
  Bern Airport
  Bern-Belp Airport is an airport serving Bern in Switzerland. The airport is within the town limits of Belp, and it is often known simply as Belp Airport....
  
  
• Bern Rail Station
  Bern Rail Station
  Bern is a Swiss Federal Railways station in Bern, Switzerland.It is the nearest station to the University of Bern in the Länggasse quarter. There is a shuttle bus to Bern Airport from the station. Its IATA Airport Code is ZDJ as American Airlines codeshares on the Swiss Federal Railways service...
  
  
• Bern
• Berner Filmpreis (Filmpreis des Kantons Bern)
• Bernese Alps
  Bernese Alps
  The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais, Lucerne, Obwalden, Fribourg and...
  
  
• BLS
  BLS
  As an acronym, BLS may stand for:*BLS *Bachelor of Library Science*Bare lymphocyte syndrome*Basic life support, an emergency medical protocol*BellSouth, ticker symbol for the United States telephone company...
  
  
• Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn
  Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn
  The Bodensee–Toggenburg-Bahn was a small 'private' railway which operated between Romanshorn on the Bodensee via St. Gallen, Herisau, Degersheim, Wattwil, and Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St...
  
  
• Broye
  Broye
  The Broye is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershed area of 850 km².-Presentation:...
  
  

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• Canton of Bern (Canton of Bern)
• Canton of Geneva
  Canton of Geneva
  The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,...
  
  
• Canton of Jura
  Canton of Jura
  The Republic and Canton of the Jura , also known as the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is one of the cantons of Switzerland. It is the newest of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont...
  
  
• Canton of Neuchâtel
  Canton of Neuchâtel
  Neuchâtel is a canton of French speaking western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782 of which 39,654 were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel.-History:...
  
  
• Canton of Schaffhausen
  Canton of Schaffhausen
  The Canton of is a canton of Switzerland. The principal city and capital of the canton is Schaffhausen.- History:Schaffhausen was a city-state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1045. It was then known as Villa Scafhusun. Around 1049 Count Eberhard von...
  
  
• Canton of Solothurn
  Canton of Solothurn
  Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...
  
   (Canton of Soleure)
• Canton of Uri
  Canton of Uri
  Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. German is the primary language spoken in Uri...
  
  
• Canton of Zug
  Canton of Zug
  The Canton of Zug is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. With 239 km² the canton is one of the smallest of the cantons in terms of area. It is not subdivided into districts.- History :The earlier history of the canton is...
  
  
• Canton of Zurich
  Canton of Zürich
  The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
  
   (Canton of Zürich
  Canton of Zürich
  The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
  
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• Cantons of Switzerland
  Cantons of Switzerland
  The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
  
  
• Capital of Switzerland
• Circus Knie
  Circus Knie
  Circus Knie is the largest circus of Switzerland, based in Rapperswil.The circus was founded in 1803 by the Knie family and has existed in its present form since 1919 when it changed from an open arena to a covered tent. The circus has been long famous for its animals and now operates a zoo and a...
  
  
• Communications in Switzerland
  Communications in Switzerland
  -Telephones:In 2007 there were 5 million fixed telephone lines in use and 8,096,000 mobile phones, more than one per capita.The telephone system is described as providing "excellent domestic and international services" and having an "extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks" in the CIA...
  
  
• Congress of Vienna
  Congress of Vienna
  The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
  
  
• Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis
  Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis
  The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a literary award in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung in Zurich.-Laureates:*1938 Max Frisch*1939 Franz Fischer...
  
  
• Country code of Switzerland
• Credit Suisse
  Credit Suisse
  The Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
  
  
• Crossair
  Crossair
  Crossair Ltd. Co. for Regional European Air Transport was a regional airline headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, near Basel, Switzerland...
  
  
• Culture of Switzerland
  Culture of Switzerland
  Strong regionalism in Switzerland makes it difficult to speak of a homogeneous Swiss culture. The influence of German, French and Italian culture on their neighbouring parts cannot be denied. The Rhaeto-Romanic culture in the eastern mountains of Switzerland is robust.-Folk arts:Folk art is kept...
  
  

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• Data codes for Switzerland
  Data codes for Switzerland
  -Country:These are codes for the country itself. See country code for a fuller explanation.CH :ISO country code 756 :ISO country code SUI :IOC country codeSW : WMO message header country code...
  
