Switzerland - Les Diablerets Ski Resort in the Vaud Alps

Les Diablerets Ski Resort in the Vaud Alps of Switzerland

This postcard was postmarked in 1980.

 

Switerland - Lucerne, The Promenade

Luzern am Quai mit Rigi  (Lucerne on the promenade with mount Rigi) 

The writing on the bottom is the name of the company in Lucern that printed the postcard.

 

Switzerland - Emmental, Typical Farmhouse

Bauernhof im Emmental bet Schangnau
Farmhouse near Schangnau, Emmental
Switzerland

This postcard was postmarked in 2019.

The sender writes:
You can see a typical farm house on the front.  The farmhouses in this region are the most beautiful in Switzerland. 

Switzerland - Vals in the Grison Alps, Mountains

Das Bergdorf (The Mountain Village)
Vals

The sender writes that this is a unique beautiful spot with space to relax.
2016

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Vals is a village and a municipality in Switzerland.  Located in the Valser valley, it is known for its thermal baths (Therme Vals).

Switzerland - Graubunden, The Morning Train on the Rhaetian Railway

Der Morgenzug der Rhatischen Bahn.
I believe this translates something like ...
The Morning Train on the Rhaetian Railway

Kontrollfahrt im Bahnland Graubünden Echte Menschen. Echte Ferien.
(Control run in Bahnland Graubünden Real people. True Self.)
2016

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They started building the original train tracks here on June 29, 1988. 

Switzerland - Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

Photo: Zurich/Vevey
2009

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The sender writes that Luasanne is on Lake Geneva and the Alps are in the background, so there is always beautiful landscapes to look at. - This makes me want to go there and see it!!

Switzerland - Great St. Bernard Pass in 1928

1928 Gd St Bernard

Edition Phot. Perrocet, Lausanne

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Great St Bernard Pass is the most ancient pass through the Western Alps, with evidence of use as far back as the Bronze Age and surviving traces of a Roman road. In 1800 Napoleon's army used the path to enter Italy.  Having been bypassed by easier and more practical routes, its value today is mainly historical and recreational.

A hospice for travellers was founded in 1049 by Saint Bernard of Menthon and came to be named after him in the 16th century, along with the pass. It was not the first hospice in the pass. Buildings were probably there since the Roman mansio, but the region was not secure and they were destroyed many times. The first concern of the founder of the current monastery was to clear the region of bandits and keep the pass safe for travellers, the role of rescuers developing naturally. The hospice later became famous for its use of St. Bernard dogs in rescue operations. Pope Pius XI confirmed Bernard as patron saint of the Alps in 1923.

Switzerland - Flag

Schweiz - Suisse - Svizzera - Swiss
2010

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The square shaped flag of Switzerland consists of a red flag with a white cross in the centre. It is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of Vatican City.

The shade of red used in the flag is not defined by law. Swiss government bodies have used various shades throughout history.

Switzerland - Zurich, Baptist Theological Seminary

Baptist Theological Seminary
Ruschlikon - Zurich, Switzerland
1955

Switzerland - Map with Crests / Shields

Switzerland, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

This map of Switzerland postcard is postmarked in 2013.

Switzerland - St. Gallen Church

St. Gallen (Shown is the Abbey of Saint Gall)
Barock-Kathedrale (Baroque Cathedral)
erbaut 1755-1767, Innenrenovation 1962-1967
(Built in 1755-1767, 1962-1967 interior renovation)
2013

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The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Fürstabtei St. Gallen) is a Roman Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland.

Around 613 an Irish monk named Gallus established a hermitage on the site that would become the Abbey. He lived there until his death in 646.

Following Gallus' death, Charles Martel appointed Othmar as custodian of St Gall's relics. During the reign of Pepin the Short, in the 8th century, Othmar founded the Carolingian style Abbey of St. Gall, where arts, letters and sciences flourished. Several different dates are given for the foundation of the Abbey, including 719, 720, 747 and the middle of the 8th century. Under Abbot Waldo of Reichenau (740–814) copying of manuscripts was undertaken and a famous library was gathered.

