Bibliography: Why do the Swiss have such great sex?

Author's Notes to Why Do the Swiss Have Such Great Sex?

For historical information I am deeply indebted to the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
The following notes point out many sources that are not explicitly mentioned in the text.

Question 1

For YouGov survey see YouGov, “Britons have worst sex in Europe,” 20.06.2013. For full results see: http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/mkyaii2h6k/YouGov-Survey-European-Omnibus-Sex-Research-130621.pdf

For Alternet article, see Alternet, “The twelve most sexually satisfied countries,” 18.02.2014 at: https://www.alternet.org/sex-amp-relationships/12-most-sexually-satisfied-countries?page=0%2C2&paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark

Poggio Bracciolini quoted from William Somerset, The Life of Poggio Bracciolini, 1802

Thomas Coryat quoted from his Coryat’s crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany and the Netherlands: newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 1611

Gilbert Burnet quoted from his Dr. Burnet’s Travels: Or, Letters Containing an Account of What Seemed Most Remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, &c. J. Lacy, 1724.

For Heinrich Hössli see Pirmin Meier, Mord, Philosophie und die Liebe der Männer. Franz Desgouttes und Heinrich Hössli. Eine Parallelbiographie. Pendo Verlag, 2001

Hans Niklaus König quoted from Rudolf Gimmel und Peter Matti in: Ortsgeschichte Münsingen, Münsinger Geschichte von A bis Z, 2.2 Armut und Armenfürsorge.

Supreme court decision: BGer 2C_132/2014 vom 15.11.2014, consideration 5.5.2. Available online at http://www.servat.unibe.ch/dfr/bger/141115_2C_132-2014.html

For last sex shop see Jungfrau Zeitung, “Diskretion als oberstes Gebot,” 18.04.2018

Caroline Fux quoted from ZentralPlus, “Man darf den Schweizer Liebhaber nicht unterschätzen,” 05.02.2016

Question 2

For the geophysicists’ research, see Kremer, Katrina et al., “Reconstructing 4000 years of mass movement and tsunami history in a deep peri-Alpine lake (Lake Geneva, France-Switzerland)” in Sedimentology, 2015, Vol 62 No. 5

Question 3

The British minister is Sir Frederic St. John, in 1905. He is quoted in Gavin de Beer, Travellers in Switzerland, Oxford, 1949.

The Swiss senator is Johann Georg Keiser, in 1894.

Question 4

The reporter is Pascal Schwendener. The article is “Schatz underm Bundesplatz: Das Gold der Nationalbank,” in the 25.07.2008 edition of Der Bund. More recent speculation has much of the gold moved to a mountain bunker in Kandersteg. See Aargauer Zeitung, “Wo die Nationalbank ihr Gold versteckt: In diesem Bunker liegen Milliarden an Volksvermögen,” 30.07.2018

For the Swiss Navy on Lake Luzern see SWI Swissinfo, “Out and About in Switzerland: The Swiss Navy on Parade,” 12.09.2000

Question 5

For the ETH study in forensic glaciology, see “Modelling the trajectory of corpses of mountaineers who disappeared in 1926 on Aletschgletscher, Switzerland,” by Guillaume Jouvet and Martin Funk, Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 60, No. 220, 2014.

Question 6

The government reports are Food and Agriculture Pocket Statistics for years 2015, 2016, 2017, from the Federal Office of Home Affairs and the Federal Office of Statistics.

For emissions and harmful effects see “Landwirtschaft als Luftschadstoffquelle,” Bundesamt für Umwelt, available at https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/luft/fachinformationen/luftschadstoffquellen/landwirtschaft-als-luftschadstoffquelle.html

For deaths due to slurry see “Dunloy farm death: What is slurry and why is it so dangerous?” BBC News, 08.06.2014

For cow deaths see “Gefahren durch Schadgase in Gülle,” UFA Revue, 10.2013. See also Blick, “Ich hörte meine Kühe schreien,” 07.07.2016

Question 7

George Monbiot quoted from his Out of the Wreckage, Verso, 2017.

Question 8.

Dominik Osswald from his “Tod eines Unsterblichen,” in Tagesanzeiger, 01.05.2017

Bertrand Gentizon, “Bergauf fünfmal schneller als der Mensch,” in Die Alpen, 01.2018.

