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Und wieder war er überwältigt vom vagen und mysteriösen Konzept der Grenze.

-Frei nach Milan Kundera, Buch des Lachens und Vergessens.

Politische Informationen

Countryreports.org

Ausführliche Informationen zu Kultur, Geschichte, Geographie, Wirtschaft, Bevölkerung und Institutionen. Link: Countryreports.org

Wikileaks

Auswärtiges Amt Deutschland

Informationen zum Staat und den wichtigsten Daten imklusive Reiseinformationen. Link: auswaertiges-amt.de (Switzerland)

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Leaked Documents and Public Analysis for this Country (English)

Eur-Lex - European Union Law

Offizielle Datenbank des EU-Rechts und verwandter offizieller Dokumente. Link: eur-lex.europa.eu (switzerland)

Law-Info - Library of Congress

Rechts-Informationen zum Thema Switzerland von der Library of Congress. Link: loc.gov (Law switzerland)

International Civic Heraldry

Internationale Heraldik Datenbank. Link: ngw.nl (Coat of Arms Database)

Politische Informationen

Bücher, Aufsätze, Quelltexte

Quelltexte Online

EuroDocs

Sammlung historischer Quellen zu europäischen Ländern. Link: eudocs.lib.byu.edu (Switzerland)

Vielen Dank an Richard Haken für die Erlaubnis zur Verwendung der EuroDocs-Links, die in diese Sammlung eingeflossen sind und deren Grundlage bilden.

