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Bern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ, German:), or Berne (French: ⓘ), 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 [update] ), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich , Geneva , Basel and Lausanne . [4]
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Die Stadt Bern [bɛrn] (französisch Berne [bɛʁn], italienisch Berna [ˈbɛrna], rätoromanisch Berna ⓘ /?, berndeutsch Bärn [b̥æːrn]) ist eine Einwohnergemeinde und Hauptort des gleichnamigen Kantons. Als «Bundesstadt» nimmt sie für die Schweiz die Funktion der Hauptstadt wahr. Als Sitz der städtischen und grosser Teile der ...
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The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain. Local legend has it that Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the City of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt; as this turned out to be a bear, the city had both its name and its heraldic beast. However, the connection between Bern and Bär (bear) is a folk ety...
The earliest evidence of human settlements in the Aare valley dates back to the Neolithic period. However, the earliest known settlement in the area of the city of Bern was on the Engehalbinsel to the north of the later city. This late La Tène culture settlement was founded around 300 to 200 BCE and fortified in the 2nd century BCE. It is thought t...
The history of the city of Bern proper begins when Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen founded the city in the late 12th century - 1191 being the official date. At that time, much of today's western Switzerland (then considered part of southern Burgundy) was under the authority of the house of Zähringen. The Zähringer leaders, although with no actual duc...
In 1293, king Adolf of Germany confirmed all privileges which Berne had acquired during the interregnum of 1291–1293. While these privileges were still granted by a king and did not amount to imperial immediacy de jure, the city after 1300 acted confidently as an imperial city, pursuing a policy of sovereign territorial expansion. In 1323 Bern ente...
Bern was occupied by French troops in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars, when it was stripped of parts of its territories. The Bernese Oberland was stripped away to become the Canton of Oberland. Within the new canton, historic borders and traditional rights were not considered. As there had been no previous separatist feeling amongst the c...
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1. See in general: Bern (municipality) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. 2. Peter Meyer (ed.), Berner — deine Geschichte}, Büchler Verlag, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-7170-0185-X 3. Rainer C. Schwinges (ed.), Berns mutige Zeit: Das 13. und 14. Jahrhundert neu entdeckt, Bern, Schulverlag blmv AG und Stämpfli Verlag AG, Bern 2003
"Berne", Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes (26th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1922, OCLC 4248970, OL 23344482MApr 10, 2024 · Bern, city, capital of Switzerland and of Bern canton, in the west-central part of the country. It lies along a narrow loop of the Aare River.The existence of the ancient castle of Nydegg, guarding a crossing over the Aare, probably led Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, to found Bern in 1191 as a military post on the frontier between the German-speaking Alemanni and the French-speaking ...
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Die Berner Altstadt ist der historische Stadtkern der Schweizer Bundesstadt Bern und gehört zum Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO . Der Altstadtcharakter ist im Bereich unterhalb der Zytglogge (Zeitglockenturm) am besten erhalten. Die Altstadt ist geprägt durch ihre Sandsteingebäude mit ihren Lauben, welche sich über eine Länge von gut sechs ...
Bei der Gründung des schweizerischen Bundesstaates entstand eine Kontroverse darüber, ob die Schweiz eine Hauptstadt (anstelle der bis damals wechselnden « Vororte ») haben solle, und wenn ja, welche. Sie endete in einem Kompromiss: Am 28. November 1848 wählten der National- und Ständerat die Stadt Bern als Bundessitz der Schweiz, wogegen ...
