Книга: «Switzerland»

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• Switzerland — • A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of twenty two cantons, three of which are divided into half cantons Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Switzerland     Switzerland …   Catholic encyclopedia

• SWITZERLAND — SWITZERLAND, central European republic. The Medieval Community Since the frontiers of Switzerland have undergone a long process of evolution, it is difficult to determine where and when the Jews appeared for the first time. In Kaiseraugst a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Switzerland —    Switzerland was one of the two countries where the Reformation began and from which it spread. The call for reform began in Zurich, where Ulrich Zwingli (1484 1531) had in 1518 been called as the people s priest for the Grossmünster or Great… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• Switzerland — ist das englische Wort für Schweiz und steht für: Switzerland (Florida), ein Dorf in Florida Switzerland (South Carolina), ein Dorf in South Carolina Switzerland County, ein County in Indiana Little Switzerland, ein Dorf in North Carolina… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Switzerland — Switzerland, 1) die englische Bezeichnung der Schweiz; 2) die südöstlichste Grafschaft des Staates Indiana (Nordamerika), 10 QM.; im Süden u. Osten an den Staat Kentucky grenzend, von diesem durch den Ohio River getrennt, hügelig; Producte: Mais …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Switzerland — named for Schwyz, one of its original cantons. On postage stamps, etc., identified by the Roman name for the region, Helvetia, to avoid having to print the four different forms of the name in the country s four official languages: Suisse, Schweiz …   Etymology dictionary