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Gstaad

(Encyclopedia)Gstaad kshtät [key], village, Bern canton, W Switzerland. It is a fashionable winter sports resort. Cheese and wood products are made in the village. ...

Gemmi

(Encyclopedia)Gemmi gĕmˈē [key], pass, 7,620 ft (2,323 m) high, S Switzerland, connecting Bern and Valais cantons, in the Bernese Alps. ...

Arosa

(Encyclopedia)Arosa ärōˈzä [key], town, alt. c.6,000 ft (1,830 m), Grisons canton, E Switzerland. It is a health resort and sports center. ...

Weisshorn

(Encyclopedia)Weisshorn vīsˈhôrnˌ [key], peak, 14,782 ft (4,506 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, one of the highest in the Pennine Alps. ...

Riehen

(Encyclopedia)Riehen rēˈən [key], city (1990 pop. 19,914), Basel-Stadt canton, N Switzerland, on the Wiese River. It is a residential suburb of Basel. ...

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste

(Encyclopedia)Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste frādārēkˈ ōgüstˈ bärtōldēˈ [key], 1834–1904, French sculptor, b. Colmar, Alsace. He studied painting under Ary Scheffer but turned to sculpture. Among his ma...

Engelberg

(Encyclopedia)Engelberg ĕngˈəlbĕrkh [key], town, Obwalden half canton, central Switzerland. It is a winter and summer resort and has an early 12th-century Benedictine abbey. ...

Wetterhorn

(Encyclopedia)Wetterhorn vĕtˈərhôrnˌ [key], peak, c.12,150 ft (3,700 m) high, Bern canton, S central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps N of the Finsteraarhorn. ...

Bollingen

(Encyclopedia)Bollingen bôlˈĭgən [key], town, Bern canton, W central Switzerland. It is a dairy and industrial center. There is a 16th-century church in the town. ...

Pontresina

(Encyclopedia)Pontresina pōntrāzēˈnä [key], village, Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, at the foot of the Bernina Alps. It is a summer and winter resort and sports center. ...