Question 9

William Hill employee quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald, “What’s the chance you’ll get lucky?” 04.01.2011

For CERN quotes see: https://home.cern/about and “Will CERN generate a black hole?” at https://press.cern/backgrounders/cern-answers-queries-social-media

George Greenstein from his Frozen Star, Freundlich Books, 1984.

Question 10

For Adam Lankdorf study and other figures see the New York Times, “What Explains US Mass Shootings? International comparisons suggest an answer.” 07.11.2017

Eddie Izzard quoted from Dress to Kill.

Question 11

For the agnostic viewpoint cited here see http://www.wilhelm-tell.geschichte-schweiz.ch/

For Toko, see Smithsonian, “In Search of William Tell,” August 2004

André Holenstein quoted from Aargauer Zeitung, “Warum machen Sie unsere Schweizer Heldengeschichten kaputt?” 23.05.2015

Chapter 13

Walter Hauser from Stadt in Flammen: Der Brand von Glarus im Jahr 1861.Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2011.

Julius Kugy quoted from his Aus dem Leben eines Bergsteigers, Rother, 1968.

The student is Mark Morrison-Reed, and the account is from his In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby, Skinner House Books, 2008.

Question 14

For the court decision see BGE 141 III 195 available at http://relevancy.bger.ch/php/clir/http/index.php?highlight_docid=atf%3A%2F%2F141-III-195%3Ade&lang=de&type=show_document

Peter Sennhauser from his “Die Land der grossen Freiheit,” Tageswoche, 18.06.2016

Question 15

Raoul Perrot cited in Mark O’Doherty, The Legacy of Kim Jong-un and the Workers‘ Party in North Korea, Crystal Grove Books, 2017

Ko Yunk-suk quoted in The Washington Post, “The Secret Life of Kim Jong-un’s Aunt, who has lived in the US since 1998,” 27.05.2016

Kim’s mother quoted in Korea Joongang Daily, “Kim Jong-un’s aunt fled to US,” 05.11.2013

Pak-un’s friend quoted in The Telegraph, “North Korea leadership: My happy days at school with North Korea’s future leader,” 26.09. 2010

See also Welt, “Kim Jong-un und sein Unterricht bei den Schweizern,” 24.06.2009

Question 16

For Swiss stone age diets see Schibler und Jacomet, “Zu Tisch: Ernährungsgeschichte aufgrund archäobiologischer Untersuchungen,” in Nike-Bulletin, 1-2, 2014

Montaigne quoted from Michel de Montaigne, The journal of Montaigne’s travels in Italy by way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581, John Murray, 1903

Question 17

New York Times quote from “Amid Growing crime, Zurich closes a park it reserved for drug addicts,” 11.02.1992

The study is Le marché des stupefiants dans le canton de Vaud, 2017, a collaboration between the University of Lausanne, Addiction Suisse, and the IUMSP

Question 18

Mountain Areas in Europe: Analysis of mountain areas in EU member states, acceding and other European countries, Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, 2004

Question 19

Joseph Addison from his Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703, Tonson, 1767.

Question 20

Ian Cruxton quoted from BBC News Magazine, “500 Euro Note —why criminals love it so,” 13.05.2010

SNB spokesperson quoted from Zeitonline, “Fluch der Tausender,” 24.01.2013

Question 21

Local official quoted from Aargauer Zeitung, “Nach 25 Jahren endet die ewige Ruhe,” 16.01.2011

Mark Twain from his A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880

Question 22

Quotes about conditions during construction of the first Gotthard Tunnel from Konrad Kuoni, “Der Bau des Gotthard-Eisenbahntunnels (1872- 1881)” in Ferrum: Nachrichten aus der Eisenbibliothek, Stiftung der Georg Fischer AG, Band 80, 2008

Statistics on Italian workers from Watson, “Die Italiener in der Schwiez—eine Geschichte in 5 Akten,” 06.02.2017

For the price of bread see http://www.baecker-confiseure.ch/cms/upload/pdf/geschichte_6.pdf

Question 23

Till Eigenheer quoted from Schweiz am Wochenende, “Uebereifrige Hanf-Polizisten,” 03.09.2016

For Supreme court case see https://www.bger.ch/ext/eurospider/live/de/php/aza/http/index.php?highlight_docid=aza%3A%2F%2Faza%3A%2F%2F06-09-2017-6B_1273-2016&lang=de&type=show_document&zoom=YES&

Question 24

For Bundesamt regulations see https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/tiere/tierschutz/heim-und-wildtierhaltung.html

Question 25

John Murray from his A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland, Murray, 1861

Marie Metrailler from her Die Reise der Seele, Hrsg. Marie-Magdeleine Brumagne, Ü: Pierre Imhasly, Zürich 1982

Fynes Moryson from his An Itinerary Containing His Ten Yeeres Travell through The Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland & Ireland, 1617

Question 26

For Philippine happiness see Gallup 2017 Global Emotions Report

Question 27

For Damini, see BBC News, “South Asia Elephant dies of Grief,” 06.05.1999

Hans Heinrich Sambraus quoted from Beobachter, “Nachlese: was treibt Kühe in den Tod?” 25.09.2009. Here you can also see the disturbing photograph.

