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- Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter ... Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee (near Bern), Switzerland, into a ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:43, 3 November 2025
- William Tell was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity ... the Austrians controlled what is now Switzerland. The Austrian ruler, Landburgher ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- The city of Berne, the capital of Switzerland, was founded in the ... * Fahrni, Dieter. 2003. An Outline History of Switzerland. From the ...18 KB (2,738 words) - 17:14, 29 September 2023
- Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves ... developed in the Swiss Alps as a method of communication between mountain ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- (after Lake Balaton). The southern shore of the lake is in France, taking ... that can suddenly raise or lower the level of the lake. A region of great ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 21:33, 7 March 2025
- movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and ... movements, Dadaism reflected the collapse of the cherished ideals of Western ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- [[Image:Eugen Bleuler.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of Eugen Bleuler.]] psychiatrist, was a pioneer in the treatment of psychoses, particularly schizophrenia ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... located in the Lake Geneva area in Gland, Switzerland. Among the IUCN ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 08:55, 30 November 2024
- unstructured stimuli would elicit disclosure of innermost feelings. Rorschach ... other personality measure with the exception of the MMPI. However, it has not ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 14:01, 16 July 2024
- was a Dutch conductor. He was the second of only six music directors of ... An aggressive interpreter rather than a literalist, Mengelberg was ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but ... those who enjoy the excitement and the risk of flying through the air. They ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- born American psychiatrist who became one of the most influential figures ... Meyer pioneered the application of Freudian ideas in American psychiatry ...9 KB (1,247 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- and printmaker. She was especially fond of history painting. her own lifetime, she was a personal friend of such notables such as Johann ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- #039;s education, particularly the invention of the kindergarten system for ... He recognized the importance of play in order to allow their creativity ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 20:51, 8 December 2025
- Cellulose acetate is a chemically modified form of cellulose. In chemical ... in their father's garden in Basel, Switzerland. Given their father's ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- ) are a great mountain system of Europe, forming parts of nine nations: ... and most densely settled mountain belt of Europe, the Alps occupy an ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 08:34, 23 July 2023
- and sociologist, famous for his theory of matriarchy and his work on ... the need to bring out the feminine aspect of God and human beings was real. ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 03:02, 30 January 2025
- images tend to focus on the problems of Christianity in an age of disbelief ... one must "get behind" the thinkers of the past, and achieve a state ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 8 December 2022
- and historian, better known as the “Father of the Olympics." Coubertin ... He was the primary force in the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 ...10 KB (1,521 words) - 04:38, 4 November 2025
- ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) ... * Fahrni, Dieter. An Outline History of Switzerland. From the Origins ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
