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Why Switzerland?: Third Edition Jonathan Steinberg Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88307-8 - Why Switzerland?: Third Edition Jonathan Steinberg Index More information Index Aarau, Peace of (1712), 36, 37, 38, 44, 46, Altwegg, Jörg (1951– ) Swiss journalist in 61, 255 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the Aarau, Centre for Democracy in, 283 Swiss historical controversy about origins Aare, River, 98 of the Confederation, 15 Aargau, 11, 29, 42, 43, 101, 132 Alzey, battle of (1388), 25 (Table 7); dialect of, 151, Ammann, (head of a valley community), 223, 252 20, 44 Aargauer Zeitung 156, 162 Ammann, Hektor, (1894–1967), Swiss Ab Yberg, medieval ruling family in Historian, 171–2 Schwyz, 20 Ambühl, Professor Michael (1951– ) Absolutism, 35, 36, 221; in EU 287 (former State Secretary for Finance) Abyberg, Johann Theodor (1795–1869) designs treaty with USA in UBS case, not Landammann of Schwyz (1847), 45 subject to referendum. 88, 116, 207 Act of Mediation (1803) 10, 251, 252 Anarchism, 179–180 Action française, 53 Anderson, Perry (1938– ) historian, 19–20, Adoboli, Kweku, (1980– ) convicted UBS 35–6, 140 trader, 79, 205, 208 Angehrn, Beda, prince-abbot of St Gallen L’Àdula, pro-Italian Ticino journal. 267 (1796–90), 172 Aegeri (ZG), 40 Appenzell 11, 32; war (1403–09), 24, 29; Agriculture, 35, 101, 174, 181, 184 divided into Protestant and Catholic half- (Table 10), 221, 222, 273 (Table 15); EU cantons, 33, 88, 104, 218, 310; popula- and 289; percentage of Swiss employed tion of, 89; Appenzell-Inerrhoden 112; in, 177, 312 language experiment in 159; as Catholic, Alemannic, 3, 141–2, 151, 153; see also 217, 223; two Appenzells vote yes in Swiss German initiative against immigration 2014, Allemann, Fritz René, (1910–1996) Swiss Table 7, 132, 247; embroidery industry writer, 3 in, 173, 182; ‘free’ peasants in, 180 Allmenden (common pasturage) 18 Arbeitsfrieden (1937) ends strikes, 61 Alps, 3, 4, 8, 13, 27, 39, 136, 142, 155, 181, Aristocracy: and absolutism, 35; in Geneva 243, 245, 265; new ‘basis tunnel’ through 40; Segesser on radicals as 49, 232; 15, 278; and alpine society, 16–19; Luzern patricians as liberal, 97 defence of Switzerland in World War Arlesheim (SO) Prince-Bishop of Basel’s Two 70–1, 269–79; as ‘invisible export’ residence 102 177, 312; as cult of 222; as barrier Army (Swiss): Dr Johnson on, 7; medieval between Ticino and Switzerland, 247, army unable to control Raetia, 23; defeats 252, 254; Mussolini claims as Italian French at Novara (1513) 30; defeat at frontier, 267 Marignano (1515) 30; Swedish army and Alsatian as Germanic dialect, 141 Protestantism, 33; standing army and Altdorf (UR) 38 coercion by state, 35, 310; suppresses Altermatt, Urs, Swiss Historian (1942– )4; strike 1893, 52; as ‘Prussianised’in 1914, on Catholic ‘ghetto’ 50; and ‘blockage’ in 54; mobilized during First World War, 55; Swiss politics, 112 suppresses General Strike 1918, 58; 358 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88307-8 - Why Switzerland?: Third Edition Jonathan Steinberg Index More information Index 359 opposes membership in the League of Bandle, Rico, culture editor of Die Nations, 62, mobilization in 1939, 65; Weltwoche, reviews film on Grüninger and Shirer on (1939), 68; officers revolt Jewish refugees, 64–5 against Pilet-Golaz and appeasement, 69; Bank Frey & Co, private bank (Zürich) Guisan address officer corps on Rütli shuts after prosecution, 17 October, meadow, 25 June 1940, 69–70; Guisan 2013; Ermes Gallaroti (NZZ) explains adopts Alpine defence, 70–1; Hitler’s why, 208 Operation Tannenbaum against, 72; Jura Bank Secrecy Law (1934), surrendered by separatists attack, 73, 106; Gruner on the Swiss government, 7, 79–80, 324; its militia as Swiss model, 117, 126; 1989 importance in Swiss banking 202–03; not referendum to abolish, 124; Army designed for Jewish clients, 206; Article command knows of Holocaust in 47 Melderecht but not Meldepflicht (may 1943, 270; decline of army as national but not must report), 207; Sebastian symbol, and Swiss identity, 320–22; Geux on, 207; need to negotiate with Italy significance of decline for élites and on, 280, 282; abolition of 14 October, serving soldiers, 325 2014, 203, 282 Attinghusen, medieval patricians Banks, as recipients of illegal Italian deposits, (Uri) 20 246; US accuses Swiss banks of tax Au (SG) conflict in school over Muslim evasion, 246; collapse of in Ticino (1914) girls’ covered heads, 313 266; Orazio Martinelli on, 276; loss of Augsburg, as rich city, 172 prestige of 322–3 Austria, labour piece in modern state, 2; Banking, profits from Nazi business, 73; Metternich as Chancellor on Switzerland and secrecy of, 202; expansion of 1970s as turbulent, 6; geography of, 8; and 1980s, 202; fusion of Union Bank of