The Olympic Museum
Centre Screen have recently completed the largest project we have ever undertaken. 96 people worked for 20 months to produce in excess of 60 different, dual-language exhibits for the newly renovated Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
With AV taking a central role in the visitor journey, the museum is a celebration of the Olympic spirit, brought to life through film, audio and multimedia. Working with Mather & Co, Metaphor and Paragon, Centre Screen’s part in designing the experience was paramount.
Veranstaltungskalender 18.05.2016 (u.A. Across the screen)
Vorgestellt:
Museumsnacht Freiburg/Fribourg
und
SmashBros Turnier Biel/Bienne
What a view!
The best panorama in Siena from the top of the Facciatone, the facade of the unfinished Duomo. You can climb there from the Duomo Museum.
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SUMMARY
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
60 Jahre VW Bulli T1 bis T5 - Die Geschichte des VW Bullis - Video ...............Oeni
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Die Geschichte des VW Bullis.
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HR Giger Museum
Sep 2008 - HR Giger Museum at Gruyeres
Berg Und Geist H.R. Giger Documentary Part 3/3 (Subbed)
A documentary about HR Giger and his work.
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
BIOMECHANIC DAY - Museum HR Giger & EbullITION - Art Biomécanique & Musiques Industrielles
BIOMECHANIC DAY
24.09.2011
HR GIGER Museum (Gruyères)
HR GIGER Bar (Gruyères)
EbullITION (Bulle)
Vidéo & Montage : Stephane Pecorini
Edit : Duckk
Multicultural Day around the biomechanic art and the artist HR Giger (creator of the Alien) and industrial music. Electronic Music represent the perfect original soundtrack of science fiction. And when the vision of future is so dark and apocalyptic as HR Giger univers, it is necessary to call squeak, crack, crash of industrial music to sculpt a sound landscape directly connected on your synapses and neurones. A magic day in HR Giger Bar & Museum (Gruyères - Switzerland) inclueding visit, buffet, concerts, dj's and performances. Party at EbullITION (Bulle) with Punish Yourself, Ambassador21 and Malakwa's powerfull concerts and some dj's from swiss electronic & industrial scene.
biomechanic-day.eklablog.com/
Switzerland Cows with bells near Gruyeres Castle. 02/07/2019
Parking: Route de la Cité 95, 1663 Gruyères
Die wunderschöne Modellbahn Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg in Spur H0 und Spur H0m
Die perfekte Modellbahn Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg in Spur H0 und Spur H0m mit Lokomotiven der Schweizerischen Bundesbahn (SBB) und Zügen der Rhätischen Bahn (RhB). Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg oder abgekürzt CFK heißt die große Modelleisenbahnausstellung im schweizerischen Fribourg. Die große Schweizer Modellbahn hat eine ganz eigene Geschichte und Philosophie: Es ist elf Uhr, vormittags. Der Fahrdienstleiter vom Bahnhof Kaeserberg ruft am Lautsprecher den Zug nach St. Jakobstadt aus. Ein letztes Mal wenden sich die Fahrgäste dem Kaeserberghorn, dem großen Bergmassiv zu, als ob sie sich vergewissern wollten, ob es noch da ist. Im Zugabteil sitzend rollt der Zug rollt an. Kinder drücken ihre Nasen ans Fenster, um keines der lustigen Dampfwölkchen zu verpassen, welche die Lokomotive der Kaeserbergbahn auspustet. Kaeserberg, das kleine Bündner Dorf, entschwindet und der Zug schlängelt sich talwärts, während eine bunte Herbstlandschaft vorüberzieht. Der große Bahnhof von St. Jakobstadt rückt mehr und mehr ins Bild. Der Zug bremst und hält schließlich an. So beginnt die wundervolle Geschichte, welche die Besucher der großen Schauanlage von Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg erleben. Es ist die Geschichte eines Kindertraums, den der Träumer von einst, nämlich Marc Antiglio, mit viel Phantasie, aber auch mit einem hervorragenden Team begabter Mitarbeiter und Modellbauer, in einer Bauzeit von 17 Jahren realisiert hat.
Gleisplan und Beschreibung
Die Modellbahnanlage ist zwar ohne reales Vorbild entstanden, dennoch sind Landschaft und Eisenbahnbetrieb bis ins letzte Detail studiert und der Schweizer Wirklichkeit nachempfunden worden. Die Modelleisenbahn im Maßstab 1:87 ist in drei Ebenen gegliedert. Sie umfaßt insgesamt 2.045 Meter Gleise, auf denen Lokomotiven und Züge der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (SBB), der Rhätischen Bahn (RhB) und der Kaeserbergbahn (KBB) verkehren. Die Modellbahn zeigt die typische Welt der Schweizer Eisenbahn in den 1990'er Jahren.
