Solothurn (Soleure) has a long history that goes back to the prehistory the Celts and the Romans. The Celtic name of the settlement was Salodurum (watergate), a name adopted by the Romans. The town obtained the status of a free imperial city (freie Reichsstadt) of the Holy Roman Empire in 1281. The city acquired the … Read more » “Canton Solothurn”
Porrentruy (Pruntrut in German, canton of Jura) was the seat of the bishop of Basel for a long time after he left his episcopal palace at the Münster in Basel during the Reformation in 1529. The large episcopal complex on the hill still bears witness to this period. The canton’s coat of arms still shows … Read more » “Porrentruy, the Bishop and the canton of Jura”
Switzerland or the Swiss Confederation (Eidgenossenschaft) consists of twenty-six cantons (Article 1 Federal Constitution). This article also defines the territory of Switzerland: it consists of the areas of the cantons. The cantons In alphabetical order (with their license plate indications in brackets), these are; Aargau (AG), Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR), Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), Bern (BE), Basel-Landschaft … Read more » “The Cantons”
