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2 unusual facts about Emmental


Christian Waber

Waber has been communal councillor at Wasen, in the Sumiswald commune of Emmental, from 1984 to 1992.

Swiss cheese

Swiss cheese is a generic name for several related varieties of North American cheese which resemble Emmental cheese, a yellow, medium-hard cheese that originated in the area around Emmental, in Switzerland.


First Encounter Tour 1996

For example, the track "Portland Oregon #2" is a live performance of "Emmental" from the 1991 release Apropos Cluster.

Helvetism

Classic examples of Helvetism usage throughout the whole literary work are found in a great part of Swiss literature, notably Jeremias Gotthelf's novels located in the Emmental; a contemporary example would be Tim Krohn in his Quatemberkinder.

Hornussen

In the 19th century this amateur sport was very popular in the Emmental and in Entlebuch.

Huttwil

A week later, they met again at Huttwil, where they renewed that alliance and elected Niklaus Leuenberger from Rüderswil in the Emmental as their leader.

Schwingen

This form of grappling is preserved during the 17th and 18th century in the Emmental, Haslital and Entlebuch regions specifically.

Wolf-Dieter Storl

In the following years he taught anthropology at Rogue Community College in Oregon, conducted participant research on a traditional peasant farm in the Emmental, Switzerland, and among vignerons in the Charante-Maritime, France and taught cultural ecology at the University of Berne, Switzerland (1979–80).


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