  
• Demographics of Switzerland
  Demographics of Switzerland
  This article is about the demographic features of the population of Switzerland, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
  
  
• Dielsdorf District
• Direct democracy
  Direct democracy
  Direct democracy is a form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives. Direct democracy is classically termed "pure democracy"...
  
  
• Dufour Peak

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• Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...
  
   (EPFL)
• Economy of Switzerland
  Economy of Switzerland
  The economy of Switzerland is one of the world's most stable economies. Its policy of long-term monetary security and political stability has made Switzerland a safe haven for investors, creating an economy that is increasingly dependent on a steady tide of foreign investment...
  
  
• Emme River
  Emme River
  The Emme is a river in Switzerland. It rises in the Alps between the peaks of Hohgant and Augstmatthorn in the canton of Bern. The Emme is 80 kilometers long and flows through the Emmental and into the Aar below Solothurn. The drainage area is 983 km². The average discharge at the mouth is...
  
  
• Engelberger Aa
  Engelberger Aa
  Engelberger Aa is a river in Switzerland. It rises west of Surenenpass in the Canton of Uri, flows through the valley of Engelberg and Nidwalden. At Buochs, it empties into Lake Lucerne. It is a tributary of the river Reuss....
  
  
• Eternal Alliance
• ETH Zurich
  ETH Zurich
  The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
  
   (ETH
  Eth
  Eth is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese , and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. The capital eth resembles a D with a line through the vertical stroke...
  
  , ETHZ)
• European Free Trade Association
  European Free Trade Association
  The European Free Trade Association or EFTA is a free trade organisation between four European countries that operates parallel to, and is linked to, the European Union . EFTA was established on 3 May 1960 as a trade bloc-alternative for European states who were either unable to, or chose not to,...
  
  
• European Graduate School
  European Graduate School
  The European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its German name is Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien...
  
   (EGS)
• European Union
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
  
• Exploration of the High Alps
  Exploration of the High Alps
  The higher region of the Alps were long left to the exclusiveattention of the men of the adjoining valleys, even when Alpine travellers began to visit these valleys. It is reckoned that about 20 glacier passes were certainly known before 1600, about 25 more before 1700, and yet another 20 before...
  
  

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• Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH
  Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH
  The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH is the Swiss watch industry's leading trade association.-History:...
  
  
• Flag of Switzerland
  Flag of Switzerland
  The flag of Switzerland consists of a red flag with a white cross in the centre. It is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of the Vatican City...
  
  
• Franc
  Franc
  The franc is the name of several currency units, most notably the Swiss franc, still a major world currency today due to the prominence of Swiss financial institutions and the former currency of France, the French franc until the Euro was adopted in 1999...
  
  
• French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
  
• Fribourg (canton)
• Furkareuss

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• Geneva (canton)
• Geneva Cointrin international airport
  Geneva Cointrin International Airport
  Geneva International Airport , commonly known as Cointrin Airport, is an airport serving Geneva, Switzerland. It is located northwest of the city centre and has direct connections to motorways, bus lines and railways . Its northern limit runs along the Swiss-French border and the airport can be...
  
  
• Geography of Switzerland
  Geography of Switzerland
  Switzerland is a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western or Central Europe . It is surrounded by 5 countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north...
  
  
• German language
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  
• glacier
  Glacier
  A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
  
  
• Glarus
  Glarus
  Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....
  
  
• Golden Leopard
  Golden Leopard
  The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films...
  
  
• Gottfried-Keller-Preis
  Gottfried-Keller-Preis
  The Gottfried-Keller-Preis or Prix Gottfried Keller is one of the oldest literary awards of Switzerland.The prize was created by Martin Bodmer and is named after the Swiss author Gottfried Keller...
  
  
• Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz
  Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz
  The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a quintannual literary award presented by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz to honour a writer's entire work.The prize is named after the Swiss author Charles Ferdinand Ramuz.-Laureats:*1955 Pierre-Louis Matthey...
  
  
• Graubünden
  Graubünden
  Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
  
  
• Grosser Schillerpreis der Schweiz
• Gruyère cheese
• Gun politics in Switzerland
  Gun politics in Switzerland
  Gun politics in Switzerland are unique in Europe. The personal weapon of militia is kept at home as part of the military obligations. Switzerland has one of the highest militia gun ownership rates in the world. In recent times political opposition has expressed a desire for tighter gun regulations...
  
