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GOLDAU – Alt-GoldauGoldau is a town in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It lies between two mountains, the Rigi and the Rossberg. It belongs to the community of Arth.On September 2, 1806 a huge landslide from Rossberg destroyed the old town of Goldau. The town [...]
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GOLDAU – Bergsturz von GoldauOn 2 September 1806 the largest disaster in the past history of Switzerland occurred. At the south flank of the Rossberg in the canton Schwyz an enormous rock mass (almost 40 million m³) separated and thundered down in the valley. The landslid [...]
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ZERMATT – Air ZermattZermatt possesses its own well-equipped heliport and its own helicopter company AIR ZERMATT Ltd., which is famous far beyond the borders of Switzerland for its pioneering work in alpine air-rescue. The heliport is situated at the entrance to Z [...]
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BASEL – MünsterSixteenth-century Rittergasse leads from the Kunstmuseum to Basel's cathedral, the impressive Münster, built of red sandstonewith a patterned roof in the thirteenth century and rebuilt following an earthquake in 1356. The tower of St George, o [...]
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BASEL – SpalentorThe Spalentor is the most imposing of the three surviving city gates that formed part of the fortifications of 1400. When the gate was constructed, it was very important that it had a good overall appearance because it closed off the entrance [...]
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BASEL – RheinpanoramaWith 1.320 km, the Rhine is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and since those days the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods de [...]
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BASEL – RathausA prestigious public building became necessary when Basel joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The Town Hall, dominating the Market Square in the town centre, was built from 1504 to 1514 to the design of Ruman Faesch. The façade of its olde [...]
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VITZNAU – RigibahnenAware of the scenic location of the Rigi mountain, and driven by his pioneering spirit, Swiss engineer Niklaus Riggenbach masterminded the construction of the Vitznau-Rigi Railway in the mid-19th century. Riggenbach's invention, which would gu [...]
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VITZNAU – Rigibahnen – RIGI LOK 7The story of Swiss mountain trains began in 1871 when engineer Niklaus Riggenbach constructed the first cogwheel railway going up the 1. 800 meters high Rigi. This hissing and spitting monster with a vertical steam boiler was a European sensat [...]
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VITZNAU – Niklaus RiggenbachNiklaus Riggenbach was the inventor of the Riggenbach rack system and the counter-pressure brake. He was also an engineer and locomotive builder. Niklaus Riggenbach, from Rünenberg, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, was born in Guebwiller, Alsace [...]
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VITZNAU – RigiOnly one peak in Switzerland is known as the 'Queen of the Mountains' - the Rigi. Situated between the lakes of Lucerne and Zug and the Lauerzersee, the Rigi stands like a bastion on the approaches to the Gotthard. It is a fairly long ridge li [...]
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SCHWARZSEE – KaisereggThe Bernese Alps is a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name suggests they are in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are located in the adjacent [...]
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SCHWARZSEE – Hotel GypseraThe hotel is located in front of a stunning mountain lake view very close to the Riggisalp station.Unfortunately the hotel was destroyed because of a fire on November 16th 2003, but was rebuild in 2007 to a new modern building.
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ZERMATT – MatterhornThe Matterhorn, is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the Alps. Located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, its graceful pyramid towers over the Swiss town of Zermatt and the Italian town Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche.The m [...]
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TER APEL – MonasteryThe town of Ter Apel was founded at a monastery, which from the 13th century was a chief work of the Premonstratensians and from 1465 an institution of the Order of the Holy Cross. The monastery was closed in 1594 due to the Protestant Reforma [...]
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MIDDELBURG – Lange JanThe city of Middelburg dates back to the early 9th century or possibly the late 8th century. The first mention of Middelburg was as one of three fortified towns erected on Walcheren (then an island) to guard against Viking raids.
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MIDDELBURG – StadhuisMiddelburg was granted city rights in 1217. During the Middle Ages, it became an important trading centre in the trade between England and the cities of Flanders. Later, in the 17th century (the Dutch Golden Age), it was an important centre fo [...]
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VIENNA – Vienna panorama – Swarovski EditionVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and is situated in the east of the country, close to to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The heart and historical city of Vienna, the Innere Stadt, was once surrounded by walls and open [...]
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VIENNA – Franz Jozef I – Swarovski EditionFranz Joseph I Karl (1830–1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. His 68-year reign is the third-longest in the recorded history of Europe.His political thinking was a [...]
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VIENNA – Spanische Hofreitschule – Swarovski editionThe Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule, the 'Spanish Court Riding-School') of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses, which perform in the Winter Riding School in the Hofburg. Not only is it a center fo [...]
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