 The library at the Abbey is one of the richest medieval libraries in the world. Since 1983 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(see a postcard of the library below the stamps...)

Switzerland - St. Gallen Church Library

St. Gallen SC
Stiftsbibliothek

foto: R Gerth
2013

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The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall.
The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries and 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500). The library holds almost 160,000 volumes.

The library books are available for public use, but the books printed before 1900 must be read in the Reading Room.

In 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Switzerland - Appenzell, Traditional Cattle

Alpfahrt auf die Schwagalp Im Appenzellerland

Traditionnelle Montee Du Betail a L'Alpage de Schwagalp, Pays D'Appenzell (French)
Alpeggio sulla Schwagalp nel Distretto de Appenzello (Italian)

translation is something like... Traditional livestock on the Schwagalp Pass in the canton of Appenzell

photo: Ronald Gerth
2013

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Appenzell is a region and historical canton in the northeast of Switzerland

Schwägalp Pass (el. 1278 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps between the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Switzerland - Zurich, Multiview and Sklyline View

Zurich, Switzerland

Quaibrucke mit Skyline von Zurich
(Quaibrücke (the Bridge) with Zurich skyline)
2011

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About the Bridge:
It is approximately 121 m long and in the middle it has a 5.8 m wide tram route, two 5.9 m wide carriageways for motorized traffic, two 1.5 m wide cycle tracks on both sides, and one each 4.95 m wide sidewalk. In one day it will be used for over 50,000 vehicles and 1530 tram trains.

Switzerland - Ostschweiz (Eastern Switzerland Multiview)

Gruss aus der Ostschweiz
(translation from German: Greetings from Eastern)

Die Churfirsten, Alpabfahrt im Appenzellerland, Schwagalp mit Santis,
Werdenberg, Der Rheinfall, Rorschach,
Appenzell, Rapperswil, St. Gallen

written in German - here is what the pictures are of ...

The Churfirsten mountain range, Alpine pastures in Appenzell, Schwaegalp with Santis Mountain,
Werdenberg, The Rhine Falls, Rorschach,
Appenzell, Rapperswil, St. Gallen
2013

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Eastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus. The north of canton Graubünden (with the city of Chur) is sometime considered to be part of Eastern Switzerland.

Switzerland - Samsung Electronics Roadshow

Samsung Electronics, Roadshow Schweiz
(outside the Stadelhofen (Zurich Railway Station))

Konzept/Realisation eines moblien Showrooms
(Concept / realization of a mobile showroom)
2013

Switzerland - Zurich, St. Peter Church and Fraumunster Abbey

Kirche Fraumunster und Kirche St. Peter, Zurich
(Fraumunster Church and St. Peter Church in Zurich, Switzerland)
2011

Switzerland - Greetings From Ticino

Saluti Dal Ticino (Greetings From Ticino)
2012

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Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language. Together with areas of the canton of Graubünden (Grigioni) it makes up the so-called Italian Switzerland.

The climate of Ticino, while remaining alpine, is noticeably milder than the rest of Switzerland's.  Additionally, Ticino is prone to fierce storms and has the highest level of lightning discharge in the whole of Europe.

Switzerland - Luzern (Lucerne) 1970

Luzern
1970

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Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name.

Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne, within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists.

Luzern / Lucerne, Switzerland - Rainbow over Chaple Bridge

Luzern / Lucerne
Kapellbrucke mit Regenbogen (Chapel Bridge with Rainbow)
2011

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Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), is a 204 m (669 ft) long wooden bridge originally built in 1333, although much of it had to be replaced after a fire on August 18, 1993, allegedly caused by a discarded cigarette. Part way across, the bridge runs by the octagonal Water Tower (Wasserturm), a fortification from the 13th century. Inside the bridge are a series of paintings from the 17th century depicting events from Luzern's history.

The sender writes that this picture is of the original bridge, before the fire.