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Bern now styled itself as a Republic (Stadt und Republik Bern, Republica Bernensis) rather than a Reichsstadt, following the example of the Italian city republics. In effect, public offices were now the exclusive prerogative of the gnädige Herren, the "merciful lords", as the small number of noble families now ruling Bern came to be called. In ...
Was settled by Mennonite Swiss immigrants, who named it after the capital city of Switzerland, Bern. [14] Berne: New York: Originally spelt "Bern," the town was initially settled by German Palatine refugees. Berne: Ohio: Named after the city of Bern by its first settler, a Swiss immigrant. [15] Bettendorf: Iowa
Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes. This is a partial list of affixes. Prefixes
The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the canton, displayed on a red-yellow background.
Bern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ), or Berne (French: ⓘ), [note 1] is the de facto [note 2] capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". [note 3] [3] With a population of about 146,000 (as of 2024), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. [4]
Here’s all the Tar Heel state trivia the NYT crossword has featured from January through June. A North Carolina flag flies above South Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday, Oct ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Academic staff of the University of Bern (124 P) F. Families of Bern (1 C, 3 P) M. Mayors of Bern (12 P) Pages in category "People from Bern"