Subject: Appenzell<br/>
Date: Nov 18, 2001 @ 23:50<br/>
Author: Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood &lt;bronto@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-3223313">Can anyone tell me why the half-cantons of Appenzell (divided in 1597)<br/>
are named Inner Rhoden and Ausser Rhoden?  Is Rhod the name of a stream<br/>
or mountain-range that runs roughly along the partition line?<br/>
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Anton Sherwood  --  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ogre.nu/">http://ogre.nu/</a> (not working just now)</div>