2005 in Switzerland

2005 in Switzerland
Years
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Events from 2005 in Switzerland.

Events

Public holidays in one or several cantons of Switzerland are marked (¹).

January

February

    Scheduled events

    (As of February 2, 2005)

    February

    March

    April

    May

    June

    July

    August
    • New year for schools/universities 2005/2006
    • August 1: Swiss National Day¹
    • August 3–13: 58th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno
    • August 15: Assumption of Mary¹
    • August 19–20: St.Galler Fäscht

    September

    October

    November

    December

    Incumbents

    See: List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland

    Awards
    • Swiss Award 2004:
    • Swiss Film Prize 2005 (Schweizer Filmpreis/Prix du cinéma suisse)
      • Fiction: "Tout un hiver sans feu" by Greg Zglinski
      • Documentary: "Accordion Tribe" by Stefan Schwietert
      • Short film: "Cheyenne" by Alexander Meier
      • Animation film: "Un'altra città" by Carlo Ippolito
      • Performance in a leading role: Roeland Wiesnekker in "Strähl" by Manuel Flurin Hendry
      • Performance in a supporting role: Johanna Bantzer in "Strähl"
      • Special Jury Prize: Filip Zumbrunn for camera and light in "Strähl"
    • Innerschweizer Kulturpreis 2005: Martin Stadler
    • Schweizer KleinKunstPreis 2005: Gardi Hutter
    • Wakker Prize 2005: SBB-CFF-FFS

    See also: 2004 in Switzerland#Awards

    Deaths
    • January 1?: Walter Tschudi, 71, athlete (decathlon) Swiss sportsperson of the Year 1957
    • January 2: Kurt Eichenberger, 83, jurist, professor at the University of Basel
    • January 5: Arthur Alder-Götti, 73, musician, longtime member of Original Streichmusik Alder
    • January 6: Jürg von Känel, 53, climber, mountain guide, writer of guide book
    • January 7: Ernst Deubelbeiss, 84, convicted of the murder of Armin Bannwart in 1951.
    • January 7: Hans Walder, 84, Prosecutor General of the Swiss Confederation (1968–1973)
    • January: Valeska Lindtberg-Hirsch, 94, pianist, widow of Leopold Lindtberg
    • January 11: Walter J. Ammann, 88, SF DRS pioneer (1953–1980), television director
    • January 14: Georges Piroué, 85, writer born in La Chaux-de-Fonds
    • January 17: Daniel Zufferey, 35, author
    • January 21: Carl Schlettwein, 79, founder of Basler Afrika Bibliographien
    • January 24: Dölf Preisig, 64, Schweizer Illustrierte photographer
    • January: Marcel H. Keiser, 64?, journalist
    • January 29: Ephraim Kishon, 80, satirist, writer, film director
    • January: Donato Müller, 70, footballer (Grasshopper Zürich)
    • February 1: Werner Arnold, 74, cyclist well known in the 1950s
    • February 3: David Hönigsberg, 45, composer, music teacher and conductor
    • February 9: Hanno Helbling, 74, journalist, former NZZ Feuilleton editor
    • February 15: João Filipe Martins, 62, Angolan diplomat in Geneva
    • February 16: Marcello Viotti, 50, conductor
    • February 17: Harald Szeemann, 71, curator and art historian

    See also: deaths in 2005, 2004 in Switzerland#Deaths, list of Swiss people.

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