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same-sex couples. The
Reformed Church in Aargau has also permitted prayer services of thanksgiving to celebrate a same-sex civil union. The Reformed Church of Vaud, in 2013, also permitted prayer services as a way for same-sex couples to celebrate their civil union. Other member churches that allow either prayer services or blessings for same-sex union are the churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Schaffhausen, Tessin, Thurgau, and ZĂĽrich. Like many European Protestant denominations, several of the Swiss Reformed churches have openly welcomed gay and lesbian members to celebrate their civil unions within a church context. As early as 1999, the Reformed Churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had permitted prayer and celebration services for same-sex couples to recognize their civil unions. Since then, the Reformed Church in Aargau has also allowed for prayer services to celebrate same-sex couples. To date, seven other Swiss Reformed churches, including Bern-Jura-Solothurn, GraubĂĽnden, Schaffhausen, Ticino, Thurgau, Vaud, and ZĂĽrich, have allowed the
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tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to the respective canton (in
Switzerland, there are no church-state regulations at a national level) ranges from independent to close collaboration, depending on historical developments. The exception is the Evangelical-Methodist Church,
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As with most mainline
European denominations, the Protestant Church in Switzerland has many member churches that permit prayer services or blessings for same-sex civil unions. As early as 1999, the Reformed churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had allowed church celebration services for
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Church of
Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with its own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the
269:
A feature of the Swiss
Reformed churches in the Zwinglian tradition is their historically very close links to the cantons, which is only loosening gradually in the present.. In cities where the Reformed faith became leading theology, several confessions were written, some of them:
342:- SEK-FEPS), with 24 member churches - 22 cantonal churches and 2 free churches (Free Church of Geneva and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland), was formed to serve as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represent the church in international relations.
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489:
2533:
1666:
602:
2278:
1543:
523:
2266:
2187:
1531:
1452:
511:
432:
2830:
Those are legal umbrella bodies which represent their member churches before the national government. They encompass multiple individual autonomous churches of differnet traditions which are themselves members of the
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494:
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In the mid-19th century, opposition to liberal theology and interventions by the state led to secessions in several cantonal churches. One of these secessionist churches still exists today, the
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1555:
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1812:
2225:
1998:
1490:
470:
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1948:
1743:
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the first church of the Swiss
Reformed Church allowed the blessing of same-sex marriages and the Swiss Reformed Church allowed blessing of same-sex marriages for their member churches.
1817:
1272:
2518:
1790:
1055:
899:
2868:
1249:
2873:
2192:
2162:
1457:
1427:
437:
407:
313:. They questioned its binding character. This caused a heated debate. Until the late 1870s, most cantonal reformed churches stopped prescribing any particular creed.
2528:
2523:
2261:
1526:
506:
2501:
2332:
1597:
1158:
577:
2493:
2421:
2256:
1521:
501:
2431:
2322:
1587:
567:
362:
2283:
2167:
1548:
1432:
1205:
528:
412:
2204:
1469:
449:
2893:
2215:
1900:
1684:
1480:
460:
2172:
1934:
1437:
1254:
417:
2863:
2177:
1442:
422:
2878:
2312:
1953:
1577:
557:
358:
2784:
2271:
1536:
516:
2085:
2070:
350:
309:, founded in 1849, while two others reunited with the Swiss Reformed Church in 1943 and 1966. An important issue to liberal theologians was the
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2013:
1473:
1108:
926:
453:
234:, and in Basel in 1529 under Johannes Oecolampadius. After the death of Zwingli in 1531, the Reformation continued. The French-speaking cities
951:
847:
2474:
2426:
1134:
2888:
2605:
2302:
2237:
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1502:
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482:
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90:
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1560:
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2018:
2008:
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2023:
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833:
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coming from France. The
Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of
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203:
Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of
Switzerland, the member churches are restricted to a certain territory.
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2384:
2364:
2028:
85:
2374:
2307:
1759:
1572:
552:
726:
2672:
1633:
306:
266:. The German Reformed ideological center was Zurich, while the French-speaking Reformed movement bastion was Geneva.
