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Religion in Switzerland is predominantly Christianity. According to the national survey of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, [ a] in 2020, Christians accounted for 61.2% of the resident population (aged fifteen years and older), of whom 33.8% were Catholics, 21.8% were Swiss Protestants, and 5.6% were followers of other Christian ...
The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate, Mark Reust, and the population of Zürich in the 1520s. It led to significant changes in civil life and state matters in Zürich and spread to several other cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Distribution of denominations in Switzerland in 2008 (green: Protestant, red: Catholic) The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel (Johannes Oecolampadius), Bern (Berchtold Haller and Niklaus Manuel), St. Gallen,(Joachim Vadian), to cities in southern Germany and via Alsace (Martin Bucer) to France.
Romansh people, Liechtensteiners, Germans, Austrians, French, Italians and Celts. The Swiss people ( German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background [ b] or people of self-identified Swiss ...
Protestant Church in Switzerland. A Communion of 25 regional and denominational churches that practice their own forms of church governance. The Protestant Church in Switzerland ( PCS ), [3] [a] formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches [b] until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and ...
The Swiss Brethren (Schweizer Brüder) are a branch of Anabaptism that started in Zürich, spread to nearby cities and towns, and then was exported to neighboring countries. [1] : 62 Today's Swiss Mennonite Conference can be traced to the Swiss Brethren. In 1525, Felix Manz, Conrad Grebel, George Blaurock and other radical evangelical reformers ...
Islam in Switzerland has mostly arrived via immigration since the late 20th century. Numbering below 1% of total population in 1980, the fraction of Muslims in the population of permanent residents in Switzerland has quintupled in thirty years, estimated at just above 5% as of 2013. [2] A majority is from Former Yugoslavia (estimated at 56% as ...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ d][ 13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the ...