  

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• Habsburg
  Habsburg
  The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
  
  
• Hans-Reinhart-Ring
  Hans-Reinhart-Ring
  The Hans-Reinhart-Ring is a prestigious Swiss award in theatre....
  
  
• Heutelia
  Heutelia
  Heutelia is a German book about a journey through Switzerland, published anonymously in 1658, and attributed to Hans Franz Veiras. It is notable as a work of baroque literature and as a critical account of social conditions in seventeenth-century Switzerland....
  
  
• Helvetia
  Helvetia
  Helvetia is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially Confœderatio Helvetica, the "Helvetic Confederation".The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair, commonly with a wreath as...
  
  
• Helvetii
  Helvetii
  The Helvetii were a Celtic tribe or tribal confederation occupying most of the Swiss plateau at the time of their contact with the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC...
  
  
• History of Switzerland
  History of Switzerland
  Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. For the time before 1291, this article summarizes...
  
  
• Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
  
  

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• Inn River
  Inn River
  The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...
  
  
• Institut Le Rosey
  Institut Le Rosey
  Institut Le Rosey, commonly referred to as Le Rosey or simply Rosey, is a school, in Gstaad, Switzerland. It is described as one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the world. The school was founded by Paul-Émile Carnal in 1880 on the site of the 14th-century Château du Rosey near the town...
  
  
• International relations of Switzerland
• Italian language
  Italian language
  Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
  
  

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• Lago Maggiore
• Lake Baldegg
  Lake Baldegg
  Lake Baldegg is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 5.2 km² and its maximum depth is 66 m.-External links:* at Gelfingen...
  
   (Baldegger See)
• Lake Biel
  Lake Biel
  Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at , at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas.The lake is 15 km long and up...
  
   (Lac de Bienne, Bieler See)
• Lake Brienz
  Lake Brienz
  Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The lake took its name from the village Brienz on its northern shore. Interlaken and the villages Matten and Unterseen lie to the south west of the lake. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water...
  
   (Brienzer See)
• Lake Constance
  Lake Constance
  Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...
  
   (Bodensee)
• Lake Geneva
  Lake Geneva
  Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...
  
   (Lac Léman, Lac de Genève)
• Lake Hallwil
  Lake Hallwil
  Lake Hallwil is a lake in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located at . It lies mostly in the districts of Lenzburg and Kulm on the southern edge of the canton. The southern tip of the lake reaches into the canton of Luzern....
  
   (Hallwiler See)
• Lake Lucerne
  Lake Lucerne
  Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.The lake has a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains. It has a total area of 114 km² , an elevation of 434 m , and a maximum depth of 214 m . Its volume is 11.8...
  
   (Vierwaldstätter See)
• Lake Lugano
  Lake Lugano
  Lake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...
  
   (Lago di Lugano)
• Lake Murten
  Lake Murten
  Lake Morat is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland. It is named after the small town of Murten/Morat on its southern shore...
  
   (Lac Morat, Murtensee)
• Lake Neuchâtel
  Lake Neuchâtel
  Lake Neuchâtel is a lake in Romandy, Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of Fribourg, and of Bern....
  
   (Lac de Neuchâtel)
• Lake of Gruyère (Lac de la Gruyère
  Lac de la Gruyère
  Lake of Gruyère is a lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Sarine river in 1948. The arch dam has a height of 83 m and a crest length of 320 m. The reservoir filled...
  
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• Lake of Zug
  Lake of Zug
  Lake Zug is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lucerne and Zurich. The Lorze as the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but 1 km further west issues from the lake to pursue its course towards the Reuss...
  
   (Zuger See)
• Lake Sarner
  Lake Sarner
  Lake Sarnen is a lake in the Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. Sarnen and Sachseln are located on the shores of the lake. Its area is about 7.5 km² and its maximum depth is 51 m. It is about 6 km long and 1.3 km wide.-External links:...
  
   (Sarner See)
• Lake Sempach
  Lake Sempach
  Lake Sempach is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km² and its maximum depth is 87 m.-External links:* *http://www.sempachersee.ch Information about the municipalites on the lake* at Sempach...
  
   (Sempacher See)
• Lake Thun
  Lake Thun
  Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore.Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km² large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls...
  
   (Thuner See)
• Lake Zurich
  Lake Zurich
  Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....
  
   (Zürichsee)
• League of God's House
  League of God's House
  The League of God's House was formed in what is now Switzerland on January 29, 1367 to resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg. The League allied with the Grey League and the League of the Ten Jurisdictions in 1471 to form the Three Leagues...
  
