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Flag of The Kingdom of France and The French First Republic: A vertical tricolour of red, white, and blue. 1794-1804: Flag of The French First Republic: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. [23] 1798–1803: Flag of The Helvetic Republic (German) a green-red-yellow tricolour with the name of the country in German. [24] 1798–1803
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies located either entirely or partly in Switzerland , both natural and artificial, that have a surface area of at least 30 hectares (74 acres), regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric.
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
Name COA Flag Colours Blazon and Symbolism Date Elfingen Red, on a green three-mountain tattooed [clarification needed], a white double cross. Elfingen's symbol comes from the coat of arms of Hungary in honor of the relationship between the Königsfelden Monastery and Agnes of Austria. Adopted on 5 May 1953. 1245–2022
The flag is unrelated to the historical flag of the town of Neuchâtel, which had been in use from 1350, and as cantonal flag from 1815 until 1848, and which remains part of the town's coat of arms. The canton of Neuchâtel was admitted to the restored Swiss Confederacy in 1815, but with the peculiar reservation that it owed nominal fealty to ...
The Alpine lake of Oeschinen, overlooked by the Blüemlisalp and the Doldenhorn. This is a list of high-altitude lakes of Switzerland.It includes all significant lakes located either entirely or partly in Switzerland, both natural and artificial, with an area of at least 4 ha (9.9 acres) and a location at over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
Switzerland is the birthplace of the Red Cross and hosts the headquarters or offices of most major international institutions, including the WTO, the WHO, the ILO, FIFA, the WEF, and the UN. It is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) but not part of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area , or the eurozone ...
Flag of Switzerland * List of Swiss flags; A. Flag of Aargau; C. Flags and arms of cantons of Switzerland; M. Flags and arms of municipalities of Switzerland