# Regions and place names with a link to Switzerland

A map of a former edition of the Atlas of Switzerland, the national atlas published by ETH Zurich. It opens only in the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS, not in the web atlas; see the links below.

- Map: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/regions-and-place-names-with-a-link-to-switzerland/
- Short title: "Swiss" regions and sites around the world
- Map id: 401
- Categories: Global Switzerland › Society and Culture › "Swiss" brand
- Keywords: Language, Settlement, Tourism
- Published: 2016-06-17
- Last revised: 2021-07-09
- Content language: English
- Other languages: [Deutsch](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/de/thema/schweiz-gegenden-und-ortsnamen-mit-schweizer-bezug.md), [Français](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/fr/theme/regions-et-noms-de-localites-du-monde-lies-a-la-suisse.md), [Italiano](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/it/tema/luoghi-e-toponimi-con-riferimento-alla-svizzera.md)

## Description

A little Switzerland or «Schweiz» is a landscape, often of wooded hills. This Romantic aesthetic term is not a geographic category, but was widely used in the 19th century to connote dramatic natural scenic features that would be of interest to tourists. Since it was ambiguous from the very beginning, it was flexibly used in travel writing to imply that a landscape had some features, though on a much smaller scale, that might remind a visitor of Switzerland. Examples of «Schweiz» around the world:

## Sources

- Wikipedia contributors: [Schweiz (Landschaftsbezeichnung)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz_%28Landschaftsbezeichnung%29). In: Wikipedia

## Data sources

- Csiszmarek: [Liste der Ansichten mit Landschafts- und Ortsbezeichnungen „Schweiz“ in Deutschland und Weltweit](http://www.wassermühle-ziddorf.de/Landschaftsbezeichnung.pdf). Ziddorf
- NZZ, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2013): [Die Schweizen in aller Welt](http://www.nzz.ch/inland-sommerserie-schweizer-karten-interaktiv/schweizen-in-aller-welt-1.18126155)
- Rösler & Kappeler (2013): Tabellarische Übersicht über alle bisher bekannten Schweizen in Deutschland
- Siedentop (1977): Die geographische Verbreitung der Schweizen. (= Geographica Helvetica 1)
- Wikipedia contributors (2015): [Schweiz (Landschaftsbezeichnung)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz_%28Landschaftsbezeichnung%29). In: Wikipedia
- Wikipedia contributors: [Schweiz (Landschaftsbezeichnung)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz_%28Landschaftsbezeichnung%29). In: Wikipedia

## Data owners

- [Wikipedia contributors (Wikipedia)](https://www.wikipedia.org/)

## Citation

The terms of use ask to name the Atlas of Switzerland and the data owners, and to keep the source references in exports, screenshots and embeds. Cite the map as:

> Atlas of Switzerland (2021): Regions and place names with a link to Switzerland. ETH Zürich. Map data © Wikipedia. https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/regions-and-place-names-with-a-link-to-switzerland/

## Links

- Map page, with the description and sources and a button that opens the map in the desktop atlas: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/regions-and-place-names-with-a-link-to-switzerland/
- Open the map in the desktop atlas (version 4), where it is installed: adsglobe://map/401
- Download of the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/ads4-download/

For the use and citation of maps and data, see the [terms of use](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/terms-of-use/).