Northeast Switzerland

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Northeast Switzerland
Cantons : Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen

Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich

Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau

Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen St. Gallen

Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Canton of Appenzell InnerrhodenCanton of Appenzell Innerrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden

Canton of GlarusCanton of Glarus Glarus

Language: German
Northeast Switzerland

The north-eastern Switzerland is a different space defined in the northeast of Switzerland . The landscape is shaped by the plains between Lake Boden and Lake Zurich and the foothills of the Alps.

  • In the cultural-historical-linguistic sense, it comprises the cantons of Schaffhausen , Thurgau , St. Gallen (majority), Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden .
  • The Federal Roads Office includes the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus , Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zurich as well as the northern part of the canton Schwyz .
  • The Northeast Swiss Yodelling Association includes the two Appenzell, Glarus, Graubünden , Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zurich and the Principality of Liechtenstein . The Northeast Swiss Wrestling Association brings together the Appenzell, Glarus, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zurich sections.
  • The members of the former north-eastern Switzerland power plants were the cantons of Aargau , Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zug and Zurich.
  • The greater region of Eastern Switzerland , as defined by the Federal Statistical Office , includes the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen and Thurgau, while the cantons of Aargau, Schwyz, Zug and Zurich, according to the above definitions are partially included, do not belong to Eastern Switzerland (and thus also not to its northern part, Northeastern Switzerland).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Hotzenköcherle : The language landscapes of German-speaking Switzerland (=  series language landscapes of Switzerland. Volume 1). Sauerländer / Aarau / Frankfurt am Main / Salzburg 1984, ISBN 3-7941-2623-8 , here: The northeast. Pp. 91-124.
  2. ↑ Northeastern Switzerland On: Website of the Federal Roads Office , accessed on October 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Home. On: Website of the Northeast Swiss Yodelling Association , accessed on October 8, 2019
  4. ↑ Budget 2019. NOSV Nordostschweizer Schwingerverband. On: Website of the Swiss Wrestling Association , accessed on October 8, 2019 (PDF; 0.3 MB).