Appenzell
Proper noun
Meaning
A village, the capital of Appenzell Inner Rhodes canton, Switzerland.
A historic canton in the northeast of Switzerland that split up into the two modern half-cantons in 1597.
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However, he encountered stiff resistance from the St. Gallen citizenry, other clerics, and the Appenzell nobility in the Rhine Valley who were concerned about their holdings.
So when Appenzell allied with the Swiss, the town of St. Gallen followed just a few months later.
In the pre-Alpine resort of Jakobsbad, near Urnäsch, you will find next to the Jakobsbad-Kronberg aerial cablecar the Appenzell Region's only bob sled run.
Then on July 28, 1489 he had armed troops from St. Gallen and Appenzell destroy the buildings already under construction.
They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast.
Their populations vary between 15,000 (Appenzell Innerrhoden) and 1,253,500 (Zürich), and their area between convert (Basel-Stadt) and convert (Graubünden).