intervention threat in Sonderbundkrieg,44; Switzerland and Swiss Banking 1848 revolution and, 44; anti-semitism Corporation (1997), 69, 337; involve- and, 52; Swiss officers in First World War ment in ‘sub-prime mortgage market, and 55; Germany annexes 1938, 63; 204–5; scandals at, 205; entire industry Austrian Jews at Swiss border 1938, 64; discredited, 206; UBS violates Bank (see Paul Grüninger) in EU, 99–100, Secrecy Law (2009) 206; expansion in dialect in 141; culture in nineteenth Ticino 1950–1973, 272. US – Swiss century, 144; bankrupt after First World Agreement 30 August 2013 sets three War, 182; Swissair wants to partner with categories for Swiss banks willing to Austrian airline (1992), 201; refuses to confess tax evasion help to clients, 210 restore mediatized principalities (1814) Barber, Benjamin (1939– ) American 223; closes Ticino border as reprisal political scientist on Graubünden, 22 (1848) 257; threatens Ticino (1849) 257; Bärndütsch, Bernese dialect, 142, 143; used at battle of Solferino (1859) 260; Italy in Bernese Grand Council, 120, 147, neutral as ally (1914) 267; anti-EU party 148; see also Swiss German; 50 years in in, 301 Basel still speaks, 153 Axelrod, Paul (1850–1928), Russian exile Barth, Karl, Swiss theologian (1886–1968), in Switzerland (1916) 56 228, 235 L’Avenir Suisse, Liberal foundation in Basel bishopric of, lord of Jura district Zürich, 7 before 1789, 102; loses Jura to Bern 1815, 103; former subjects vote ‘yes’ for Baar (ZG) 40 new canton (1959) 105; Canton Jura Baden (Germany) dialect in 142 adopts coat of arms of, 108; reorganized Bairoch, Paul, (1930–1999) Swiss in 1828, 223; lay participation in episcopal economic historian, Swiss and UK election 224–5, 232; Bishop Lachat GDP per head 1880–1950, 171; deposed by Diocesan Conference (1873) retarded railroad development in 231; Bishop Vogel resigns (1995) after Switzerland, 176 affair, 232; abuse cases in 240 Balthasar, aristocratic Luzern family, 221 Basel, city and canton, Shirer on in 1939, Balthasar, Hans Urs von (1905–1988) 34, 38, 324; city and country split, 42, Swiss Catholic theologian, 235 101; votes No to immigration initiative, © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88307-8 - Why Switzerland?: Third Edition Jonathan Steinberg Index More information 360 Index 2014, 48; communist represents Bern City, Canton and Swiss capital, 2, 1, 1925–1939, 59 war and 71; Ciba-Geigy 54, 56, 62, 65, 71, 74, 91, 97, 117, 123, in, 83–4; Dr von Planta on, 84; 128, 131, 155, 202, 211, 225, 246, 257, half-canton 88, 218; radicals in 96; 260, 261, 267–8; dialect in Oberland 3, 6; ‘fusion’ with Basel-Land 2014 fails, 101; Solothurn enclaves in, 8; von Bonstetten votes no to immigrant initiative (2014) as Bern patrician inspects Ticino, 11–12; and Table 7 131–2; wealthy as city 172, joins Swiss Confederation (1353) 25; 178; chemical industry in 186, 187–9; purchases Hasli valley (1334) 25; Niklaus high culture of 187; Erasmus and Diesbach leaves 70,000 gulden at death printing, 219; Enlightenment in, 222; in 1436, 26; Twingherrenstreit struggle Burckhardt rejects 188; watch fair (1470) between feudal lords and city Baselworld in 197, 215; decline of mayor, 28; expels Teutonic Order, religion in 217; Socialist Ständerat warns 1484–5 and controls church, 218; seizes that Chinese millionaires buy up part of Aargau, 29; Marignano fought property, 316 without Bern and signs treaty with Basel-Land, canton, formed 1831, 42, France, 30; unable to change the balance 101; new constitution 1863, 47; as of power in the Confederation, 31; joins half-canton, 88; ‘fusion’ with Basel-Stadt Protestant cause 1528, 31; absolutism 2014 fails, 101; Laufental votes 12 and, 36; peasant rising against 1749, 38; November, 1989 to join, 108; Act of 1738 guaranteed by gives Geneva Kirchengemeinde does not pay constitution, 40; Bernese aristocracy rule pastors 238 a peasant republic, 40, 309; One of three Baseldütsch, Swiss German of Basel, 132, Vororte (capital cities) after 1815 42; 1831 142; French influence on, 145; archaic gives up privileges, 42; Vorort when German in, 145 Sonderbundkrieg begins 1847, 43; Basler Zeitung reports school ban on Muslim democratic constitution adopted in 1887, head-cover, 240, 313 47; Karl Scheurer (1914) wants German Bauder, Robert, director of Bern’s cantonal victory, despair about division of country, police, 108 55; troops occupy during General Strike, Bauern-Gewerbe-Bürger Partei (BGB), 1918, 58; poster advertises Schützenfest in a Protestant peasant party and the canton, figure 6, 60; Konrad Ilg, strike predecessor of the SVP, 74, 129 leader, on city council and in Grosser Rat, Baumgartner, Eugen, president Catholic 62; Motta takes tram as Bundesrat, 67; Synod, Zürich, opposes Bishop Haas, SVP originally
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