Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz
- SKU: 1988
- ISBN: 0897254791
- Our Price:
$129.50
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Description:
Geographisches Lexikon Der Schweiz 7 volume set, CD
In any good lexicon you expect to find information on a multitude of locations, usually the villages, towns, cities, etc. of an area. The Geographisches Lexikon der Schwiez , with typical Swiss precision, carries the basic concept one step further. It contains a broad variety of information (topography, ornithography, geology, climate, flora & fauna, culture, recent and ancient history, and much more) on all of Switzerland’s villages, towns, cities, Gemeinden (the basic Swiss unit, sometimes a single village, sometimes a collection of several tiny communities), Berzirke (=counties) and Kanton (= states). In addition, it includes mountains, valleys, rivers and streams, etc. and then it goes on to cover Switzerland’s industries, professions, population, and others. The inclusion of a number of minutely detailed maps adds significantly to its usefulness.
Finding your ancestor’s Gemeinde is absolutely the first step in Swiss genealogical research, and for this purpose Geographisches Lexikon der Schwiez is an indispensable tool which you will use again and again. Want to know how many cows, horses, pigs, goats, sheep and beehives were in your ancestor’s Gemeinde in 1876, 1886 and 1896? This is the book for you!
The book, as the title Geographisches Lixikon der Schweiz indicates, is entirely in German. Using it requires a German/English dictionary but not a great deal of familiarity with the German language. The bulk of genealogists interested in Switzerland, and we hope that includes you, will find this reference one of those “wish I had known that a long time ago” sources.
Toally unavailable in print for the past three quarters of a century, this important research tool, originally printed in six large bound volumes, is now available from Picton Press on seven CDs. This professional research tool will take you leagues forward in your research. Now available in economical and space-saving CD format, this is a set which you will refer to again and again.
Contents:
Vol 1 -Aa - Emmengruppe
Vol 2 - Emmenholz - Kraialppass
Vol 3 - Krailigen - Plentsch
Vol 4 - Plessur - Schweiz
Vol 5 - Schweiz - Tavetsch
Vol 6 - Tavetsch - Zybachsplatte
Supplement (originally in Vol 6)
