====== Neuchâtel ======
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**Neuchâtel (Neuenburg)**

Located in western Switzerland between the Swiss Jura and Lake Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel is the capital of the French-speaking canton Neuchâtel. Between [[1707]] and [[1848]], the county of Neuchâtel, whose origins, together with the fortress with the same, lie in the time of High Burgundy ([[888]] to [[1032]]), belonged to Prussia. A specialty of this area is the wine.

Neuchâtel is the birthplace of the brilliant watchmaker and inventor [[Abraham-Louis Breguet]] and home of the Observatory of Neuchâtel. It is also residence of the famous holding [[Ebauches SA]] as well as of the prestigious international watchmaking school [[WOSTEP]]. Also today's holding [[Bulgari]] is based in Neuchâtel. Other local residents are the brands [[Rodolphe]] and [[Hautlence]] (the name "Hautlence" is an anagram of "Neuchatel").

The canton of Neuchâtel includes, inter alia, the known watch city [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], which is located in the middle of the Jura region, and [[Le Locle]], which is also famous because of watchmaking.

===== Famous personalities =====
  * [[Berthoud, Ferdinand|Ferdinand Berthoud]] was born [[1727]] in Neuchâtel.
  * [[Abraham-Louis Breguet]] was born in Neuchâtel in [[1747]].
  * [[Matthäus Hipp]] worked in Neuchâtel from [[1852]].
  * [[Jaquet-Droz, Pierre|Pierre Jaquet-Droz]] (1721-1790) and Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz (1752-1791), clockmaker, maker of [[clock]]s and automata (3 androids the writer, the musician and the draftsman, in the historical crafts museum of Neuchâtel) , born in [[Villeret]] or [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]].
  * [[Jean Richard, Daniel|Daniel Jean Richard]] (1664-1741), watchmaker, father of the Neuchâtel watchmaking, born in La Sagne.

===== Weblinks =====
  *[[http://www.neuchatelville.ch/|Official website of Neuchâtel]] (only in French)


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