Kyburg
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Kyburg may refer to:
- Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. was Gideon Burbank Professor of Moral Philosophy and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Rochester, New York, and Pace Eminent Scholar at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida...
, the philosopher/logician - The castle Kyburg in the Canton of ZurichCanton of ZürichThe Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
- The municipality surrounding the castle, Kyburg, ZurichKyburg, ZurichKyburg is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Kyburg has an area of . Of this area, 31.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...
- The noble House of KyburgHouse of KyburgThe House of Kyburg was family of Grafen or counts from Zürich in Switzerland. The family was one of the three most powerful noble families in the Swiss plateau beside the Habsburg and the House of Savoy during the 11th and 12th Centuries...
that took their name from the castle. - Kyburg-BucheggKyburg-BucheggKyburg-Buchegg is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.-Geography:Kyburg-Buchegg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.0% is forested...
, in the Canton of SolothurnCanton of SolothurnSolothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...