  
• Letter of Alliance
• Limmat
  Limmat
  The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. It is the continuation of the Linth river, known as Limmat from the point of effluence from Lake Zurich, in the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare...
  
  
• Linth
  Linth
  The Linth is a Swiss river starting above Linthal the mountains of Glarus near the Klausen Pass and flowing from there north through the Glarus valley passing Schwanden, where it is joined by its main tributary Sernft, Ennenda, the town of Glarus, Netstal, and Näfels, from where it is channeled to...
  
  
• List of aerial tramways in Switzerland
• List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland
• List of cities in Switzerland
• List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland
• List of funiculars in Switzerland
• List of lakes of Switzerland
• List of members of the Swiss Federal Council
• List of members of the Swiss National Council
• List of mountains in Switzerland
• List of people on stamps of Switzerland
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States
• List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet
• List of Presidents of the Swiss National Council
• List of Swiss people
• List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland
• Little Switzerland (landscape)
  Little Switzerland (landscape)
  A little Switzerland or Schweiz is a landscape, often of wooded hills. This Romantic aesthetic term is not a geographic category, but was widely used in the 19th century to connote dramatic natural scenic features that would be of interest to tourists...
  
  
• Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
  Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
  The Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded annually by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation to biomedical researchers in Europe; the awards are made each April...
  
  
• Lugano
  Lugano
  Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
  
  
• Lugano Airport
  Lugano Airport
  Lugano Airport is a regional airport located west of Lugano, Switzerland. It lies closer to the nearby village of Agno than to Lugano itself, and so is usually known as Lugano-Agno....
  
  
• Lucerne Festival Orchestra
  Lucerne Festival Orchestra
  The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is an ad hoc seasonal orchestra, based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the first concert of that ensemble. From 1943 until its disbandment in...
  
  
• Lütschine
  Lütschine
  The Lütschine is a river in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.It flows from Zweilütschinen, where its two tributaries join, on a length of 8.6 km through the Bödeli and into Lake Brienz at Bönigen....
  
  

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• Maggia River
  Maggia River
  The Maggia is a river in the Swiss canton of Ticino.The springs are near the Cristallina mountain and the river runs through the Val Sambuco, the Val Lavizzara, and the Valle Maggia, and enters Lago Maggiore between Ascona and Locarno. The village Maggia is situated on the river.The river is used...
  
  
• Maggia
• Marcel Benoist Prize
  Marcel Benoist Prize
  The Marcel Benoist Prize, offered by the Marcel Benoist Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 1920 to a scientist of Swiss nationality or residency who has made the most useful scientific discovery. Emphasis is placed on those discoveries affecting human life...
  
  
• Matterhorn
  Matterhorn
  The Matterhorn , Monte Cervino or Mont Cervin , is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points...
  
  
• Military of Switzerland
  Military of Switzerland
  The Swiss Armed Forces perform the roles of Switzerland's militia and regular army. Under the country's militia system, professional soldiers constitute about 5 percent of military personnel; the rest are male citizen conscripts 19 to 34 years old...
  
  
• Montreux-Oberland Bernois
  Montreux-Oberland Bernois
  The Montreux-Oberland Bernois railway , is a railway operating in southwest Switzerland, one of the oldest electric railways in the country; its main line, in length, built to gauge, connects Montreux, Gstaad and Zweisimmen where passengers can transfer to a branch of the standard gauge...
  
  
• Mount Pilatus
• Municipalities of Switzerland
  Municipalities of Switzerland
  Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Aargau
  Municipalities of the canton of Aargau
  These are the 220 municipalities of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland ....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Municipalities of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
• Municipalities of the canton of Basel-City
• Municipalities of the canton of Basel-Country
  Municipalities of the canton of Basel-Country
  The following are the 86 municipalities of the canton of Basel-Country, as of 2009....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Bern
• Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg
  Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg
  There are 167 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland .- References :...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Geneva
  Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva
  The following are the 45 municipalities of the canton of Geneva, as of 2009....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Glarus
• Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden
  Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden
  There are 180 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland .-Mergers:January 1, 2002: Camuns, Surcasti, Tersnaus and Uors-Peiden merged to form the municipality of Suraua.January 1, 2003: Donath and Patzen-Fardün merged to form Donat...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Jura
  Municipalities of the canton of Jura
  The following are the 64 municipalities of the canton of Jura, as of 2009....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne
  Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne
  The following are the 87 municipalities of the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland ....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Neuchâtel
  Municipalities of the canton of Neuchâtel
  The following are the 53 municipalities of the canton of Neuchâtel, as of 2009....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden
• Municipalities of the canton of Obwalden
• Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen
• Municipalities of the canton of Schwyz
• Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
  Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
  These are the 122 municipalities of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland .-References:...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
  Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
  The following are the 85 municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen, .-References:...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Thurgau
  Municipalities of the canton of Thurgau
  The following are the 80 municipalities of the canton of Thurgau, as of 2009....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Ticino
  Municipalities of the canton of Ticino
  There are 157 municipalities in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, . Municipalities are grouped in circles which are part of districts .- Changes :...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Uri
• Municipalities of the canton of Valais
  Municipalities of the canton of Valais
  There are 143 municipalities in the canton of Valais, Switzerland ....
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Vaud
  Municipalities of the canton of Vaud
  There are 339 municipalities in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, . Vaud is the canton with the 2nd most municipalities .-Mergers:On January 1, 1961:*The municipalities of Bussy-sur-Morges and Chardonney-sur-Morges merge to form Bussy-Chardonney...
  
  
• Municipalities of the canton of Zug
• Municipalities of the canton of Zurich
  Municipalities of the canton of Zürich
  There are 171 municipalities in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, .Municipalities are grouped in districts , their capital municipalities are written in bold letters.See also: Municipalities of Switzerland....
  
  
• Music of Switzerland
  Music of Switzerland
  Switzerland has long had a distinct cultural identity, despite its diversity of German, French, Italian, Romansh and other ethnicities. Religious and folk music dominated the country until the 17th century, with growth in production of other kinds of music occurring slowly.-Classical music:One of...
  
  
• Musikhochschule Luzern
  Musikhochschule Luzern
  The Lucerne School of Music is a professional school for musicians located in Lucerne, Switzerland, and closely associated with the city's annual music festival.-History:...
  
  

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• National Council of Switzerland
  National Council of Switzerland
  The National Council of Switzerland is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. With 200 seats, it is the larger of the two houses....
  
   (Swiss National Council, Nationalrat, Conseil national)
• Neuchâtel (Neuchatel)
• Nidwalden
  Nidwalden
  Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 40,287 of which 4,046 are foreigners. The capital is Stans.-History:...
  
  

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• People on stamps of Switzerland
• Politics of Switzerland
  Politics of Switzerland
  The politics of Switzerland take place in the framework of a multi-party federal parliamentary democratic republic, whereby the Federal Council of Switzerland is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government and the federal administration and is not concentrated in any one...
  
  
• Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland
  Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland
  The President of the National Council of Switzerland presides over the National Council and the Federal Assembly. The President is often considered the highest ranking representative of the Swiss federal state, but not head of state...
  
  
• Protestant

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• Referendum
  Referendum
  A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
  
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• Reuss River
  Reuss River
  The Reuss is a river in Switzerland. With a length of and a drainage basin of , it is the fourth largest river in Switzerland...
  
  
• RhB
  RhB
  The Rhaetian Railway is a Swiss transport company, owning the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. The company operates most of the railways in the Swiss canton of Graubünden as the Swiss federal railway company SBB-CFF-FFS extend only a few kilometres over the cantonal...
  
  
• Rhine
• Rhone River
  Rhône River
  The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
  
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  Rhône
  Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
  
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• Rivers of Switzerland
• Romansh language
• Romansh people
  Romansh people
  The Romansh people are a people and ethnic group of Switzerland, native speakers of the Romansh language. However, nowadays they almost always are multilingual, speaking also German and sometimes Italian, which are the other official language of Graubünden, the canton where they are...
  
  

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• Saane/Sarine
  Saane/Sarine
  Saane or Sarine is one of the largest rivers in Switzerland. It is 128 km long and has a drainage area of 1,892 km². It is a tributary of the river Aar...
  
   (Sarine, Sarine)
• Sarner Aa
  Sarner Aa
  The Sarner Aa is a river in Switzerland. It drains the Lungerersee and is a tributary of Lake Lucerne, which is drained by the Reuss River....
  
  
• SBB-CFF-FFS
  SBB-CFF-FFS
  Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...
  
  
• Schächen
• Schaffhausen
  Schaffhausen
  Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 34,587 ....
  
