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Zug is one of the university cantons, with, on the one hand, the University of Teacher Training, PHZ Zug, on the other, a polytechnic for financial services.
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Zug and is
The lake is mostly within the borders of the Canton of Zug, with about at its southern end in the canton Schwyz, while the Canton of Lucerne claims about to the north of Immensee.
Zug ( German: French: Zoug, Italian: Zugo, Romansch: Zug, Latin: named in the 16th century: Tugium ), is a German-speaking city in Switzerland.
The most striking old building in the town is the parish church of St Oswald ( late 15th century ), dedicated to St Oswald, king of Northumbria ( d. 642 ), one of whose arms was brought to Zug in 1485.
The canton of Zug is multi-faceted, and this is also reflected in its geographic-topographic diversity.
Today, the small Canton of Zug is a sought-after place of residence, an attractive living space, and a successful business area.
The rich variety of the life of Canton Zug is demonstrated in the wide range of cultural activities on offer: music, theatre, art and literature, film and performance ; all of indispensable value.
Zug and one
Three railways follow the shore of the lake, one from Zurich via Zug and Arth-Goldau to the St Gotthard, one from Lucerne via Arth-Goldau to the St Gotthard, and the third from Zurich via Zug to Lucerne.
The Aeusser Amt, in 1404, then claimed that the banner and seal of Zug should be kept in one of the country districts and were supported in this claim by Schwyz.
Though the citizens still paid some taxes and tithes to Zug until 1816 when most were abolished and 1872 when the last one ended.
Together with Zug in canton Zug, Pfäffikon in canton Schwyz (" SZ ") has become one of the most important financial centers in Switzerland.
Zug and university
In Zug about 76 % of the population ( between age 25-64 ) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education ( either university or a Fachhochschule ).
Zug and cantons
By 1353, the three original cantons had been joined by the cantons of Glarus and Zug and the city states of Lucerne, Zürich, and Bern, forming the " Old Federation " of eight states that persisted during much of the 15th century.
Zurich urged Bern to declare war on the Catholic cantons ( Schwyz and its allies Uri, Unterwalden, Zug and Lucerne ).
In the following forty years, the alliance expanded as other cantons ( Lucerne in 1332 and Zürich in 1351, Glarus and Zug in 1352 and Bern in 1353 ) joined the alliance.
On 20 April, the council voted to defend the traditional constitution and to join the rebellious cantons of Schwyz, Nidwalden, Glarus and Zug.
The Lake Ägeri is wholly within the canton, whereas the Lake Zug is shared with the cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz.
Its neighbouring cantons are Schaffhausen to the north, Aargau to the west, the cantons of Zug and Schwyz to the south and the cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen to the east.
The Old Swiss Confederacy allied with ten freed bailiwicks of the former Toggenburg seized the lands of the Thurgau from the Habsburgs in 1460, and it became a subject territory of seven Swiss cantons ( Zurich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug and Glarus ).
In 2007, the Green Party was represented in the governments of the cantons Bern, Basel-City, Geneva ( two ministers ), Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Vaud, Zug ( two ministers ) and Zurich.
The Sonderbund consisted of the cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by Conservative administrations.
The canton was divided and some municipalities sought affiliations with other cantons: the Lutheran congregations in the Limmattal wanted to affiliate with Zürich, the Amt of Hitzkirch with Lucerne, and the upper Freiamt with Zug or Schwyz.
The Eidgenossenschaft had signed " perpetual " alliances with both Glarus and Zug in 1352, and thus, even if these pacts apparently were disregarded only a few years later, this date is often considered the entry of these two cantons into the confederation despite their remaining under Habsburg rule for a few more years.
Eight of the 26 cantons – Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-City and Geneva – have always existed without the district level of government.
Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug.
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