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Appenzell (village)
Appenzell () is a village, though considered as a List of towns in Switzerland, town by the Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), FSO, and the Capital (political), capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no municipal government of its own; rather, the different parts of Appenzell belong to and are governed by the districts Appenzell District, Appenzell and Schwende-Rüte. Because of that, for firefighting, energy and water, the village Appenzell has a special-purpose municipality, the Feuerschaugemeinde. History In 1071 the village was referred to as ''Abbacella''. By 1223 this changed to ''Abbatiscella'', meaning the Abbot's cell. This refers to the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall. The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the ''Salesis'' house, the ruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with the administration building are listed as Swiss inventory of cultural property of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appenzell District
Appenzell District is a district of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It has a population of (). The area of Appenzell is . The district of Appenzell consists of a part of the village Appenzell (town), Appenzell, as well as Rinkenbach, Kau, Switzerland, Kau and Meistersrüte. History Prehistoric Appenzell While a single late Bronze Age site has been discovered in the forest outside Appenzell, there is no evidence of a prehistoric settlement. The region around Appenzell remained forested and very lightly settled until the end of the Early Middle Ages. Under the Abbots of St. Gall Under the authority of the abbots of the monastery of St. Gall settlers began to colonization of the Sitter (river), Sitter river valley in the late 11th century. It is mentioned, in a deed granting rights to clear land, in 1071 as ''Abbacella''. At the same time, the parish of St. Mauritius was established. By 1200, the parish included the area of the modern dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Signer
Roman Signer (born 1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland) is an artist who works in sculpture, art installation, photography, and video. Early life and career Signer started his career as an artist at the age of 28, after working various jobs such as an architect’s Drafter, draughtsman and a radio engineer apprentice. He holds degrees from arts institutions in Switzerland and Poland. He studied at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich and Lucerne from 1966 to 1971, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1971 to 1972. Work Signer's work grew out of land art and performance art. It is often described as following the tradition of the Swiss engineer-artist, such as Jean Tinguely and Peter Fischli & David Weiss. Signer creates art centred around "controlled destruction, not destruction for its own sake", using or destroying everyday objects in unusual ways for an artistic result. Many of his happenings are not for public viewing, and are only document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Property Of National Significance In Appenzell Innerrhoden
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appenzell (village)
Appenzell () is a village, though considered as a List of towns in Switzerland, town by the Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), FSO, and the Capital (political), capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no municipal government of its own; rather, the different parts of Appenzell belong to and are governed by the districts Appenzell District, Appenzell and Schwende-Rüte. Because of that, for firefighting, energy and water, the village Appenzell has a special-purpose municipality, the Feuerschaugemeinde. History In 1071 the village was referred to as ''Abbacella''. By 1223 this changed to ''Abbatiscella'', meaning the Abbot's cell. This refers to the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall. The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the ''Salesis'' house, the ruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with the administration building are listed as Swiss inventory of cultural property of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appenzell Alps
The Appenzell Alps () are a mountain range in Switzerland on the northern edge of the Alps. They extend into the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen and are bordered by the Glarus Alps to the west and the Rätikon to the south-east. Sub-ranges The range is split up into six sub-ranges: * Alpstein, central group, highest summit: Altmann, 2,435 m * Alpstein, northern group, highest summit: Säntis, 2,502 m * Alpstein, southern group, highest summit: Roslen- or Saxerfirst, 2,151 m * Alviergruppe, highest summit: Gamsberg, 2,385 m * Churfirsten, highest summit: Hinterrugg, 2,306 m * Speer - Mattstock, highest summit: Speer, 1,950 m Geography Principal summits The principal summits of the Appenzell Alps are: * Säntis, 2,502 m * Girenspitz, 2,448 m * Altmann, 2,436 m * Gamsberg, 2,385 m * Fulfirst, 2,384 m * Wildhuser Schafberg, 2,373 m * Wisswand, 2,346 m * Alvier, 2,343 m * Gauschla, 2,310 m * Hinterrugg, 2,306 m * Brisi, 2,279 m * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism In Switzerland
