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Rorschach 1
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked Alpine country in Central Europe. The country, which borders Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, was historically a confederation, and has been a federation since 1848. Switzerland is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics.
With an area of 41,285 square kilometers, Switzerland is a relatively small country. Switzerland comprises three basic topographical areas namely the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau, and the Jura Mountains. Switzerland has four official languages namely German, French, Italian and Romansh.
Rorschach is a one of the best tourist destinations in Switzerland in the canton of Saint Gallen, on Lake Constance. As of 2003, it had a population of 9000 inhabitants and a surface of 1.78 per square kilometers. The place was first mentioned in 850 century as Rorscahun. In 947 century, Otto granted the abbot of Saint Gallen the right for markets, coinage and tariffs at Rorschach.
Rorschach town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles that include neoclassical, modernist, noucentrist and simply eclectic. These sights include the Kornhaus, Lake Promenade, the Abbey Mariaberg, as well as the Saint Anna, Wartensee, Sulzberg and Wartegg castles and aviation museum in Altenrhein. The city is governed by a city council, headed by Mayor Thomas Muller and a parliament.
A thousand surprising discoveries, great kids hotels, excellent family resorts, one country, Rorschach is a truly unique adventure playground for all those who want more than just the seaside, who want more originality, and authenticity, more variety and more family fun. Here, everything is just around the corner and nothing is closer than pure enjoyment.
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