Auf der ersten Ebene (Niveau 0) befindet sich ein zweistöckiger Schattenbahnhof (Zerola und Zero Due) zum Abstellen der über hundert Züge. Vom Rechner gesteuert rollen die Züge ab hier über eine Gleiswendel von 134 Metern Länge mit einer Höhe von 3,4 Metern in die gestaltete Landschaft. Diese Gleiswendel ist jedoch ein für die Besucher verborgener Parcours. Ein Stockwerk höher verbindet ein weiterer Schattenbahnhof (Simmen) die Gleiswendel mit der Welt am Kaeserberghorn, dem großen Bergmassiv auf der Modellbahnanlage. Man befindet sich nun auf der zweiten Ebene (Niveau 1), die größtenteils in Normalspur H0 gestaltet ist.
Danach folgt der große Bahnhof von St. Jakobstadt, wobei ein eigens hierfür notwendiger Fahrdienstleiter alle Zugbewegungen an einem Stellpult regelt, das auf dem Programm Modellbahnsteuerung per Computer (MpC) der Firma Gahler + Ringstmeier basiert. Unmittelbar hinter dem großen Bahnhof von St. Jakobstadt führen mehrere Bahngleise zunächst zum Güterbahnhof und Rangierbahnhof, wo u.a. ein Containerterminal, ein Baudienstzentrum und ein Tanklager beheimatet sind.
Um den Güterbahnhof herum führen zwei parallele Doppelspuren, die sich nach ca. 20 Metern trennen. Die eine Bahnstrecke steigt an, führt über eine Gitterbalkenbrücke und mündet in den sogenannten Monikastein-Tunnel. Die andere Bahnstrecke fällt ab und mündet in den Ort Graberegg. Hinter den Kulissen befinden sich wiederum zwei Schattenbahnhöfe, wo die Züge aus dem Monikastein-Tunnel bzw. aus dem Bahnhof Graberegg für kurze Zeit abgestellt werden.
Im unteren Stockwerk, also wiederum auf der ersten Ebene (Niveau 0), beginnt ebenso im Schattenbahnhof (Zereina) das Meterspurnetz (Schmalspur). Es sind die Züge der Rhätischen Bahn, die über die gleiche Gleiswendel mit einer Höhe von 3,4 Metern die Modelleisenbahnlandschaft auf der dritten Ebene (Niveau 2) erreichen. Nach dem dreigleisigen Schattenbahnhof (Sirano) erreichen die Schmalspurbahnen die Gleise 1 bis 3 am Bahnhof St. Jakobstadt, steigen dann entlang der gewaltigen Bergflanke und erreichen in Bergschleifen die Kreuzungsstation mit dem Namen Schibiershöhe. Danach erreichen die Züge das abgelegene Bündner Dörfchen Kaeserberg.
Auf dieser Ebene können die Besucher der Schauanlage übrigens einen Blick über die ganze Modelleisenbahnanlage werfen, bevor sie weiter links direkt vom dem Bahnhof Kaeserberg stehen. Dort verkehrt ausschließlich die Rhätische Bahn und bringt Gäste sowie Wanderer, die entweder mit dem Postauto weiterfahren oder mit der Kaeserbergbahn, die mit Zahnradantrieb zur Aussicht auf den Kulm führt, weiterreisen.
Als Pennula im Oktober 2016 die Modellbahn besuchte, befanden sich die letzten 35 Gleismeter der Region um den berühmten Kur- und Sportort Wäglins noch im Bau. Diese sprichwörtliche Baustelle ist für die Besucher frei zugänglich und demonstriert, wie die künftige Zahnradbahn mit über 70 Prozent Neigung die Bahnstation Wäglins-Planschreluns erreichen wird.
APNEA / Curator's Introduction
APNEA. Dorota Buczkowska. Featuring Przemek Dzienis
Curator: Agata Ubysz
Exhibition from February 14 until March 23, 2014
In 2010 Dorota Buczkowska was awarded a three-month residency in ECAV (Ecole Cantonale d'Art du Valais) in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland. The residency, sponsored by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, resulted in Apnea, a series consisting of different mediums and techniques. Dorota Buczkowska invited Przemek Dzienis to collaborate on the project. They created a series of photographs featuring Buczkowska's sculptures. The objects, placed in the setting typical of Przemek Dzienis' photography, gained a new meaning.
Dorota Buczkowska (born 1971). Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Sculpture Department). She attended Centre National des Arts Plastiques Villa Arson in Nice (France) and Warsaw University (Gender Studies). Dorota Buczkowska is an interdisciplinary artist working in different media: painting, drawing, installation and video. Her works have been featured, among others, in numerous solo exhibitions organized by Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf, Skulpturenmuseum in Marl, Centre for Contemporary Arts in Warsaw, BWA. They are held in a number of private and public collections, including ING Polish Art Foundation, PKO S.A., Sculpture Museum in Marl, MoBy Museum in Tel-Aviv. Dorota Buczkowska lives and works in Warsaw.