Tourists are drawn to Switzerland's diverse landscape as well as the available activities, which take advantage of the Alpine climate and Alpine region, landscapes, in particular Alpine skiing, skiing and Alpinism, mountaineering, but also due to the many Altstadt, old town centers, with their Architecture of Switzerland, historic buildings that often preserve parts of their medieval List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland, fortifications, and Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman sites. Switzerland is also popular for tourism-oriented railways. tourism accounted for an estimated 2.6% (Swiss franc, CHF 16.8 billion) of Switzerland's gross domestic product, GDP, compared to 2.6% (CHF 12.8 billion) in 2001. History Tourism began in Switzerland with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British Mountaineering, mountaineers climbing the main peaks of the Bernese Alps in the early 19th century. The Alpine Club (UK), Alpine Club in London was founded in 1857. Reconvale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Mittelholzer
Walter Mittelholzer (2 April 1894 – 9 May 1937) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He was active as a pilot, photographer, travel writer, as well as of the first aviation entrepreneurs. Life Mittelholzer was born on 2 April 1894 in St. Gallen, the son of a baker, earned his private pilot's license in 1917. In 1918 he completed his instruction as a military pilot. On 5 November 1919 he co-founded an air-photo and passenger flight business, '' Comte, Mittelholzer, and Co.'' In 1920 this firm merged with the financially stronger . Mittelholzer was the director and head pilot of , which later became Swissair. He made the first north–south flight across Africa. It took him 77 days. Mittelholzer started in Zürich on 7 December 1926, flying via Alexandria and landing in Cape Town on 21 February 1927. Earlier, he had been the first to do serious aerial reconnaissance of Spitsbergen, in a Junkers monoplane, in 1923. On 8 January 1930 he became the first person to fly over Mount Kiliman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoher Kasten
The Hoher Kasten is a mountain in the Appenzell Alps, overlooking the Rhine in Eastern Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible with a cable car starting at Brülisau, south of Appenzell. A revolving restaurant, offering panoramic views, has been built on the top. Ascents to Hoher Kasten and the neighbouring summit Kamor were already described in the early 19th century.Johann Rudolf Steinmüller: Beschreibung der schweizerischen Alpen- und Landwirthschaft', Steinersche Buchhandlung, 1802. See also *List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col an ... References External links Cable car and panoramic restaurant (German) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitter (river)
The Sitter is the largest tributary of the Thur river, and flows through the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Thurgau. It starts on the north side of Alpstein massif in Appenzell Innerrhoden, and joins River Thur near the town of Bischofszell in Thurgau. Name The name ''Sitter'' comes from ''Sidrona'', and likely goes back to illyrian influences in the early settlement of the Appenzell area. Geography Source Streams The Sitter begins in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, in Weissbad at a height of above sea level, at the confluence of Weissbach and Schwendibach. Schwendibach The Schwendibach is the long, southern and right tributary of the Sitter. It has a catchment area of and an average discharge of . Although it is shorter than the Weissbach, it has a larger catchment basin and a stronger average discharge (MQ), making it the hydrological main branch of the Sitter river system. It originates in the eastern pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appenzell Railways
Appenzell Railways (, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau. It operates a network of railways and a bus line in the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Thurgau. It was founded in 2006 through the merger of the former Appenzeller Bahnen (founded in 1988) with the Rorschach–Heiden railway, Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway and Trogenerbahn. In 2021, AB acquired the Frauenfeld-Wil railway. History The origins of the Appenzeller Bahnen company lies in a number of formerly independent companies and railway lines: * The Rorschach–Heiden-Bergbahn (RHB), which opened its line from Rorschach to Heiden in 1875. * The Appenzellerbahn (AB), which opened its line from to Urnäsch via Herisau in 1875, with an extension from Urnäsch to Appenzell in 1886. In 1913, the line from Herisau to Winkeln was replaced by a new line to Gossau. * The Frauenfeld–Wil railway (FW) in 1887 * The St. Gallen–Gais–Appenz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
