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  Canton of St. Gallen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To the south, the canton of St. Gallen is bounded by the cantons of Graubünden, Glarus and Schwyz.
The main rivers of the canton are the Rhine, Thur, Linth and Seez.
The canton of St. Gallen was part of the canton Säntis during the Helvetic Republic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen   (447 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Canton of St. Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Uzwil is a municipality in the Canton of St....
Goldingen is a municipality in the canton of St....
The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canton-of-St.-Gallen   (2004 words)

  
 Canton Of St Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gallen with 113,019 inhabitants (municipalities St. Gallen, Eggersriet, Wittenbach, Häggenschwil, Muolen, Waldkirch, Andwil SG, Gossau SG and Gaiserwald)
Rheintal with 62,523 inhabitants (municipalities Rheineck, St. Margrethen, Au, Berneck, Balgach, Diepoldsau, Widnau, Rebstein, Marbach, Altstätten, Eichberg, Oberriet SG and Rüthi SG)
Toggenburg with 45,381 inhabitants (municipalities Wildhaus, Alt St. Johann, Stein, Nesslau, Krummenau, Ebnat-Kappel, Wattwil, Lichtensteig, Oberhelfenschwil, Brunnadern, Hemberg, St. Peterzell, Krinau, Bütschwil, Lütisburg, Mosnang, Kirchberg, Mogelsberg and Ganterschwil)
www.wikiverse.org /canton-of-st-gallen   (634 words)

  
 Sankt Gallen canton (Switzerland)
The monastery of St. Gallen was founded in the 7th century and was gradually surrounded by little colonies which evolved into a city-state.
Gallen was one of eight new Cantons created in 1798 for the Helvetic Republic, patched together from eight unrelated territories of other Cantons.
Angst (1992), "A Panoply of Colours: The Cantonal Banners of Switzerland and the Swiss National Flag" reported the axe with a fl cross on the blade, introduced before WWII and kept until 1951 (to stress the "Swissness" of the symbol, avoiding connections with fascism).
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ch-sg.html   (681 words)

  
 tg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To the south lies the canton of St. Gallen; to the west lie the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen.
The third one forms the southern border of the canton and merges with the Hörnli mountain in the pre-Alps.
The Swiss confederation allied with ten freed bailiwicks of the former Toggenburg seized the lands of the Thurgau from the Habsburgs in 1460.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /TG.html   (417 words)

  
 St. Gallen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gallen (Sankt Gallen; French Saint-Gall; Italian San Gallo) is the capital of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Gallen is situated in the north-eastern part of Switzerland.
Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Gallen   (269 words)

  
 Dolf Weder - Doelf Weder, St. Gallen / Switzerland
After the gymnasium at the Cantonal School St. Gallen followed studies in economy and social sciences at the University of St.
In 1990 he was called to serve as the Secretary General of the European Alliance of YMCAs, the European YMCA umbrella organisation with almost two million programme participants, seat in St. Gallen, since 1999 in Prague.
In summer 1998 Dölf / Dolf Weder became a part-time councillor of the Evangelical-reformed Church of the Canton St. Gallen.
www.weder.ch /weder-e.html   (354 words)

  
 Interstate Institute of Technology St. Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bistum St. Gallen Struktur, Geschichte und Aktivitäten der Bistums mit Bischofssitz in der Stadt St. Gallen.
Bach-Garage Gschwend AG, St. Gallen Imagepräsenz des Renault-Partner in der Stadt St. Gallen.
A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Saint Gallen.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Interstate_Institute_of_Technology_St._Gallen.html   (354 words)

  
 _ St Gallen history Switzerland guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By the thirteenth century, St Gallen had become an important market town and it’s reputation as a centre of learning was being ousted by its reputation as a producer and exporter of exceptionally high-quality linen.
By the end of the Middle Ages, St Gallen was the only Swiss town to have trade representatives resident in foreign cities, and was linked by stagecoach to centres of textile processing in Nuremberg and Lyon.
Early in the nineteenth century, St Gallen hand-embroidered cotton was being exported to the young United States.
switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/northeast/stgallenhistory.html   (621 words)

  
 Swiss Canton of St Gallen - switzit.co.uk
Bordering on the Lake of Constance in the north and on the Rhine River in the east, it surrounds the entire canton of Appenzell.
The canton is especially known for its lace embroideries and silk and cotton textiles.
In 1803 the town and the abbot's domains (secularized in 1798) were consolidated as a canton of the Swiss Confederation under Napoleon's Act of Mediation.
www.switzit.co.uk /places/canton_SG.htm   (159 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - St Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
St Gallen (in French, Saint-Gall; in English, St Gallen), town in north-eastern Switzerland, the capital of St Gallen Canton.
St Gallen Canton (also Saint Gall or Sankt Gallen), canton in north-eastern Switzerland.
Zwingli was born on January 1, 1484, in Wildhaus, St Gallen.
uk.encarta.msn.com /St_Gallen.html   (94 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: St. Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837), king of Sweden, of the house Holstein-Gottorp, was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and born at Stockholm on November 1, 1778.
(in English often Zurich, IPA) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St.-Gallen   (840 words)

  
 Enclave - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
* Büsingen, Germany is an exclave in the canton of Schaffhausen, northern Switzerland.
In Switzerland, the two cantons of Appenzell are enclaved in the Canton of St. Gallen.
The town of Carter Lake, Iowa, originally east of the Missouri River, became attached to Nebraska in 1877 when flooding caused the river to jump its banks, leaving an oxbow to the east of the town.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /enclave.htm   (2734 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gallus Jacob Baumgartner
After attending the gymnasium at St. Gallen he studied law at Fribourg, Switzerland, and at Vienna.
In 1822 he was made official secretary; in 1825 he became a member of the great council of the canton and was appointed chancellor.
The present political organization, well-ordered administration, and material prosperity of the canton of St. Gallen are due to Baumgartner's public labours; the Catholic Church owes to him especially the founding of the Bishopric of St. Gallen.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02351c.htm   (701 words)

  
 College of Textiles in the News
The city of St. Gallen, in northeast Switzerland, was once home to a thriving textiles industry that produced renowned embroidery and lace.
A special exhibit showcasing the textile products of St. Gallen will be on display in the Atrium at the College of Textiles from March 18 to April 30.
The exhibit is sponsored by the Canton of St. Gallen, ProHelvetia: Arts Council of Switzerland, Swiss Textiles and IHK Inudstrie-und Handelskammer.
www.tx.ncsu.edu /college/collegenews/03_10_2005.html   (520 words)

  
 SwissIPO - Details zum Unternehmen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Bank of the Canton of St. Gall (St. Galler Kantonalbank) is active as a universal Bank.
The shares are issued by the Canton of St. Gallen, which is the sole owner of the company prior to the IPO.
The Canton of St. Gallen bears responsibility for all the obligations of the Bank of the Canton of St. Gallen (St. Galler Kantonalbank) in case the Bank itself can't bear responsibility any more (Warranty of the state - Staatsgarantie).
www.swissipo.ch /en/details.php?ipoid=47   (309 words)

  
 FTR/EURO 2001 Application no. 27154/95
Bezirksarzt) in St. Gallen, decided in agreement with the applicant to send her to the Wil cantonal psychiatric clinic (“the psychiatric clinic”) on account of chronic schizophrenia and of constituting a danger to herself.
The professional judges are appointed by the cantonal parliament; the non-professional judges and the specialised judges are appointed, upon proposal of the Administrative Tribunal of the Canton of St. Gallen, by the cantonal government.
The Canton of St. Gallen thus wished to avoid too much emphasis being placed on the medical aspect of the case, since the decision to deprive a person of his or her liberty necessitated a multidisciplinary examination.
www.hri.ca /fortherecord2001/euro2001/documentation/judgments/applno27154-95.htm   (5299 words)

  
 Stamps from Switzerland
This is a later stamp from the Canton Bern, in use from 1880 to 1935.
This is a third stamp from the Canton Bern, in use from 1935 to 1964.
This is a stamp from the Canton Vaud which was in use until 1951, it replaced the previous stamp at some time in the period from 1898.
sun1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de /rrzn/endebrock/stamps/st-ch.html   (456 words)

  
 G&N - Our Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After graduating from the University of Freiburg, Michael Thürlemann worked at the Cantonal Office of the District Attorney of the Canton of St. Gallen, at the Local Court of lower rhine valley and as a paralegal in a law firm in St. Gallen being focused on commercial issues.
He was admitted to the bar in the Canton of St. Gallen in 2002.
During her studies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) she worked as a spare-time work in a institutional trustee totally for five years.
www.gn-law.ch /en/unserteam.php   (1085 words)

