Historical Dictionary of Switzerland applies to jurisdiction Switzerland
Print edition
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:Biographies (35%)
Articles on families and genealogy (10%)
Articles on places (municipalities, cantons, other nation states, fortresses, signories, abbeys, archeological sites) (30%)
Subject articles (historical phenomena and terms, institutions, events) (25%)