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Following the first expansion of Bern, the Zytglogge was the gate tower of the western fortifications. At this time, it was a squat tower of only about 16 m (52 ft) in height which was open in the back. [19] During the second expansion, to the Käfigturm, the Zytglogge wall was removed, and the tower was relegated to second-line status.
The first surviving record of a hotel on this site with its modern name dates from 1681, where the "Drei Könige" Inn was identified as a place where itinerant merchants lodged. [3] The name "Drei Könige" means "Three kings" and is a popular name for city hotels in Switzerland and southern Germany.
Bern in 1549 Bern in 1757 Bern At its founding, the city is estimated to have had some 400 to 600 inhabitants, which grew to 3,000 by about 1300. During the city's rapid growth in the 13th century, the older castle of Nydegg around which the early settlement was built, was demolished, the Aare slopes fortified and the layout of today's Old Town ...
The expansion of the confederacy was stopped by the Swiss defeat in the 1515 Battle of Marignano. Only Bern and Fribourg were still able to conquer the Vaud in 1536; the latter primarily became part of the canton of Bern, with a small portion under the jurisdiction of Fribourg.
Bern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ), or Berne (French: ⓘ), [note 1] is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". [note 2] [3] With a population of about 133,000 (as of 2022), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. [4]
1191 - Bern set up as military outpost by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen. [2] 1218 - Bern becomes a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. [3] 1219 - Zytglogge (tower) built. [1] 1223 - Theto von Ravensburg becomes Schultheiss von Bern . 1256 - Käfigturm (tower) built. 1259 - First mention of Jews in Bern. [4]
Hotel Storchen, in Zürich, is one of the oldest hotels in Switzerland, dating to 1357. [1] [2] It is first written about using the name "Haus zum Storchen" in the city tax archives. [3] Its name in English means Hotel Stork. The hotel offers attractive views, including from Wühre, which runs south along the river from this point.
The Bellevue Palace is a five-star luxury hotel located in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland. Owned by the Swiss Confederation , it is the state's guesthouse for visiting heads of state and government , and is host to dozens of members of parliament during the weeks the assembly is in session.