2 February 2022
Neuchâtel was a remarkable new canton of the new Swiss Confederation in 1815. The Prussian King William III (1770-1840) was still the legitimate ruler of this canton. This history goes back to 1706 when Marie de Nemour (1625-1707) of the French d’Orléans-Longueville dynasty died without a legitimate heir. This family had governed the county of … Read more » “The last Prince of Neuchâtel”
2 February 2022
The relationship between France and Switzerland has many facets. An estimated 175 000 French citizens work in Switzerland nowadays. The most significant Swiss contingent living abroad lives in France. France is the fourth export country for Switzerland, while Switzerland is in the economic top ten of France. The two countries have many cultural, scientific, social … Read more » “The French-Swiss Relationship and the eternal Peace Treaty of 1516”
24 January 2022
In 1814 and 1815, the great 19th-century powers (Prussia, Russia, France, Austria and the United Kingdom) sought to restore the European balance and the old regimes. After the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 (dissolved by Napoleon) and the fall of Napoleon (1813), the Continent was not to be dominated by one power … Read more » “The Vienna Congress”
24 January 2022
Seventeen of the twenty-six Swiss cantons are German-speaking, four are French-speaking (Vaud, Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Jura), one is Italian speaking (Ticino), and three are bilingual French and German (Fribourg, Berne, and Valais) and one is trilingual Romansh, Italian and German (Les Grisons or Graubünden). A multilingual country Although Switzerland or its territory has always been … Read more » “The Swiss Esperanto Rumantsch Grischun”
24 January 2022
The Constitution of 1848 marked the beginning of a rapid development of the new Swiss Confederation in almost all areas. 1815-1848 The confederation of sovereign cantons became a federal state of three political layers: the federal level, the cantons and the municipalities. The principle of sovereign cantons remained unchanged with one important difference: unless the … Read more » “The Constitution of 1848”
27 December 2021
One of Swiss soil’s most exciting but forgotten kingdoms existed from 888 to 1032. Terminologically, it has been a confusing kingdom. The First Burgundian Kingdom The terminological history refers to the first Burgundian kingdom (443-534). This kingdom stretched from Geneva and Basel to the Rhône delta. The Nibelungen. Source: Wikipedia After the Frankish empire (534-888) … Read more » “The Burgundian Kingdoms”
15 December 2021
The Helvetians (Helvetii in Latin) was the name for some Celtic tribes. They inhabited the Swiss Plateau, hence the format name of the country Confoederatio Helvetica. Some tribes are known as the Tigurini, Ambrones, Verbigeni and Tugini. The Rauraci and Suebi inhabited the regions of Basel, Southern Alsace and Baden during the same period. The other … Read more » “The Helvetians and Switzerland”
