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International Screenwriters´ Workshop & Master ClassES 2013AarauTHE 26 CANTONS OF SWITZERLANDAppenzellHerisauBaselLiestalBernFribourgArgovia, AargauCapital: Aarau, German-speakingAppenzell Inner-Rhodes, Appenzell InnerrhodenCapital: Appenzell, German-speakingThe buildings in the village core, the parishchurch, the 1563 town hall, the Salesis house, theruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with theadministration building are listed as heritage sites ofnational significance.Appenzell Outer-Rhodes, Appenzell AusserrhodenCapital: Herisau, German-speakingThe central hamlet and the houses around the centralsquare, the Protestant church of 1580, the houses Wetterand zur Rose (both 1737), the hamlet Schwänbergand the government building with the state archive arelisted as heritage sites of national significance.Basle-City, Basel-StadtCapital: Basel, German-speakingSwitzerland’s third most populous city with about166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, Frenchand German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs inFrance and Germany. Basel functions as a major industrialcentre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.The Basel region, culturally extending into GermanBaden-Württemberg and French Alsace, reflects theheritage of its three states in the modern Latin name:“Regio TriRhena”. It has the oldest university of theSwiss Confederation (1460).Basle-Country, Basel-LandschaftCapital: Liestal, German-speakingIt is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old TownBerne, BernCapital: Bern, German-, French-speakingThe Canton of Bern is the second most populous ofSwitzerland’s cantons. The city of Bern or Berne is theBundesstadt (federal city, de facto capital) of Switzerland,and is the fifth most populous city in Switzerland.The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in2000. The official language of Bern is German, but themain spoken language is the Alemannic Swiss Germandialect called Bernese German. In 1983 the historic oldtown in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site and Bern is ranked among the world’s topten cities for the best quality of life (2010).Friburg, FribourgCapital: Fribourg, has two official languages, andFrench clearly outweighs German.Fribourg is an important economic, administrative andeducational center on the cultural border betweenGerman and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City,one of the best maintained in Switzerland, sits on asmall rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.GenevaCapital: Geneva, French-speakingGeneva is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich).The canton (République et Canton de Genève, which includesthe city) has 472,530 residents. Geneva is a global city, a financialcentre, and worldwide centre for diplomacy due to the presence ofnumerous international organizations, including the headquartersof many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross.Geneva is the city that hosts the highest number of internationalorganisations in the world. It is also the place where the GenevaConventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment ofwartime non-combatants and prisoners of war. Geneva was rankedas, respectively, the fourth and fifth most expensive city in theworld.Glaris, GlarusCapital: Glarus, German-speakingGlarus lies on the Linth River at the foot of the Glärnisch foothillsin the Glarus Alps. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are thedominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesquecity church.Grisons, GraubündenCapital: Chur, German-, Romansh- and Italian-speakingChur is situated at the right shore of the Rhine-River and is knownas the oldest town of Switzerland.JuraCapital: Delémont, French-speakingThe area of the municipality is largely given to intensive cultivation.At the south end of the valley is the Montchaibeux, anisolated hill.Lucerne, LuzernCapital: Lucerne, German-speakingLucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and anexus of transportation, telecommunications, and government ofthis region. The city’s urban area consists of 17 cities and townslocated in three different cantons with an overall population ofabout 250,000 people. Due to its location on the shore of LakeLucerne (der Vierwaldstättersee), within sight of Mount Pilatusand Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been a destination fortourists. One of the city’s famous landmarks is the Chapel Bridge(Kapellbrücke), a wooden bridge first erected in the 14th century.NeuchâtelCapital: Neuchâtel, French-speakingAlthough the city is sometimes referred to historically by the Germanname Neuenburg, which has the same meaning, since it originallybelonged to the Holy Roman Empire and later Prussia ruledthe area until 1848.Neuchâtel is a pilot of the Council of Europeand the European Commission Intercultural cities programme.Nidwald, NidwaldenCapital: Stans, German-speakingNidwalden is located in the centre of Switzerland. Because of itsmountainous geography, tourism is important in Nidwalden. Thelake and the mountains attract many tourists, both during thewinter and the summer.GenevaGlarusChurDelémontLucerneNeuchâtelStans32 33