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Geography and History of Switzerland on a Map

What do you know about the landlocked mountainous European country of Switzerland?
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Cantons
Northern canton and former 'gau' of the Holy Roman Empire
Aargau
French speaking and major wine producing canton where the Olympic Capital is located
Vaud
Largest canton, which speaks Italian, German and Romansh
Grisons
'Landscape' canton that shares a border with France and Germany and split up in 1833
Basel-Landschaft
Mountainous canton where one can find Aletsch Glacier and the town of Zermatt
Valais
Canton at the center of Switzerland whose name means above the forest
Obwalden
Southernmost and almost entirely Italian speaking canton
Ticino
This canton named after a river is known for its agricultural produce such as apples and pears
Thurgau
'Switzerland' is derived from this founding canton's name
Schwyz
Small 'half-canton' with two major exclaves
Appenzell Innerrhoden
One of three 'forest cantons' whose flag and coat of arms have a bull's head at the center
Uri
 
 
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Largest Cities
427,721
ZĂĽrich
203,840
Genève
173,552
Basel
141,418
Lausanne
134,506
Bern
116,906
Winterthur
 
 
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Mountains
Pyramid-shaped mountain which appears on the Toblerone logo
Matterhorn
Alpine mountain range spanning Italy and Switzerland, bounded by mountain passes such as the SplĂĽgen and Simplon
Lepontine Alps
Highest Swiss mountain, named after a founder of the Red Cross
Dufourspitze
Massif along a lake, with many myths surrounding it
Mount Pilatus
Mountain range straddling the French border, named after its forests
Jura Mountains
Mountain at the tripoint of three eastern cantons, from which six countries are visible
Säntis
Isolated mountain and highest peak of the Eastern Alps, found near the border with Lombardy
Piz Bernina
 
 
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Bodies of Water
This river with many castles along it formed the boundary for the Roman Empire in the north
Rhine River
Borderless lake in between Austria, Germany and Switzerland which is flown over by zepplins
Lake Constance
River that empties into the Mediterranean Sea, known for its wine production
RhĂ´ne River
In the past, this lake in between Lake Como and Lake Maggiore was surrounded by cherry trees
Lake Lugano
Lake in the Romandy region around which many vineyards are located
Lake Neuchâtel
The Swiss capital is located on this river with a canton and its capital named after it
Aare River
The 7th largest city of the country is the namesake of this lake bordered by the founding cantons
Lake Lucerne
 
 
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Landmarks
Medieval island castle in a major lake, formerly occupied by the House of Savoy
Chillon Castle
Group of three castles in the Alps, one of them being 'Castello di Montebello'
Castles of Bellinzona
Geographic saddle between two >4000m peaks, at the starting point of the Aletsch Glacier
Jungfraujoch
Nature park and major cheese making region, located in west
Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut Regional Natural Park
Wooden bridge over the Reuss river that is the oldest still standing truss bridge
KapellbrĂĽcke
Romanesque style Protestant church and former monastery, where St. Felix and Regula are buried
GrossmĂĽnster
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Cultural Cities
Town known as 'Tugium' in Neo-Latin, that is located by a lake of the same name
Zug
German-speaking touristic town found in between two lakes
Interlaken
Eastern canton capital known for its former abbey
St. Gallen
Oldest Swiss town located close to the center of the Alps
Chur
Largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland, known for its amphitheatre and temples
Aventicum
Bilingual city with a '/' in its official name, and where Omega and Swatch are based
Biel/Bienne
Highest city in the country where the 1929 and 1948 Winter Olympics were held
St. Moritz
The oldest playable organ can found in this canton capital, where the demonym is 'sédunois'
Sion
Italian speaking lakeside city which hosts an annual film festival
Locarno
 
 
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People
Former No.1 tennis player who won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles
Roger Federer
Enlightenment philosopher who wrote the book 'The Social Contract'
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
German Renaissance philosopher and alchemist known for introducing chemicals into medicine
Paracelsus
'Father of bibliography', naturalist and pioneer of zoology
Conrad Gessner
Poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature who wrote 'Siddhartha' and 'Demian'
Hermann Hesse
Psychiatrist who came up with the concept of introverts and extroverts
Carl Jung
Theologian who led the Swiss Protestant Reformation
Huldrych Zwingli
Former cyclist known as 'Spartacus', who won the Paris–Roubaix 3 times
Fabian Cancellara
Co-founder of the Red Cross and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901
Henry Dunant
Finance minister for Louis XVI whose dismissal was a cause of the Storming of the Bastille
Jacques Necker
Former figure skater famous for his spins who was two time World champion
Stéphane Lambiel
Folk hero who shot an apple off someone's head
William Tell
Neoclassical portrait painter who spent most of her life in Rome and England
Angelica Kauffman
Eurodance and pop singer with songs such as 'Chihuahua' and 'Everybody'
DJ BoBo
Founder of graph theory who made major contributions to modern trigonometry
Leonhard Euler
Cubist and surrealist painter known for his slender sculptures
Alberto Giacometti
 
 
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Battles
Final battle of the Toggenburg War, resulting in Catholic defeat
Second Battle of Villmergen
This battle which led to the capital city joining Switzerland was the first use of the Swiss cross
Battle of Laupen
Major Swiss triumph during the Burgundian Wars
Battle of Morat
Habsburg defeat and key battle for Swiss expansion
Battle of Sempach
Battle in War of the Second Coalition that took place in an Alpine mountain pass
Battle of Gotthard Pass
 
 
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Companies
Watchmaking company, founded in 1905 as 'Wilsdorf and Davis'
Rolex
Race-winning Formula 1 team that is going to become Audi after 2025
Sauber Motorsport
Financial company and largest private bank, which is a merger of two companies
UBS
Major investment bank and subsidiary of the above
Credit Suisse
One of the oldest chocolate brands, now owned by Nestlé
Cailler
Third largest pharmaceutical company in the world
Roche
Luxury watch company with a red and white pentagon shaped logo
TAG Heuer
Technology company known for its keyboards, mice and other hardware
Logitech
11 Comments
Deuteronomius
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Level 67
May 1, 2024
I love this series. Such high quality :)
Maxibon
+1
Level 65
May 2, 2024
Thank you so much! This series will continue for a long long time.
MarcosDiego
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Level 55
May 7, 2024
please accept four cantons lake/vierwaldstättersee for the lake of luzern, i'm swiss and nobody calls it that. otherwise great quiz!
Maxibon
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Level 65
May 7, 2024
Vierwaldstättersee is already accepted, it is true in French and Italian it is known that way, but I'm not sure about English, correct me if I am wrong please.

Thanks very much for the compliment!

MarcosDiego
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Level 55
May 7, 2024
huh. weird, for me vierwaldstättersee does not get accepted for some reason..
Maxibon
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Level 65
May 8, 2024
There was an error in the type-in, it should work now.

Thanks :)

MarcosDiego
+2
Level 55
May 8, 2024
it works now :)
Gassu
+3
Level 70
May 7, 2024
Please accept Gruyère, Chillon, and Avenches.
Maxibon
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Level 65
May 7, 2024
Gruyere and Chillon accepted, however Avenches is the modern day town located on the site of Aventicum.

Thanks for the suggestions

Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
May 13, 2024
Awesome quiz! You might want to review the type-ins because some of them are a bit too lenient and accept anything with the phrase, like Uri, which is the most-guessed answer currently because it is given when writing Zurich.
Maxibon
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Level 65
May 13, 2024
Thank you :)

If you could give me the other type-ins which don't work, as intended that would be great. I fixed the particular case given. I am lenient with type-ins as some answers phonetically sound slightly different to their spelling.

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