Ajit Varki quoted from BBC Earth, “Many animals seem to kill themselves, but it is not suicide,” 06.07.2018

Question 29

Bundesamt fur Statistik quote from “Switzerland‘s ecological footprint,” available at https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/sustainable-development/ecological-footprint.html. As of the writing of this note, the number of earths is down to 2.9.

Question 30

Statistics for land use from Food and Agriculture Pocket Statistics for years 2015, 2016, 2017, from the Federal Office of Home Affairs and the Federal Office of Statistics

Statistics for value of buildings from Staub and Ritter, “Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Immobilienwirtschaft der Schweiz,” Bundesamt für Wohnungswesen und Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung, 2014

Corrigendum: The sentence: „—the chocolate alone will cost about 30 trillion francs, which is one-fortieth the current value of Switzerland (see Question 30)—“ should read: „—the chocolate alone will cost about 30 trillion francs, which is over three times the current value of Swiss real estate (see Question 30)—“

Question 32

Fergus Fleming from his Killing Dragons: the Conquest of the Alps, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002

Leslie Stephen from his The Playground of Europe, Longman,1871 (Leslie Stephen, Der Spielplatz Europas, Ü: Dr. Henry Hoek, Zürich/Leipzig 1942)

Question 34

Fynes Moryson from his An Itinerary (see note to Question 25)

John Evelyn from The Diary of John Evelyn, first published 1818, Bray.

President quoted in Walliser Bote, “Mit Flammen gegen den Wolf,” 15.09.2017

Part-time shepherd quoted from 20 Minuten, “Im Sommer wird es ein Massaker geben,” 09.06.2015

Barry Lopez from his Of Wolves and Men, Scribner, 2004

Yuval Harari from his Sapiens, Vintage, 2011

Question 35

André Streilein cited in Zeitonline, “Platt gedacht,” 19.12.2007

Question 36

Robert G. Bednarik quoted from his “Cupules” in Rock Art Research, 2008, Vol 25. Number 1

Question 37

Oliver Longchamp and Swiss Bankers Association quoted from SWI Swissinfo, “Warum die Schweiz noch immer mit Potentatengelder kaempft,” 18.09.2015

Human Rights Watch, “Equatorial Guinea: Account for Oil Wealth,” 09.07.2009

Francois Pilet quoted form The Local, “Dictator-tracker spices up Geneva planespotting,” 21.04.2016, and Newsweek, “Twitter Bot tracks Dictators’ flights to Switzerland,” 13.10.2016

Leslie Stephen from his The Playground of Europe, Longman, 1871

Question 38

Pilot Ralph Tate quoted from Hubert Prigl, “Die Notlandung eines amerikanischen Transportflugzeuges in den Schweizer Alpen und die anschließende Suchaktion im November 1946,” available at http://www.gotech.at/lale7/langenlebarn_7.html

Speeds taken from Die Alpen, “Auf einmal war es still,” 09.2017.

For first air rescue (REGA version) see “The Beginnings of Air Rescue, 1946-1959,” at https://www.rega.ch/en/about-us/history/1946-1959.aspx

Question 39

For Public Eye on chocolate see https://www.publiceye.ch/de/themen-hintergruende/konsum/schokolade/

Chocosuisse Bulletin 2017 available at https://www.chocosuisse.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CHOCOSUISSE-Bulletin-2017_DE.pdf

Question 40

20 Minuten, “Jeder dritte Vergewaltiger entkommt Gefaengnisstrafe,” 08.10.2016.

Martin Killias quoted from Tagesanzeiger, “Vergewaltiger kommen selten hinter Gitter,” 19.10.2016

For Bern study see SWI Swissinfo, “Strafvollzug: Vor allem Auslaender bleiben hinter Gitter,” 26.06.2006

Question 41

Joerg Huwyler quoted from Neue Zurcher Zeitung, “Die Batterie im Berg,” 04.09.2016