• Codices Electronici Sangallenses (CESG) — Digital Abbey Library of medieval codices at St. Gallen (8th - 15th centuries; facsimiles)
• The Early Germanic Kingdoms — Texts and Archives (Transcriptions)
• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval [Germanic] Empire -- Early, High and Late Middle Ages. Includes the Hanseatic League. (800 - 1503; Latin and contemporary German transcriptions with critical apparatus)
• Handschriftenabbildungen: Deutschsprachige Handschriften des Mittelalters im Internet — Facsimiles of German-language medieval manuscripts. Organized by location of manuscripts.
• Holy Roman Empire: Frederick II and After — (Transcriptions and translations)
• Foedus Pactum -- Pact Between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden — (August 1291; transcription of Latin original)
• Bundesbrief -- Pact Between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden — (August 1291; modern German translation of Latin original)
• Federal Charter -- Pact Between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden — (August 1291; English translation of Latin original NOTE: Further translations of the Foedus Pactum are also available as a synoptic bilingual index or in Romansh, French, Italian or Early Modern German.
• Codex Manesse - die große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift —. Complete facsimile of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 in the Heidelberg university library, a famous and well-preserved collection of medieval German literature. (1305-1340; German facsimiles)
• Le Pacte de Brunnen — Documentary excerpts of the 1315 pact of Brunnen in French. The term "Eidgenossen" (French: "Confédérés") first appears in this pact. (1315; French transcriptions, maps, and translations)
• Die Zürcher Wappenrolle — The Zurich roll of arms depicting coats of arms from around Lake Constance. (ca. 1340; facsimiles) This webpage depicts the individual coats of arms and their meaning.
• Extension de la Confédération 1332-1353 — Documentary French excerpts of the pacts with Lucerne, Zurich, and Glarus. (1332-1353; French translation and maps)
• Extension de la Confédération de 1370 à 1393 — Documentary French excerpts of the so-called "Priests' Charter" ("Charte des prêtres," "Pfaffenbrief)." This charter in Sempach solidified the idea of a true confederation of cantons. (1332-1353; French translation and maps)
• Schwabenkrieg/Schweizerkrieg 1499 - Quellen und Materialien — Source materials about the war between Swabia and Switzerland in 1499 From the University of Freiburg (1499-1550: German and Latin transcriptions)
• La Confédération après les Guerres de Bourgogne — Documentary French excerpts of the Covenant of Stans and Treaty of Compatriotism between Berne, Fribourg, and Lausanne. This followed Confederation victories over the Duke of Bourgogne (France). (1420-1513; French translations and maps)
• La Réforme dans les cantons suisses — Documentary French excerpts of Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation. (1519-1531; French transcriptions, translations and maps)
• Textes sur la Réforme à Genève (XVIe siècle) —*Textes sur la Réforme à Genève (XVIIe siècle) — Documentary excerpts of Reform movements in Geneva. (1515-1685; French transcriptions, translations and maps)
• Handschriften, Drucke und Bilder zum Bauernkrieg 1653 — Manuscripts, books and images on the Swiss Peasant Revolt of 1653. (1653; facsimiles)
• Genève, la Révolution et l'annexion à la France — Documentary excerpts of Geneva's relations and annexation with France during the time of the Revolution. (1758-1798; French transcriptions)
• La constitution de la République helvétique — Documentary excerpts of Switzerland's relations with France during the time of the Revolution. (12 Apri1 1798; French transcriptions and maps)
• L' Acte de Médiation — Documentary excerpt of the mediation pact with Napoleonic France. (19 February 1803; French transcription)
• Le régime de la Médiation — Documenting the nineteen cantons during the Napoleonic years. (1803-1815; French transcription)
• Le Pacte fédéral du 7 août 1815 et le Valais canton suisse — Documentary excerpts on twenty-two cantons rejoining after Napoleon. (1815; French transcriptions and maps)
• La garantie de la neutralité de la Suisse — Documentary excerpt from the Congress of Vienna, guaranteeing Swiss neutrality. (20 November 1815; French transcription)
• Suisse au XIXe siècle (de 1815 à 1848) — Documentary excerpts from the first half of the 19th century. Including sources on the Sonderbund alliance and war. (1815-1848; French transcription)
• Textes sur la Révolution industrielle en Suisse — Documentary excerpts regarding the Industrial Revolution in Switzerland. Including sources on social conditions. (1783-1877; French transcription)
• Sources in German, Austrian and Swiss Legal History of the 19th Century — A major book digitization project of the Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte . -- For an overview of subjects, click on "Systematik" -- (19th century; facsimiles)
• Suisse au XIXe siècle (de 1848 à 1914) — Documentary excerpts from the 1848 Revolution to the First World War. (1848-1914; French transcriptions)
• La Suisse durant la Première guerre mondiale et la grève générale de 1918 — Documentary excerpts from Switzerland during the First World War, including sources on the General Strike of 1918. (1914-1918; French transcriptions)
• Cours sur la Suisse durant l'entre-deux-guerres — Documentary excerpts from Switzerland between the two world wars. (1918-1939; French transcriptions)
• Einstein Archive Online — Digitized manuscripts: scientific, non-scientific, and travel writings. (mostly 1901-1955; mostly German & English facsimiles) Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - Second World War
• Switzerland, National Socialism and the Second World War — Final report of the "Bergier Commission" Also available in German, French and Italian. (2002; English translation)
• Holocaust Assets — From the U.S. State Department. (1939-present; transcriptions)
• U.S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II — Forward and Executive Summary to the Preliminary Study, from the U.S. State Department. (1939-present; transcriptions)
• U.S. and Allied Wartime and Postwar Relations and Negotiations With Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on Looted Gold and German External Assets and U.S. Concerns About the Fate of the Wartime Ustasha Treasury — From the U.S. State Department: Supplement to Preliminary Study on U.S. and Allied Efforts To Recover and Restore Gold and other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II (1939-present; transcriptions)
• DoDiS Database of Swiss Diplomatic Documents — Searchable database with links to facsimile documents from post-war years (1945 - 1950; PDF facsimiles). (PROJECT IN PROCESS: some PDF files likely to be inaccessible)
• Swiss Poster Collections — Digitized from the Swiss National Library, the Bibliothèque de Genève, the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, the Médiathèque Valais and the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz.
• Swiss Posters — Source materials for documenting modern Swiss political, commercial and cultural thought. From Carnegie Mellon University. (1971 - present; facsimiles)
• Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft — Swiss Constitution (29 May 1874, newly amended 18 April 1999; German transcription)
• Constitution fédérale de la Confédération suisse — Swiss Constitution (29 May 1874, newly amended 18 April 1999; French transcription)
• Costituzione federale della Confederazione Svizzera — Swiss Constitution (29 May 1874, newly amended 18 April 1999; Italian transcription)
• Swiss Constitution — Prepared by Prof. Clive Church, University of Kent (UK) (18 April 1999 with updates through February 2003; English translation)

Systematic Collection of Swiss Federal Laws:

• German version
• French version
• Italian version

• Official Reports and Publications of the Swiss Federal Assembly — (German and French transcriptions)
• Cliotexte — A collection of excerpts from various epochs of history. Especially strong in French and Swiss history sources. (French transcriptions and translations)
• Athena Helvetia Page — Includes text archive of Swiss authors in additional to historic documents (Latin, Romansh, French, Italian and German transcriptions).
• Guide to Law Online: Switzerland — Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
• PSM - Data: Geschichte — Mostly History of German-Speaking Countries (P = Primary, S = Secondary, M = [Instructional] Materials) Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions and German translations)
• DigiBern — Digital publications on history and culture of Berne -- newspapers, documents, arts, maps, etc. (Facsimiles, searchable databases, transcriptions, maps)
• Histoires et Légendes de Savoie — Historical documents and commentary on the region -- former duchy -- of Savoy. (1100 - present; French & Latin transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries)

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