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n. A Swiss cheese, made from cow's milk, that has many small holes n. A canton in North-East Switzerland
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Appenzell is the capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no municipal government of its own; rather, the different parts of Appenzell belong to the districts Appenzell, Schwende and Rüte. Because of that, for firefighting, energy and water, the town Appenzell has a special-purpose municipality, the Feuerschaugemeinde.
In 1071 the town was referred to as Abbacella. By 1223 this changed to Abbatiscella, meaning the Abbot's cell. This refers to the landlord of the abbey.
The official language of Appenzell is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the Salesis house, the ruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with the administration building are listed as heritage sites of national significance.
Appenzell can refer to:
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Appenzell, a region in Switzerland and former Swiss canton, which split 1597 into:
- Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes)
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes)
- Appenzell (district), the district of Appenzell
- Appenzell (town), a town in Switzerland and the capital of Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell, a kind of hand embroidery originating in Switzerland.
Appenzeller can refer to:
- the people of Appenzell
- the Appenzeller aperitif
- Appenzeller cheese
- Appenzeller Sennenhund, a breed of dog
- Benedictus Appenzeller, composer of the Renaissance
- Appenzeller (chicken), a breed of chicken originating in the Appenzell region
- Appenzell Goat, a breed of goat from the region
- Appenzeller (song), a famous yodeling standard
Appenzell (or Appenzellerland) is a region and historical canton in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen.
Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of St. Gallen in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, becoming a full member in 1513. It has been divided since into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden since 1597 as a result of the Swiss Reformation.
The territory of Appenzell as a geographical entity is known as Appenzellerland or (erroneously) as das Appenzell. In political contexts, the two cantons are referred to as beide Appenzell ("both Appenzells").
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Sentis, and Appenzell, by the middle of the fifteenth century, became one of the original states out of which Switzerland has grown.
The Cantons of Unterwalden, Schwytz, Glarus, and Appenzell retain to-day the simple, primitive forms of democracy which had their origin in the spirit of the people nearly six hundred years ago.
So long as Appenzell was a land of herdsmen, many peculiarities of costume, features, and manners must have remained.
An Appenzell farmer lives in a house from forty to sixty feet square, and rarely less than four stories in height.
They date from the palmy days of Appenzell industry, before machinery had reduced the cost of the finer fabrics.
Glarus and Unterwalden, where the population is smaller, the right of discussion is still retained by these assemblies, but in Appenzell it has been found expedient to abolish it.
In Appenzell a stranger can only acquire the right, which is really the right of citizenship, by paying twelve hundred francs into the cantonal treasury.
These democrats of Appenzell have not yet made the American discovery that pulpits are profaned by any utterance of national sentiment, or any application of Christian doctrine to politics.
I set off early the next morning for the village of Appenzell, the capital of Inner-Rhoden.
Not only the five republics of Uri, Schwytz, Appenzell, Glarus, and Unterwalden hold their lands as undivided estates, and are governed by their popular folkmotes, but in all other cantons too the village communities remain in possession of a wide self-government, and own large parts of the Federal territory.