Raimund Rodewald quoted from Die Alpen, “Erst der Anfang,” 03.2018

Question 42

For death of Dieter Zorn see Tagblatt, “Tod bei Schlangenshow,” 19.06.2013

Question 43

For the arguments of the Bundesrat in 2009, see file:///C:/Users/ad15lsum/Downloads/erlaeuterungen_desbundesrates29112009%20(2).pdf

For humanrights.ch summary, see https://www.humanrights.ch/de/menschenrechte-schweiz/aussenpolitik/aussenwirtschaftspolitik/kriegsmaterialausfuhr/waffen-menschenrechte

For use of swiss weapons in conflicts see GSOA Zeitung:

Edition 117 at https://www.gsoa.ch/newspaper/schweizer_ruestungsindustrie/,

Edition 118 at https://www.gsoa.ch/newspaper/abstuerzende_aufhaengepunkte/

Edition 127 at https://www.gsoa.ch/newspaper/buergerkrieg_armut_korruption_und_pilatus/

Und GSOA Blog 22.11.2009 at https://www.gsoa.ch/pilatus-darfur-kein-einzelfall/.

Chateaubriand quoted from his Voyage au Mont Blanc. Edited by G. Faure. Grenoble: J. Rey, 1920

Peter Hug from his “Mit der Apartheidregierung gegen den Kommunismus: Die militärischen, rüstungsindustriellen und nuklearen Beziehungen der Schweiz zu Südafrika und die Apartheid-Debatte der Uno, 1948–1994,” available at http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/nfp/nfp42p/nfp42p_hug-d.pdf

Question 44

For Köpfli scissors and pin procedure see Bundesamt für Statistik, Valeurs, 01.2013 at https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/348941/master

Martin Gurtner quoted from Der Standard, “In der Mitte: es Paradiesli,” 13.05.2005

Question 46

For the man from Riddes and the Bishop of Sion, see Pascal Thurre’s afterword to Willi Wotreng’s Farinet: die phantastische Lebensgeschichte des Schweizer Geldfälschers, der grösser war tot als lebendig, Orell Füssli, 2008

Question 48

For a map of Switzerland during the last glacial maximum, see https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.swisstopo.geologie-eiszeit-lgm-raster&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false,true&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,,&E=2660000.00&N=1190000.00&zoom=5 ??

See also Florineth and Schlüchter, “Reconstructing the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice surface geometry and flowlines in the Central Swiss Alps,” in Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 1998

Question 49

Claude-Alain Roch quoted from 20 Minuten, “Wenn der Wasseralarm einmal echt ist,” 09.02.2010

Henri Pougatsch quoted from Neue Zürcher Zeitung, “Alors, tout en place, rien ne bouge?” 22.06.2002

For map of seismic activity with the Grand Dixence looking dangerously purple, see http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/de/knowledge/seismic-hazard-switzerland/

For the red map, see Beobachter, “Wo bebt es am häufigsten?” in “Wo es in der Schweiz am gefährlichsten ist,” 09.01.2013

Question 50

The report by the Federal Office of Political Economy is “Der Schweizer Tourismus im Klimawandel,” July 2011.

Reto Knutti quoted from NZZ am Sonntag, “Klimawandel in der Schweiz: Da hilft keine Beschneiung,” 6. Nov. 2016

Conan Doyle from his “An Alpine Pass on Ski,” Strand Magazine, Volume VIII, 1894

Frank Smythe quoted from Gavin de Beer, Travellers in Switzerland, Oxford, 1949

Question 51

Thoreau quoted from his essay “Life without Principle,” 1863

Question 52

For Santé gaie statistics see https://www.santegaie.ch/les-resultats-des-enquetes/.

Question 53

Whymper quoted from his Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, John Murray, 1871 (Edward Whymper, Matterhorn — der lange Weg zum Gipfel, Piper, München 2011, übers. v. Friedrich Steger)

For rising Alps see Science Daily, “Thawing Ice Makes the Alps Grow, ” 10.11.2016

Question 54

Gallup pollster Jon Clifton quoted from his article in Diplomaticourier, “Who are the happiest people in the world? The Swiss or the Latin Americans?” 23.04.2015

Question 55

Henry James quoted from his Translatlantic Sketches, 1875

Rilke quoted from his letter of 12.09.1919 to Gertrud Ouckama Knoop

For these and other interpretations of the Kindlifresser see Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz, Band I, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1952

Question 57

For the CASTOR tests, see Bundesamt für Materialforschung “TES Technical Safety - Dangerous Goods Containments” at https://www.tes.bam.de/en/umschliessungen/behaelter_radioaktive_stoffe/behaelterpruefungen/index.htm

Question 58

The advertisement is quoted from the HECH pinboard-marktplatz, to be found at https://www.hech.ch/verband-hech/pinboard-marktplatz/. It has since been removed.

