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Fastnacht is held in the settlement area of the Germanic tribes of the Swabians and Alemanni, where Swabian - Alemannic dialects are spoken. The region covers German Switzerland, the larger part of Baden-Württemberg, Alsace, south-western Bavaria and Vorarlberg (western Austria ). The festival starts on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, known ...
Helvetia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 59. [ 3] According to the 2020 census, its population was 38. [ 4] The isolated community was settled by Swiss starting in 1869, and is known today for maintaining Swiss traditions, food, and folkways.
Basler Fasnacht. The Carnival of Basel ( German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and it is the main Protestant carnival in the world. [ 1] Basler Fasnacht takes place annually between February and March in Basel. It has been listed as one of the top fifty local festivities in Europe.
Lease for Fasnacht Farm tenant-farmer expired at end of 2023 The park, 1126 Jackson Ave. NW, is mostly closed, as the lease of tenant-farmer Paul Bender was allowed to expire. He had operated the ...
Coordinates: 38.344048°N 81.615158°W. The Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival (formerly Daily Mail) is an annual festival dedicated to the public high school marching bands and majorette corps in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It is the longest running music festival in West Virginia and is held at the University of ...
Cranberry Glades. Cranberry Glades —also known simply as The Glades —are a cluster of five small, boreal -type bogs in southwestern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. This area, in the Allegheny Mountains at about 3,400 feet (1,000 m), is protected as the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, part of the Monongahela National Forest.
Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [ 2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River, some 750 feet (230 m) below. [ 4] The hydro-electric project tunnel that passes underneath nearby Gauley Mountain was the scene of the Depression ...
Richard Nemeth of Youngstown looks at several flower displays on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at the Greater Alliance Carnation Festival Flower Show at Giese Center on the University of Mount Union campus.