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Neuchatel, which was a Swiss Associate, became a canton in 1815 . The origin of the German term Zugewandte Orte (literally meaning Facing Places) is unknown, but it was used in 15th century Swiss sources to refer to certain secular and ecclesiastical territories that were subject to contractual agreements with the Confederation without being a full member of the Confederation. [2]
Map of the Helvetic Republic (1798) Map of Switzerland in 1815 New cantons were added only in the modern period, during 1803–1815; this mostly concerned former subject territories now recognized as full cantons (such as Vaud, Ticino and Aargau), and the full integration of territories that had been more loosely allied to the Confederacy (such as Geneva, Valais and Grisons).
The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, [6] was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German Orte or Stände [7]), initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the modern state of Switzerland.
The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent Thirteen Cantons encompasses the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) until the French invasion of 1798.
New Mexico State Police spokesman Wilson Silver said at 7 p.m. Tuesday, State Police responded to a call of a dead man outside the Swiss Chalet Inn in Ruidoso. When officers arrived, they found a ...
The hotel's website indicates the inn was built in 1962. New Mexico State Police confirmed Patrick Pearson, 60, was found dead near the hotel with numerous burns to his body Tuesday. This is what ...
A hand-axe fashioned by Homo erectus has been found in Pratteln, which has been dated to 300,000 years ago. [1] Neanderthal presence is known from the Grotte de Cotencher in Neuchâtel, dating to 70,000 years ago [2] and from the caves of Wildkirchli in the Appenzell Alps, dated to about 40,000 years ago. [3]
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