Gotthard or Saint Gotthard (Italian: San Gottardo) may refer to:

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Gotthard of Hildesheim Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; ), also known as ''Gothard'' or ''Godehard the Bishop'', was a German bishop venerated as a saint. Life Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederalteich, Niederaltaich in the diocese of Passau. Gotthar ...

(960–1038), Roman Catholic saint *

Gotthard Heinrici Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici (; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971) was a German general during World War II. Heinrici is considered to have been the premier defensive expert of the ''Wehrmacht''. His final command was Army Group Vistula, fo ...

(1886–1971), German General *

Uziel Gal Uziel "Uzi" Gal (, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun. Biography Gal was born in Weimar, Germany to Miele and ...

, who grew up as Gotthard Glas

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Saint-Gotthard Massif The Gotthard Massif or Saint-Gotthard Massif ( or ; ; ) is a mountain range in the Alps in Switzerland, located at the border of four cantons: Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden. It is delimited by the Nufenen Pass on the west, by the Furka ...

, a mountain range in Switzerland * Gotthard nappe, the geological structure underneath the Saint-Gotthard Massif *

Gotthard Pass The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass (; ) at is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland. The pass lies between Airolo in the Italian-speaking canton of Ti ...

, a mountain pass between Airolo (Ticino) and Andermatt (Uri) in Switzerland * Tunnels underneath Gotthard Pass: **

Gotthard Rail Tunnel The Gotthard Tunnel (, ) is a railway tunnel that forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Saint-Gotthard Massif in order to bypass the St Gotthard Pa ...

(1882) **

Gotthard Road Tunnel The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in ...

(1980) **

Gotthard Base Tunnel The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; , , ) is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened in June 2016 and full service began the following December. With a route length of , it is the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunn ...

(2016, part of the

NRLA The New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA; , , ), is a Swiss construction project for faster north–south rail links across the Swiss Alps. It consists of two axes with several improvements along these rails including three new base tunnels s ...

) * Gotthard railway line, a trans-alpine railway line in Switzerland * Sankt Gotthard im Mühlviertel, a village in

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd () is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border. History The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, founded here in 1183. In 1664, it was ...

, a town in Western Hungary

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Gotthard (band) Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band founded in Lugano by Steve Lee and Leo Leoni. Their last sixteen albums have all reached number 1 in the Swiss album charts, making them one of the most successful Swiss acts ever. With over three million alb ...

, a Swiss hard rock band *

Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) The Battle of Saint Gotthard (; ; ), of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), took place on 1 August 1664 on the Rába, Raab between Mogersdorf and the Cistercians, Cistercian monastery St. Gotthard in Burgenland, West Hungary (today Hungary ...

, a battle in the Austro-Turkish War fought near Szentgotthárd *

Battle of Saint Gotthard (1705) The Battle of Saint Gotthard was fought on 13 December 1705 between a Hungarian (Kuruc) army led by János Bottyán and an Austrian-Croatian-Serbian combined army under the command of Hannibal Heister. The battle took place at Szentgotthár ...

, a battle in Rákóczi's War for Independence fought near Szentgotthárd * ''Gotthard'' (album)

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