Walter von Andrian quoted from Aargauer Zeitung, “SBB verschrotten relative modern Züge und haben keine Reserve,” 17.08.2013

Corrigendum: The 'Deutsche Bundesbahn' is called 'Deutsche Bahn' since 1994.

Question 59

Statistics on Swiss lakes come from Schweizerische Hydrologische Kommission, “Das Wasser in der Schweiz: ein Überblick,” 2013

Christopher McStay quoted from Scientific American, “Hypothermia: How long can someone survive in frigid water?” 16.01.2009

Question 60

Professor Freiburghaus quoted from Tagesanzeiger, “Die Schweiz würde kaum länger als einige Wochen überleben,” 10.02.2014

Statistics about Swiss agricultural land use from Food and Agriculture Pocket Statistics for years 2015, 2016, 2017, from the Federal Office of Home Affairs and the Federal Office of Statistics

Statistics about Swiss motorized vehicles from Bundesamt für Statistik, “Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Fahrzeuge” at https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/mobilitaet-verkehr/verkehrsinfrastruktur-fahrzeuge.html.

Statistics for Swiss heating from Bundesamt für Statistik at https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bau-wohnungswesen/gebaeude/energiebereich.html

For Biosphere 2, see http://www.biospherics.org/biosphere2/

Corrigendum: The sentence "And food never had to be rationed" on page 236 of the English version («Und Nahrungsmittel mussten nie rationiert werden» on page 268 of the German version) is an error. It should read: "And Switzerland was the only country in Europe in which potatoes, vegetables and fruit never had to be rationed" («Und die Schweiz war das einzige Land in Europa wo Kartoffeln, Obst und Gemüse nie rationiert werden mussten»).

See also http://www.geschichtslehrer.in/contentLD/HI/CH19mKrieg.pdf

Question 62

Leslie Stephen quoted from his The Playground of Europe, Longman, 1871.

Christian Bogdal’s study is “Blast from the Past: Melting Glaciers as a Relevant Source for Persistent Organic Pollutants,” in Environmental Science and Technology, 2009, 43, 8173-8177.

Matthias Huss and Samuel Nussbaumer quoted from Tagesanzeiger, “So schmolzen die Schweizer Gletscher in 160 Jahren weg,” 02.08.2017

Question 63

Statistics on counterfeiting from Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizei Departement EJPD available at fedpol.admin.ch

Orrell Füssli quoted from its website. See http://www.orellfuessli.com/medien/archiv/2013/mitteilungen-details/orell-fuessli-ermittlungen-wegen-diebstahl-in-der-notendruckerei/83b8c2959e7eaaffce84dbb87410d0f7/

Kuhl’s judge cited from NRZ, “Haftstrafe für Kölner Geldfälscher,” 09.11.2007

Kuhl quoted from Watson: “Profi-Fälscher: die neuen Schweizer Banknoten sind einfach zu fälschen,” 13.01.2016

Edwin Schmidheiny and MK quoted from MK Marketing & Kommunikation, “Schweizer Banknoten: Nur schön und sicher oder eine Verkörperung der Marke Schweiz?” 09.08.2017

Question 64

Equation from Smartvote quoted from “Methodenbeschreibung—smartvote Wahlempfehlung,” available at https://www.smartvote.ch/downloads/methodology_recommendation_de_CH.pdf

Democracy Building quoted from “Switzerland’s refined proportional representation system” at http://www.democracy-building.info/particularities-switzerlands-proportional-election-system.html

Global Advocacy quoted from “Electoral Systems: Switzerland” at http://www.globaladvocacy.com/switzerland_electoral_system.html

Question 65

Staistics on Swiss snowfall and watercourses from Schweizerische Hydrologische Kommission, “Das Wasser in der Schweiz: ein Überblick,” 2013

Question 66

Corrigendum: The phrase, „and a quadrillion dollars worth of other buildings“ is an error. It ought to read, „and 3 trillion francs worth of other buildings.“ (See question 30.)

(c) Author photo: Thomas Andenmatten