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unusual facts about Swiss canton



Altach

Five other municipalities are surrounding Altach, Hohenems in the Dornbirn district, Götzis and Mäder in the Feldkirch district, and Oberriet and Diepoldsau in the Swiss canton St. Gallen.

Chalice

For instance, the coat of arms of the municipality of Fanas in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, bears a gold chalice on a solid blue background.

Education in Switzerland

In total, there are 12 Universities in Switzerland; ten of them are managed by the cantons, while two federal institutes of technology, ETHZ in Zurich and EPFL in Lausanne, are under the responsibility of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.


see also

Aesch

Aesch bei Neftenbach, a hamlet in the municipality of Neftenbach in the Swiss canton of Zürich

Aesch, Basel-Landschaft, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft

Besso

Besso, Ticino, a suburb of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino

Blatten

Blatten bei Naters, a ski resort and village in the municipality of Naters in the Swiss canton of Valais

Casaccia

Casaccia, Graubünden, a village in the Val Bregaglia, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden

Glattalbahn

The Stadtbahn Glattal, a more recent light rail system also in the Swiss canton of Zurich

Hünikon

Hünikon, Thurgau, a settlement in the municipality of Amlikon-Bissegg in the Swiss canton of Thurgau

Kaiserstuhl railway station

Kaiserstuhl OW railway station, on the Brünig line in the Swiss canton of Obwalden

Kaiserstuhl AG railway station, on the Winterthur to Koblenz line in the Swiss canton of Aargau

Malans

Malans, Switzerland, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Graubünden

Maloja

Maloja Pass, an Alpine pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Maloja District, an administrative district in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Neuwiller

It is surrounded to the north, east and south by the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft, and is roughly 7 km from Basel itself.

Peter Britt

When Peter Britt was born in Obstalden in the Swiss canton of Glarus, his family farmed land that had been in the family for centuries.

Pfäffikon railway station

Pfäffikon SZ railway station - in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, albeit on the shores of Lake Zurich

Scheibenschlagen

In Untervaz (Swiss canton Graubünden) the event is only meant for bachelors, young boys and the fathers of young boys; there the word Schybaschlaha is used, which is the common dialect word for Scheibenschlagen.

In Danis (Swiss canton Graubünden) the custom is called trer schibettas (Rhaeto-Romanic for Scheibenschlagen).

Schwändi

Schwändi, Glarus, a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Glarus

Tola

Bella Tola, a mountain in the Pennine Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais

Willi Forst

After the death of his wife in 1973 he lived a reclusive life in the Swiss canton of Tessin.