Przemek Dzienis (b. 1984). Graduated from the National Film School in Lodz. He works mainly with portraiture and analyses the relation between the man and everyday items. Przemek Dzienis has also experimented with the notion of multiplication, with figures and objects and their activity in space. His photographs have been shown at solo exhibitions in Budapest, Warsaw, Cracow, Lodz and Poznan. His artistic collaboration with Dorota Buczkowska resulted in a photographic series exploring the relation between sculptural installations and nature. Przemek Dzienis lives and works in Warsaw.
Agata Ubysz. Writer on contemporary photography, journalist and curator. She graduated from Art History at the University of Warsaw. In 2010-2012, she worked at the Musée de l'Elysée, a renowned museum of photography in Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 2013, she has chaired the Lookout Foundation for the Development of Photography.
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APNEA. Dorota Buczkowska. Gościnnie Przemek Dzienis
Kurator: Agata Ubysz
TRAFO Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie
Wystawa w dniach 14 lutego - 23 marca 2014
W 2010 roku Dorota Buczkowska, dzięki Szwajcarskiej Fundacji dla Kultury Pro Helvetia, otrzymała trzymiesięczną rezydencję w ECAV (Ecole cantonale d'art du Valais) w Sierre, w kantonie Valais, w Szwajcarii. To właśnie podczas tego pobytu powstał łączący różne media i techniki projekt Apnea. Podczas jego realizacji artystka zaprosiła do współpracy Przemka Dzienisa, a ich wspólny cykl dziewięciu fotografii jest efektem umieszczenia rzeźb Buczkowskiej w kontekstach charakterystycznych dla twórczości Dzienisa.
Dorota Buczkowska (ur. 1971). Ukończyła Akademię Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie na Wydziale Rzeźby. Studiowała również w Centre National des Arts Plastiques Villa Arson w Nicei (Francja) oraz Gender Studies na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Jest artystką interdyscyplinarną, używa w swojej twórczości malarstwa, rysunku, instalacji i video. Jej prace pokazywane były na wielu wystawach solowych w takich instytucjach jak Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf, Skulpturenmuseum w Marl, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej w Warszawie czy BWA w Katowicach oraz znajdują się w kolekcjach prywatnych i publicznych min: Fundacji Sztuki Polskiej ING, PKO S.A, Muzeum Rzeźby w Marl (DE) i MoBy Museum w Tel -- Avivie (IL). Dorota Buczkowska mieszka i pracuje w Warszawie.
Przemek Dzienis (ur. 1984). Ukończył wydział fotografii PWSFTviT w Łodzi. W swoich pracach skupia się głównie na portrecie oraz badaniu zależności, w jakie wchodzą człowiek i otaczające go przedmioty. Przemek Dzienis eksperymentuje również z kompozycją zwielokrotnioną, postaciami bądź obiektami oraz śledzi ich działania w przestrzeni. Jego fotografie pokazywane były na wystawach indywidualnych
w Budapeszcie, Warszawie, Krakowie, Łodzi i Poznaniu. Wraz z artystką Dorotą Buczkowską stworzył fotograficzne serie rejestrujące relację pomiędzy wykonanymi z nierzeźbiarskich materiałów obiektami i naturą. Przemek Dzienis mieszka i pracuje w Warszawie.
Agata Ubysz. Autorka tekstów o współczesnej fotografii, dziennikarka i kuratorka. Ukończyła historię sztuki na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. W latach 2010-1012 pracowała w muzeum fotografii Musée de l'Elysée w Lozannie, w Szwajcarii. Od 2013 roku jest Prezesem Fundacji Rozwoju Fotografii Lookout.
