Background: The independence and neutrality of Switzerland has long been respected by the major European powers. Switzerland did not participate in both world wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past fifty years, as well as the importance of Switzerland to the UN and many international organizations, make the country’s concern for […]

Passport and visa regulations Nationalities Passport required visa required Return ticket required Turkey Yes 2 no Switzerland Yes, 1 no no Austria Yes, 1 no no Germany Yes, 1 no no Other EU countries Yes, 1 no no ID cards/identity cards [1] et al. Nationals of the following countries listed in the table above can […]

Swiss literature, literature on Switzerland in the four national languages. The overarching attempt to constitute the collective identity of a literature with a national attribute is particularly problematic for Swiss literature. For linguistic and territorial reasons, it exists in quadruple distribution with various extra-national relationships that are already manifest in the languages ​​spoken both in […]

Swiss Theater, the theater encompassing the four language regions (German, French, Italian, Romansh) of Switzerland; mostly in the tension between regional identity and the cultures of neighboring countries with the same languages. The theater traditions of German- and French-speaking Switzerland go back to the Middle Ages. The performances of spiritual games in the Rhaeto-Romanic region […]

The most interesting work of late medieval literature from the Alemannic-speaking area is the satirical epic “The Ring” by H. Wittenwiler. The extensive, multi-layered poetry handed down in just one manuscript (around 1410), which is conceived as a “negative didax” (teaching) with many allegorical elements and grotesque exaggerations, remained without imitators. The narrative prose literature […]