2090:
2033:
167:
771:
2389:
1854:
1702:
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2623:
2585:
1907:
1312:
1029:
1159:
Kirchenbund.de: Rat des
Kirchenbundes befĂĽrwortet die Ă–ffnung der Ehe fĂĽr gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (german)
1885:
1738:
1361:
772:"Kirchenmitgliedschaft in der römisch-katholischen und evangelisch-reformierten Kirche nach Kantonen (2017)"
2650:
2003:
1963:
1381:
223:
163:
2709:
2677:
2182:
1988:
1447:
1214:
427:
2883:
2610:
2580:
2555:
2456:
2399:
1993:
1720:
792:
263:
219:
2570:
2152:
1417:
397:
80:
2810:
2575:
2682:
1617:
1081:
597:
584:
603:
Federation of
Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein
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2600:
1785:
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spread primarily into the cities of Switzerland, which was then composed of loosely connected
51:
1286:
1222:
8:
259:
2618:
977:
377:
units. The German churches are more in the Zwinglian tradition; the French more in the
310:
298:
255:
40:
2451:
2436:
746:
158:
2800:
2488:
1344:
1264:
1231:
685:
677:
645:
637:
231:
227:
2714:
2352:
2112:
1976:
1842:
873:
669:
661:
629:
621:
826:
820:
814:
392:
Reformed "Landeskirchen" of Switzerland (Districts and Sub Districts as of 2009)
1777:
195:
1915:
1183:
2852:
1893:
1135:"Eine Landeskirche outet sich - «Ehe für alle» sorgt kirchenintern für Unmut"
247:
2737:
1409:
1322:
1304:
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374:
191:
61:
235:
1730:
1647:
251:
103:
712:
373:
Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remain separate,
1712:
1375:
1353:
388:
207:
187:
30:
952:"Service But No Blessing For Homosexual Partners. The Reformed Church"
848:"Service But No Blessing for homosexual partners. The Reformed Church"
490:
Association of Evangelical-Reformed Churches in the Canton of Obwalden
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2543:
2144:
2100:
1676:
1609:
1405:
378:
199:
44:
1250:
Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)
2694:
2409:
2043:
1838:
1694:
1658:
1295:
243:
57:
727:"Switzerland: Record Number of People Leave the Church in 2022"
239:
1791:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland
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Distribution of denominations in Switzerland in 2008 (green:
150:
113:
1176:
408:
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Landschaft
507:
Evangalical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen
502:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of St. Gallen
524:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn
827:
413:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt
821:
815:
690:
Federaziun da las baselgias evangelicas da la Svizra
461:
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Lucerne
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Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland
682:
Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera
568:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of ZĂĽrich
512:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schwyz
433:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Glarus
418:
Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern-Jura-Solothurn
363:
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of ZĂĽrich
361:for same-sex civil unions. In August 2019 with the
339:
Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera
226:. Breakthroughs began in the 1520s in Zurich under
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that practice their own forms of church governance.
2874:Members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
423:Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Freiburg
258:and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the
558:Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud
246:changed to the Reformation ten years later under
2850:
1245:Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonesus (Moscow)
1240:Greek Metropolis of Switzerland (Constantinople)
573:Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Zug
1213:
1999:Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
785:
1901:
1199:
674:Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse
337:
331:Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse
329:
322:
2894:Christian organizations established in 1920
1667:Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
747:"Constitution - The Church and its mission"
548:Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau
368:
1917:Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
1908:
1894:
1872:Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
1866:
1864:
1862:
1206:
1192:
650:Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra
466:Reformed Church of the Canton of Neuchâtel
91:Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
2864:Reformed cantonal churches in Switzerland
1352:
666:Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
445:Evangelical-Reformed Church of GraubĂĽnden
324:Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
2879:Members of the World Council of Churches
1331:Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
1056:"Schwule dĂĽrfen keine Eheringe tauschen"
1010:. Reformed Church in Bern-Jura-Solothurn
900:"Schwule dĂĽrfen keine Eheringe tauschen"
478:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Nidwalden
403:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Appenzell
387:
385:Reformed Churches in the Swiss cantons:
157:
2824:
2143:
1859:
1847:
1831:
705:
642:Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera
318:Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
184:Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
2851:
2806:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
1088:(in German). Reformed Church in ZĂĽrich
626:Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Schweiz
1889:
1187:
634:Église évangélique réformée de Suisse
563:Evangelical Reformed Church in Valais
536:Evangelical Reformed Church of Ticino
1106:
924:
834:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
76:World Communion of Reformed Churches
62:regional and denominational churches
1813:Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz
1139:Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
927:"Homosexuelle machen die Ehe stark"
353:is allowed in all member churches.
86:Conference of Churches on the Rhine
13:
2889:1920 establishments in Switzerland
1760:International Christian Fellowship
1109:"Homosexuelle mache die Ehe stark"
553:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri
262:(ZĂĽrich Consent), and 1566 in the
14:
2905:
1634:Evangelical Free Church of Geneva
1168:
1082:"Stellungnahme zu Homosexualität"
307:Evangelical Free Church of Geneva
345:
176:Protestant Church in Switzerland
22:Protestant Church in Switzerland
1273:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
1152:
1127:
1100:
1074:
1048:
1022:
996:
970:
944:
918:
892:
866:
1030:"Eine Frage des Liebesgebotes"
840:
803:
764:
739:
719:
655:
615:
1:
1362:Waldensian Evangelical Church
1004:"Gleichgeschlechtliche Paare"
698:
186:until 31 December 2019, is a
2859:Protestantism in Switzerland
1744:Eglise Evangélique de Réveil
382:which is nationally active.