  
 Swisstraffic-online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Both bills were approved by the Cantonal Council (parliament).
A special bill is being prepared until the end of the year for the extension of the regional express services St. Gallen.
The canton benefits from faster connections with the intercity stop in Sargans on the line Zürich - Chur as of the end of the year.
www.swisstraffic-online.ch /en/news_en/news_en_2.php   (235 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
GALLEN, 8th NOVEMBER 2002 PRACTICAL INFORMATION MEETING VENUE: Government premises of St. Gallen RegierungsgebŠude CH Ð 9001 ST. GALLEN REGISTRATION FORM The registration form is available on the AER Intranet (User Code: are_99 / password: era753 - Committee A / Meetings / St. Gallen).
GALLEN CH Ð 9000 ST. GALLEN http://www.einstein.ch http://www.ekkehard.ch Rate per person and night: Rate per person and night: SFr.
The Canton of St. Gallen also invites you kindly to a lunch planned on 8th November 2002 (venue and time will be communicated very soon).
www.are-regions-europe.org /Doc/CommitteeA/GB-Practical-Information.doc   (744 words)

  
 SwissGen : genealogical records by Canton - St.Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The format of the detailed data for Canton St.Gallen differs from the format of all other cantons for historical reasons: the page in this more detailed format has already been written several years earlier than for all other cantons.
Almost all St.Gallen Church Records have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; these films may also be viewed at the State Archives (prior booking of the film reader is strongly recommended).
A list of all communities of Canton St.Gallen provides links to webpages of almost all community administrations, usually including the "Zivilstandsamt" (= Civil Registry Office) which needs to be contacted for reasearch after 1876 in most cases.
www.genealogienetz.de /reg/CH/kibu/sgkbinde.htm   (229 words)

  
 Re: St. Gallen or Bern: Scheitlin and Dau'Jourd'Hui families
Gallen or Bern: Scheitlin and Dau'Jourd'Hui families by D. of 6817
Sankt Gallen (St. Gallen) is a Canton in Switzerland, there is also a city Sankt Gallen.
Re: St. Gallen or Bern: Scheitlin and Dau'Jourd'Hui families D.
genforum.genealogy.com /switzerland/messages/6748.html   (64 words)

  
 St Gall (Sankt Gallen) - a Gardens Guide review
It survived, as a copy, in a Life of St Martin in the St Gall library and was drawn, by Abbot Haito or Reichenau (763-836) for Abbot Gozbert of St Gall.
Haito had been an ambassador to Constantinople and Walafried Strabo, author of the most famous garden poem of the Early Middle Ages, was one of his pupils.
At the age of 56 he resigned as abbot, to live in in simple conformity with St Benedict's rule.
www.gardenvisit.com /ge/stgall.htm   (374 words)

  
 Guide and Travel Facts: Liechtenstein to Lugano, Austria
The canton was formed in 1803, and adopted as its coat-of-arms a fasces, symbolizing the union of its various districts into a single canton.
Graubunden is the largest Swiss canton in size (not in population — Zurich is).
When the canton of Graubunden was organized out of the earlier three Leagues, this castle was dismantled (to prevent its being used to disrupt the new canton).
passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Liechtenstein+to+Lugano   (1538 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Diverse cantons and municipalities have passed the required resolutions for comprehensive implementation of NPM and are now at the point of realization.
In numerous cantons and municipalities, the analysis of governmental and administrative activities is performed in a hundred or more product groups.
Examples that should be mentioned are the increasing horizontal and vertical collaborations among the federal government, cantons, and municipalities; the management of public companies; the activation of networks; or the new forms of collaboration with private entities (e.g., Public Private Partnerships).
www.kpm.unibe.ch /website/e/kolumne.php   (1083 words)

  
 Destination Weddings in the canton of St. Gallen
Enjoy one of Switzerland’s prettiest surroundings during your wedding in the canton of St. Gallen, well known for its green hills, dairy farms and traditional villages that can be reached by winding roads or cogwheel trains.
Close to St. Gallen, the canton’s capital, there are three absolutely beautiful ponds.
And of course, getting married in the city of St. Gallen itself is a fantastic experience.
www.swissweddings.net /destination_wedding_locations/st_gallen.html   (263 words)

  
 UNISG A Short portrait of the University of St. Gallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The University of St. Gallen for Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences (HSG) was founded in 1898 as a «business academy» and enrolled its first students in 1899.
In terms of numbers, the University of St. Gallen may well be one of Europe's smaller universities, but it has Switzerland's largest «faculty of economic sciences».
The University is financed by the Canton of St. Gallen, which gives it far reaching autonomy.
www.unisg.ch /hsgweb.nsf/d638de4e02e667cac12568f0002661cf/304f8eaa3ce1f02ac12568e4002f1e08?OpenDocument   (1049 words)

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