Berne

The city of Berne (Bernese German B?rn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the "Bundesstadt" (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Z?rich, Geneva and Basel).

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Language: German, or more specifically, Bernese German, which is a high-Alemannic dialect. The Canton of Bern has a French-speaking part. Very few people still speak the Matte?nglisch, a secret language used in the former workers' quarter Matte, but several words have found their way in the Bernese German.

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Bern also functions as the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.

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Illustrious Bernese include the scientist Albrecht von Haller, the poet Albert Bitzius and the painters Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee. The German-born physicist Albert Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while employed as a clerk at the Bern patent office.

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A culturally important person was Mani Matter, a songwriter performing in Bernese German.

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Bernese German: Bernese German is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland) part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions....

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Berne related Images and Photos (experimental)

Berne-Loetschberg-Simplon

A View of Berne