206:The president of the PCS is
7:
2710:Czechoslovak Hussite Church
2118:Evangelical Reformed Church
1685:Evangelical Reformed Church
1215:Christianity in Switzerland
984:. Reformed Church in Aargau
880:. Reformed Church in Aargau
591:
428:Protestant Church of Geneva
359:blessing of same-sex unions
190:of 25 member churches – 24
10:
2910:
1721:Swiss Mennonite Conference
874:"Segen und Segnungsfeiern"
295:Second Helvetic Confession
264:Second Helvetic Confession
213:
2819:
2793:
2748:
2727:
2693:
2659:
2542:
2408:
2351:
2130:
2099:
2042:
1975:
1962:
1933:
1924:
1826:
1818:Réseau Evangélique Suisse
1803:
1776:
1752:
1729:
1711:
1693:
1675:
1657:
1646:
1626:
1608:
1404:
1391:
1374:
1343:
1321:
1303:
1294:
1285:
1263:
1230:
1221:
809: Rudolf Gebhard:
793:"Overview of Switzerland"
398:Reformed Church of Aargau
290:Confession of Geneva 1537
275:The 67 Articles of Zurich
146:
138:
130:
120:
109:
99:
81:World Council of Churches
68:
50:
36:
26:
21:
2811:Uniting Church in Sweden
2014:Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
1115:(in German). Zeitzeichen
956:archives.thetablet.co.uk
608:
369:Members of the communion
230:, in Bern in 1528 under
151:https://www.evref.ch/en/
2738:Remonstrant Brotherhood
2684:United Methodist Church
1618:United Methodist Church
1141:(in German). 2019-08-08
852:archive.thetablet.co.uk
598:Religion in Switzerland
585:United Methodist Church
351:The ordination of women
2839:International churches
689:
681:
673:
665:
649:
641:
633:
625:
393:
338:
330:
323:
171:
1841:with the rest of the
1313:Roman Catholic Church
391:
161:
1287:Western Christianity
1223:Eastern Christianity
280:Theses of Berne 1528
2173:Bern-Jura-Solothurn
1804:Interdenominational
1786:Jehovah's Witnesses
1438:Bern-Jura-Solothurn
260:Consensus Tigurinus
142:1.92 million (2022)
2624:United Free Church
2507:Hungarian Lutheran
1107:Bechtold, Markus.
925:Bechtold, Markus.
811:Apostolikumsstreit
394:
285:Berne Synodus 1532
182:), formerly named
172:
2884:National churches
2846:
2845:
2347:
2346:
2343:
2342:
2126:
2125:
1883:
1882:
1799:
1798:
1772:
1771:
1768:
1767:
1739:Assemblies of God
1703:Church of England
1642:
1641:
1370:
1369:
1339:
1338:
1281:
1280:
1161:, August 29, 2019
1036:. Reformiert Info
837:, 2011-01-27.
192:cantonal churches
156:
155:
16:Swiss association
2901:
2840:
2832:
2828:
2801:Church of Sweden
2753:
2717:
2700:
2685:
2666:
2549:
2477:
2415:
2358:
2336:
2299:
2287:
2275:
2253:
2241:
2229:
2212:
2196:
2163:Basel-Landschaft
2141:
2140:
2137:
2106:
2086:Schaumburg-Lippe
2071:Northern Germany
2049:
2019:Hesse and Nassau
1982:
1973:
1972:
1969:
1942:
1931:
1930:
1910:
1903:
1896:
1887:
1886:
1874:
1868:
1857:
1855:Union of Utrecht
1851:
1845:
1835:
1655:
1654:
1601:
1564:
1552:
1540:
1518:
1506:
1494:
1477:
1461:
1428:Basel-Landschaft
1402:
1401:
1389:
1388:
1385:
1350:
1349:
1345:Proto-Protestant
1301:
1300:
1292:
1291:
1232:Eastern Orthodox
1228:
1227:
1208:
1201:
1194:
1185:
1184:
1180:
1179:
1177:Official website
1162:
1156:
1150:
1149:
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1146:
1131:
1125:
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1120:
1104:
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1097:
1095:
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1072:
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1045:
1043:
1041:
1026:
1020:
1019:
1017:
1015:
1000:
994:
993:
991:
989:
978:"Segnungsfeiern"
974:
968:
967:
965:
963:
948:
942:
941:
939:
937:
922:
916:
915:
913:
911:
896:
890:
889:
887:
885:
870:
864:
863:
861:
859:
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829:
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782:
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779:
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619:
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486:
474:
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341:
333:
326:
232:Berchtold Haller
147:Official website
19:
18:
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2908:
2904:
2903:
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2898:
2849:
2848:
2847:
2842:
2838:
2836:
2835:
2829:
2825:
2815:
2789:
2751:
2750:
2744:
2723:
2716:Moravian Church
2715:
2706:Czech Republic
2698:
2697:
2689:
2683:
2665:(12.23 million)
2664:
2663:
2655:
2547:
2546:
2538:
2502:German Lutheran
2475:
2413:
2412:
2404:
2356:
2355:
2339:
2330:
2293:
2281:
2269:
2247:
2235:
2223:
2202:
2190:
2135:
2134:
2122:
2113:Church of Lippe
2104:
2103:
2095:
2047:
2046:
2038:
2009:Central Germany
1980:
1979:
1967:
1966:
1958:
1940:
1939:
1936:
1926:
1920:
1919:member churches
1914:
1884:
1879:
1878:
1877:
1869:
1860:
1852:
1848:
1843:Catholic Church
1836:
1832:
1822:
1805:
1795:
1764:
1748:
1725:
1707:
1689:
1671:
1649:
1638:
1622:
1604:
1595:
1558:
1546:
1534:
1512:
1500:
1488:
1467:
1455:
1408:
1396:
1394:
1379:
1378:
1366:
1335:
1317:
1277:
1259:
1217:
1212:
1175:
1174:
1171:
1166:
1165:
1157:
1153:
1144:
1142:
1133:
1132:
1128:
1118:
1116:
1105:
1101:
1091:
1089:
1080:
1079:
1075:
1065:
1063:
1054:
1053:
1049:
1039:
1037:
1034:reformiert.info
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1027:
1023:
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945:
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871:
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695:
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656:
620:
616:
611:
594:
575:
538:
526:
514:
492:
480:
468:
447:
435:
371:
348:
311:Apostles' Creed
216:
125:
95:
43:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2907:
2897:
2896:
2891:
2886:
2881:
2876:
2871:
2866:
2861:
2844:
2843:
2834:
2833:
2822:
2821:
2820:
2817:
2816:
2814:
2813:
2808:
2803:
2797:
2795:
2791:
2790:
2788:
2787:
2782:
2777:
2776:
2775:
2770:
2765:
2756:
2754:
2752:(0.04 million)
2749:Outside Europe
2746:
2745:
2743:
2742:
2741:
2740:
2731:
2729:
2725:
2724:
2722:
2721:
2720:
2719:
2712:
2703:
2701:
2691:
2690:
2688:
2687:
2680:
2675:
2669:
2667:
2657:
2656:
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2653:
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2646:United Kingdom
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2638:
2633:
2628:
2627:
2626:
2621:
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2596:Luxembourg
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2257:St. Gallen
2200:GraubĂĽnden
2034:Westphalia
2024:Palatinate
1935:Alsace and
1713:Anabaptist
1522:St. Gallen
1465:GraubĂĽnden
1393:Protestant
1376:Protestant
1354:Waldensian
1145:2023-07-12
778:2019-02-22
732:2023-12-25
699:References
208:Rita Famos
188:federation
164:Protestant
31:Protestant
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2484:Lithuania
2279:Solothurn
2221:Neuchâtel
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2029:Rhineland
1839:communion
1677:Calvinist
1610:Methodist
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1486:Neuchâtel
1423:Appenzell
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2636:Slovakia
2606:Portugal
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2524:Slovakia
2498:Romania
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1937:Lorraine
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1498:Nidwalen
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2780:Ecuador
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2641:Ukraine
2611:Romania
2586:Ireland
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2571:Denmark
2561:Croatia
2556:Austria
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2457:Ireland
2452:Iceland
2447:Hungary
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2437:Denmark
2427:Croatia
2422:Austria
2365:Belgium
2303:Thurgau
2216:Lucerne
2066:Hanover
2056:Bavaria
1964:Germany
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1481:Lucerne
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686:Romansh
678:Italian
668:(SEK);
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638:Italian
628:(EKS);
301:in 1566
228:Zwingli
224:cantons
214:History
166:, red:
139:Members
2763:United
2631:Serbia
2601:Poland
2576:Greece
2519:Serbia
2514:Russia
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2489:Norway
2476:Abroad
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2291:Ticino
2267:Schwyz
2188:Glarus
2183:Geneva
2153:Aargau
2081:Saxony
2004:Bremen
1989:Anhalt
1977:United
1588:ZĂĽrich
1583:Valais
1556:Ticino
1532:Schwyz
1453:Glarus
1448:Geneva
1418:Aargau
822:French
816:German
670:French
662:German
652:(BRRS)
630:French
622:German
240:Geneva
121:Origin
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