The most beautiful villages in Switzerland
<span have been determined. Votes can be cast from a total of nine villages until September 5. 50 villages, all of them beauties, with an intact village center and with a maximum of 3,000 inhabitants were initially up for election. 32 villages from German-speaking Switzerland, which had previously been selected by a jury of seven including Council of States member Hannes Germann (President of the Swiss Association of Municipalities), Adrian Schmid (Head of Heritage Protection) and Raimund Rodewald (Head of the Landscape Protection Foundation).In May, Schweizer Illustrierte invited the public in German-speaking Switzerland to vote for their favorites. Stefan Regez, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Schweizer Illustrierte: "In French-speaking Switzerland, the selection of the most beautiful village has already been a success for years. Now we have turned it into a national project in all of Switzerland's language regions. Over 35,000 people have already taken part. We are very pleased about this great interest and hope that there will also be lively participation when it comes to making the decision. www.dasschoenstedorf.ch for the favorite village, which will be announced on september 12. The three best-placed villages from each language region will be selected: Erlach BE, Guarda GR, Werdenberg SG, Charmey FR, Romainmôtier VD, Yvorne VD, Bosco Gurin TI, Corippo TI, Soglio GR.Over the next few weeks, the nine villages will be featured in major reports in Schweizer Illustrierte, L'illustré, il caffè and Il Grigione Italiano, as well as by the television stations SRF, RTS and TSI. The project "The most beautiful village in Switzerland" is supported by Volg, McOptik, Biotta and Kneipp.These are the eight finalists:
