Place-name sign (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
The place-name sign is a traffic sign and indicates the beginning or the end of a town in Switzerland and Liechtenstein . They are set up on incoming and outgoing streets in the local area . The place name signs inform about the place name and have no influence on the speed.
Place-name signs are indicative of whether you are on a main road (blue place-name signs) or a side street (white place-name signs). For this purpose, the signal 2.30.1 "50 km / h in general" has been attached in Switzerland since 1984, in Liechtenstein since 2013, above or below the place-name sign, previously the signal 2.30 "50". In the signaling ordinance, place-name signs are called place-name signs , they signal places in the colloquial, but not in the postal sense.
Content and design
In addition to the name of a place, additional information is sometimes given in Switzerland. For example, if there are several towns with the same name or at cantonal borders, the official abbreviation of the corresponding canton is also noted. If the specified town is not also the seat of a political municipality, in some cantons or regions the name of the municipality to which the town or hamlet belongs is also given (example: "Niederwil (municipality of Oberbüren)"). In other cantons, the procedure is reversed and the actual place name is listed under the municipality name in brackets (example: "Jona (Kempraten)"). The national coat of arms is attached in Liechtenstein.
The end-of-town tables in Switzerland show the next town at the top and below it usually a larger town and its distance to which the current street leads. If the next town corresponds to this destination, the upper field is left blank. If there is no clear destination, only the next town is indicated in the upper field. In Liechtenstein, the end of the current location and the next following location are displayed.
In 2003, the Swiss Federal Council commissioned the renowned font designer Adrian Frutiger to design a new font for Swiss signals. The new typeface should be factual and clear and emerge from the well-known Frutiger font . The result of this order was the Astra-Frutiger font for place-name signs and signposts. The version for motorway signs takes into account that the text is outshone by overlaid car headlights and is therefore cut a little leaner.
The blue of the place name signs roughly corresponds to the RAL color traffic blue . The corresponding film is supplied by the manufacturer 3M .
Signage
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Switzerland
4.27: Start of town on main roads (bilingual)
4.28: End of town on main roads
4.29: Start of town on side streets
4.30: End of town on side streets
Liechtenstein
4.27: Start of town on main roads
4.28: End of town on main roads
4.27: Start of town on side streets
4.28: End of town on side streets
particularities
In 2010, the municipality of Heiden in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden allowed itself to change the place-name signs from the usual white letters on a blue background (for main streets) or black letters on a white background (for side streets) with the permission of the canton police. It used red lettering on a white background to draw attention to the activities in the Dunant year 2010. The founder of the Red Cross , Henry Dunant , lived in Heiden and died 100 years before 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance on the amendment of the decree of road traffic (Tempo 50 in urban areas) (AS 1983 1651)
- ↑ Fatherland: New: "Tempo 50 in general" applies immediately, February 28, 2013 , accessed on September 19, 2017
- ↑ "Orts- und Ortschaftsafeln " on GISpunkt HSR - the Wiki
- ↑ Place-name signs in red cross colors in Tagblatt Online from April 14, 2010