  
• Schwyz
  Schwyz
  The town of is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.The Federal Charter of 1291 or Bundesbrief, the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.-History of the toponym:...
  
  
• Sense
  Sense
  Senses are physiological capacities of organisms that provide inputs for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology , and philosophy of perception...
  
  
• Sihl
  Sihl
  The Sihl is a river of Switzerland. It rises at Drusberg in the Canton of Schwyz. It passes through the Sihlsee near Einsiedeln, and then enters the Canton of Zurich, flowing through the Sihl valley at the foot of the Albis, passing the Sihlwald, the largest remaining deciduous forest of the Swiss...
  
  
• Simme
  Simme
  The river Simme is a tributary of the river Kander in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It's approximately 60 km long and has a catchment area of 594 km²....
  
  
• Solothurner Literaturpreis
  Solothurner Literaturpreis
  The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for an 'literary achievement by a German language writer.Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 20,000 Swiss francs...
  
  
• Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk
• SRG SSR idée suisse
  SRG SSR idée suisse
  SRG SSR is the Swiss public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931 as SRG-SSR. Headquartered in Bern, SRG SSR is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.Switzerland's system of direct...
  
  
• St. Gotthard
• Stamps and postal history of Switzerland
• Suhr, Aargau
  Suhr, Aargau
  Suhr is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Suhr has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested...
  
  
• Suisse interactive
• Suva (insurer)
  Suva (insurer)
  The Suva, headquartered in Lucerne, is a public sector insurer and leading provider of health care coverage for employees in case of accidents in Switzerland....
  
  
• Suze
  Suze (river)
  - Down flow :It takes its source in a moorland at over 900 meters of altitude, in the high valley of Les Convers, . It flows down the whole length of the valley of Saint-Imier, , leaving it through the gorge of Taubenloch, it flows across the city of Biel/Bienne into the Lake of Bienne, at the...
  
  
• Swiss Alps
  Swiss Alps
  The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....
  
  
• Swiss Army knife
  Swiss Army knife
  The Swiss Army knife is a brand of pocket knife or multi-tool manufactured by Victorinox AG and Wenger SA. The term "Swiss Army knife" was coined by US soldiers after World War II due to the difficulty they had in pronouncing the German name....
  
  
• Swiss cheeses
  Cheeses of Switzerland
  Switzerland is home to about 450 varieties of cheese. Cows milk is used in about 99 percent of the cheeses produced. The remaining share is made up of sheep milk and goat milk.- Hard :*Emmentaler*Gruyère/Greyerzer...
  
  
• Swiss citizenship
• Swiss Civilian Service
  Swiss Civilian Service
  Civilian service is a Swiss institution, created in 1996 as an alternative to military service.Any man who is unable to do compulsory military service for reasons of conscience can submit an application to be allowed to do substitute civilian service instead. The applicant is then forced to attend...
  
  
• Swiss Confederation (see Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
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• Swiss Council of States
  Swiss Council of States
  The Council of States of Switzerland is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house. There are 46 Councillors....
  
   (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats)
• Swiss Federal Council
  Swiss Federal Council
  The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....
  
  
• Swiss Federal Railways
• Swiss Federal Statistical Office
• Swiss Film Prize
  Swiss Film Prize
  The Swiss Film Prize is the national film award of Switzerland, first given out in 1998.* 1998 to 2008 : the Prize was given in during the Solothurn Film Festival....
  
   (Schweizer Filmpreis/Prix du cinéma suisse)
• Swiss folklore
• Swiss Franc
  Swiss franc
  The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
  
  
• Swiss German
  Swiss German
  Swiss German is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg...
  
  
• Swiss Guide and Scout Movement
  Swiss Guide and Scout Movement
  The Swiss Guide and Scout Movement is the national Scouting and Guiding association of Switzerland...
  
  
• Swiss Guard
  Swiss Guard
  Swiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high reputation for discipline, as well as loyalty to their employers...
  
  
• Swiss hip hop
  Swiss hip hop
  - Crews :The most known, active dancers and crews were:* Fantastic Rockers from Zurich: Power, Fast5, Prince Crime, Chase, Sky* Battle Rockers from Zurich: Charly, Duster, Csizee, Spinkie, Steve...
  
  
• Swiss Path
  Swiss Path
  The Swiss Path is the name given to a special national path in central Switzerland opened in 1991. It makes a loop around one arm of Lake Uri, starting in Rütli and passing through Bauen, Flüelen, Sisikon and Morschach, finishing at Brunnen...
  