Excerpt from The Chittendens by Catherine Sullivan (2005)
Catherine Sullivan
The Chittendens
19 November 2005 - 21 January 2006
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures will present The Chittendens, a new five-channel video by Catherine Sullivan. Using a score by composer Sean Griffin, Sullivan assigned different attitudes to 16 actors. The attitudes are interpreted by the actors according to strict schemes. Performing rhythmically in different patterns and random combinations, the actors may vary the intensity of their performance, condense or expand the attitude's physical form, and abbreviate or extend its length. On view at Metro Pictures from November 19 through December 23, The Chittendens will be exhibited simultaneously at the Tate Modern in London, from November 18 through January 8, 2006. The piece debuted at the Secession in Vienna in summer 2005. A Chittendens catalogue will be available, co-published by the Secession and the Tate.The title of the piece is derived from an insurance agency, Chittenden Group, whose corporate symbol is a lighthouse. Sullivan chose the lighthouse as a metaphor for self-direction and self-possession. Chittendens footage (shot on 16mm film and transferred to video) was filmed primarily in an abandoned Chicago office building and in a small lighthouse on Poverty Island near the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan.Working in media including film, performance and photography, Sullivan's work investigates the constraints and paradoxes of theatrical representation -- the discrepancies that arise in the acting practice between the role and the individual's physical and emotional idiosyncrasies. Her multi-channel video installations have included Five Economies: big hunt/little hunt, which was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Hammer Museum at UCLA and the Renaissance Society in Chicago in 2002; and Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land, which was featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Catherine Sullivan's videos and performances have been presented in solo shows at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, 2003; Fri-Art Centre d' Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2003; the Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, 2004; and the Kunsthalle, Zurich, 2005. She has been in group shows including the Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, 2003, and Playlist at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2004. Sullivan originally trained as an actor at California Institute of Arts, where she received her BFA in 1992. She completed her MFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1997. Sullivan was a recipient of a DAAD grant (2004-2005) and spent a year living in Berlin. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Chicago. This will be her second show with Metro Pictures. Gallery Hours: 10 am- 6 pm, Tuesday -- Saturday.
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, from 6pm -- 8pm.
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More about this show at
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
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Popes Pius XI (1922–39) and Pius XII (1939–58) led the Roman Catholic Church through the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Around a third of Germans were Catholic in the 1930s. The Church in Germany had spoken against the rise of Nazism, but the Catholic aligned Centre Party capitulated in 1933 and was banned. In the various 1933 elections the percentage of Catholics voting for the Nazis party was remarkably lower than the average. Nazi key ideologue Alfred Rosenberg was banned on the index of the Inquisition, presided by later pope Pius XII. Adolf Hitler and several key Nazis had been raised Catholic, but became hostile to the Church in adulthood. While Article 24 of the NSDAP party platform called for conditional toleration of Christian denominations and the 1933 Reichskonkordat treaty with the Vatican purported to guarantee religious freedom for Catholics, the Nazis were essentially hostile to Christianity and the Catholic Church faced persecution in Nazi Germany. Its press, schools and youth organisations were closed, much property confiscated and around one third of its clergy faced reprisals from authorities. Catholic lay leaders were targeted in the Night of the Long Knives purge. The Church hierarchy attempted to co-operate with the new government, but in 1937, the Papal Encyclical Mit brennender Sorge accused the government of fundamental hostility to the church.
Among the most courageous demonstrations of opposition inside Germany were the 1941 sermons of Bishop August von Galen of Münster. Nevertheless, wrote Alan Bullock [n]either the Catholic Church nor the Evangelical Church... as institutions, felt it possible to take up an attitude of open opposition to the regime. In every country under German occupation, priests played a major part in rescuing Jews, but Catholic resistance to mistreatment of Jews in Germany was generally limited to fragmented and largely individual efforts. Mary Fulbrook wrote that when politics encroached on the church, Catholics were prepared to resist, but that the record was otherwise patchy and uneven, and that, with notable exceptions, it seems that, for many Germans, adherence to the Christian faith proved compatible with at least passive acquiescence in, if not active support for, the Nazi dictatorship.Catholics fought on both sides in the Second World War. Hitler's invasion of predominantly Catholic Poland ignited the conflict in 1939. Here, especially in the areas of Poland annexed to the Reich—as in other annexed regions of Slovenia and Austria—Nazi persecution of the church was intense. Many clergy were targeted for extermination. Through his links to the German Resistance, Pope Pius XII warned the Allies of the planned Nazi invasion of the Low Countries in 1940. From that year, the Nazis gathered priest-dissidents in a dedicated clergy barracks at Dachau, where 95 percent of its 2,720 inmates were Catholic (mostly Poles, and 411 Germans) and 1,034 priests died there. Expropriation of church properties surged from 1941.
The Vatican, surrounded by Fascist Italy, was officially neutral during the war, but used diplomacy to aid victims and lobby for peace. Vatican Radio and other media spoke out against atrocities. While Nazi antisemitism embraced modern pseudo-scientific racial principles, ancient antipathies between Christianity and Judaism contributed to European antisemitism. During the Nazi era, the church rescued many thousands of Jews by issuing false documents, lobbying Axis officials, hiding them in monasteries, convents, schools and elsewhere; including in the Vatican and papal residence at Castel Gandolfo. The Pope's role during this period is contested. The Reich Security Main Office called Pius XII a mouthpiece of the Jews. His first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, called the invasion of Poland an hour of darkness, his 1942 Christmas address denounced race murders and his Mystici corporis Christi encyclical (1943) denounc ...
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