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Switzerland Project

Swiss Guide and Scout Movement  The scouts have included both information about the history of their country and current information.
http://www.pbs.ch/eng/welcome.html

Tell-Museum  The William Tell Museum in Burglen provides this web site with brief history of the legend.  http://www.tellmuseum.ch/english/museum_e.htm

 

Why Geneva?  This site links to information on education, business, and tourism.  It's purpose is to attract businesses to Geneva. http://www.geneva.ch/

 

The Swiss Chocolate Server  Swiss chocolate shops have posted this web site which includes a history of chocolate.  http://www.chocolat.ch/

 

Swiss Embassy-Washington, D.C.  This official Swiss web site has information on foreign policy, trade, education, etc.  http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/nameri/vusa/wasemb.html

 

Montreux Jazz Festival  This is the official web site of the festival.  http://www.montreuxjazz.com/

 

MySwitzerland  This site by Switzerland Tourism which is the national marketing and sales organization for Switzerland provides travel and tourist information.  http://www.myswitzerland.com/

 

The World Factbook  General information about Switzerland is available at this site which is provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
 
 

German

Culture Project

German Altavista  Altavista's local site in German.  Remember to search in German.
http://de.altavista.com/

German Yahoo   Yahoo's local site in German.  Remember to search in German.
http://de.yahoo.com/

German Studies Web  "The German Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly resources in German Studies, including all German-speaking countries.  The resources organized here have undergone a selection and evaluation process."  
http://wess.lib.byu.edu/index.php/German_Studies_Web

 

German Wines  The Rudi Wiest wine store provides excellent information about German wines and the German wine region under the "Knowledge" link.  
http://www.germanwine.net

 

Haribo The company web site gives a thorough history of the company, founders, and candy innovations.
http://www.haribo.com/planet/sprachauswahl.html

 

German Rochester Web Ring  This site is filled with information for the Rochester German connection.  It also has links to some interesting sites outside of Rochester.  
http://goethenet.net/

 

Deutscher Bildungs Server  Very thorough information on education is available here, most of the information is in German with English introductory material.  
http://www.eduserver.de/index_e.html

 

Welcome to Germany Info   Information about Germany provided by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.  
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/Startseite.html

 

The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany The U.S. government provides excellent information about Germany in the "American Citizen Services" section under the "About Germany" heading.  
http://berlin.usembassy.gov/