  
• Swiss Psalm
  Swiss Psalm
  The Swiss Psalm is the national anthem of Switzerland. It was composed in 1841, by Alberich Zwyssig . Since then, it has been frequently sung at patriotic events. The Federal Council declined however on numerous occasions to accept the psalm as the official anthem. This was because the council...
  
  
• Swiss railroads
• Swiss Transport Museum
  Swiss Transport Museum
  The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, in Lucerne, is a museum, opened in July 1959 and exhibiting all forms of transport as well as communications...
  
  
• Swiss (disambiguation)
  Swiss (disambiguation)
  Swiss is the adjectival form for the current European country of Switzerland Swiss may also refer to:* Swiss people...
  
  
• Swissair Flight 111
  Swissair Flight 111
  Swissair Flight 111 was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland...
  
  
• Swissair
  Swissair
  Swissair AG was the former national airline of Switzerland.It was formed from a merger between Balair and Ad Astra Aero , in 1931...
  
  
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
  Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
  Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since it began, except 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956, and won it themselves. Switzerland has won the contest twice, in 1956 and 1988. A third victory in 1963 could have been possibly...
  
  
• Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
   (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera)
• SUI
  Switzerland national football team
  The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
  
  

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• Thurgau
  Thurgau
  Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...
  
   (Thurgovia)
• Ticino River
  Ticino River
  The river Ticino is a left-bank tributary of the Po River. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows.-The course:...
  
  
• Ticino
  Ticino
  Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
  
  
• Transportation in Switzerland
• Treaty of Westphalia

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• UBS AG
  UBS AG
  UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
  
  
• University of Basel
  University of Basel
  The University of Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland, and is considered to be one of leading universities in the country...
  
   (Universität Basel)
• University of Bern (Universität Bern)
• University of Fribourg
  University of Fribourg
  The University of Fribourg is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland.The roots of the University can be traced back to 1582, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg. In 1763, an Academy of law was founded by the state of Frobourg...
  
   (Universität Freiburg, Université de Fribourg)
• University of Geneva
  University of Geneva
  The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...
  
   (Université de Genève)
• University of Lausanne
  University of Lausanne
  The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 12,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university...
  
   (Université de Lausanne)
• University of Lucerne
  University of Lucerne
  The University of Lucerne is a public university with a campus in Luzern, Switzerland. 1231 undergraduates and 1061 postgraduate students attend the university, which makes it Switzerland's smallest university....
  
   (Universität Luzern)
• University of St. Gallen
  University of St. Gallen
  The University of St. Gallen is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German...
  
   (Universität St. Gallen)
• University of Zurich
  University of Zurich
  The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....
  
   (Universität Zürich)
• Unterwalden
  Unterwalden
  Unterwalden is the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne, consisting of two valleys or Talschaften, now organized as two half-cantons, an upper part, Obwalden, and a lower part, Nidwalden.Unterwalden was one of the three participants...
  
  

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• Wakker Prize
  Wakker Prize
  The Wakker Prize is awarded annually by the Swiss Heritage Society to a Municipality of Switzerland for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage....
  
  
• Walensee (or Lake Walen
  Lake Walen
  Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, for about 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and for 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt, after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg.The...
  
  , Lake Walenstadt)
• Watch valley
  Watch Valley
  The "Watch Valley" covers all the Swiss Jurassic Arc, from Geneva to Basel, and is the primary location of the Swiss watch-making industry.Beginning initially in 15th century Geneva, the cradle of the European time keeping industry, and spreading north east through the Jura Mountains, the great...
  
  
• Weissenstein
  Weissenstein
  The Weissenstein is a mountain of the Jura range near Solothurn, Switzerland.There is a chairlift from Oberdorf to the spa hotel on top of the mountain . The tunnel of the railway line Solothurn-Moutier from Oberdorf to Gänsbrunnen on the other side was opened in 1908...
  
  
• Wengernalpbahn
  Wengernalpbahn
  Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....
  
  
• William Tell
  William Tell
  William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. His legend is recorded in a late 15th century Swiss chronicle....
  
  
• World Radio Geneva
  World Radio Geneva
  World Radio Switzerland is the only national English-language radio station in Switzerland.Publicly owned, it broadcasts on 101.7 MHz FM in the Lake Geneva basin, plus on DAB digital radio throughout the country...