Appenzell is a district of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It has a population of 5200 (2000, estimate). The area of Appenzell is 16.88 km². The district of Appenzell consists of a part of the town Appenzell, as well as Rinkenbach, Kau and Meistersrüte. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Appenzell Innerrhoden (German; French: Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... Appenzell is the capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. ... a type of Neopet, see List of Neopets#Kau acronym for the Kenya African Union This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
History
The district was formally established in 1872 by joining the rhodes Lehn and Rinkenbach. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows an upright black bear with red claws on a silver background. The bear holds a red ring between its forepaws. This ring is the hamlet ring, representing the market town of Appenzell. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Binomial name Ursus americanus The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as simply the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America. ... A claw is a curved pointed growth found at the end of a toe or finger, or in arthropods, of the tarsus. ...
Appenzell is famous for three reasons: for its baked goods such as pear bread and chocolates, for the artists who adhere to a certain school of naive art (which some observers compare to paintings by the late American primitivist Grandma Moses), and for its status as the yodeling headquarters of Switzerland.
For centuries the district was relatively isolated from the rest of Switzerland, but modern roads and trusty cable cars now ferry sightseers across the otherwise inaccessible terrain.
Appenzell is an excellent base for exploring two nearby peaks, the Ebenalp and Mount Säntis.
The Canton of Schwyz is divided into six districts and 30 municipalities, although the districts Einsiedeln, Küssnacht and Gersau simply comprise the municipality of the same name.
Canton of Glarus is not divided into districts: the municipality is the next lower unit of government.
CantonAppenzell Ausserrhoden is not divided into districts any longer, and so the municipality is the next lower unit of government.
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