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Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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Available inGerman, French, Italian, Romansh
OwnerSwiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
URLhls-dhs-dss.ch (de/fr/it)
e-lir.ch (rm)
RegistrationNo
Launched1998; 25 years ago (1998)
The first three printed volumes, in German, French and Italian.
The first three printed volumes, in German, French and Italian.

The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience.[1]

The encyclopedia is published by a foundation under the patronage of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW/ASSH) and the Swiss Historical Society (SGG-SHH) and is financed by national research grants. Besides a staff of 35 at the central offices, the contributors include 100 academic advisors, 2500 historians and 100 translators.

Print edition

Example of one page (French version, volume 3, page 506)
Example of one page (French version, volume 3, page 506)

The encyclopedia is published simultaneously in three of Switzerland's national languages: German (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, HLS, in red), French (Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse, DHS, in blue) and Italian (Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, DSS, in yellow). The first of a total of 13 volumes was published in 2002 and the final volume was in 2014. All volumes are available in German, French and Italian, and an abbreviated version in 2 volumes (3100 articles) is available in Romansh (Lexicon Istoric Retic).

The 36,000 headings are grouped in:

  1. Biographies (35%)
  2. Articles on families and genealogy (10%)
  3. Articles on places (municipalities, cantons, other nation states, fortresses, signories, abbeys, archeological sites) (30%)
  4. Subject articles (historical phenomena and terms, institutions, events) (25%)

On-line edition

The on-line edition has been available since 1998. It makes accessible, for free, all articles ready for publication in print, but no illustrations. It also lists all 36,000 topics that are to be covered.

Lexicon Istoric Retic

Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. It includes articles not available in the other languages. The first volume was published in 2010, the second in 2012. An on-line version is also available.

Editions

References

  1. ^ Schelbert, Leo (2014). Historical dictionary of Switzerland (Second ed.). Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4422-3352-2. OCLC 881286638.

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