History
Zimmerwald was only settled in the late phase of the Germanic colonisation of Switzerland. Between 800 to 900 A.D. for the first time members of the Ciberni settling in Southern Germany took the length mountain in possession. The first mention of the town in documents occurs only in the later Middle Ages . In the year 1999 Zimmerwald celebrated its 700th anniversary.
Zimmerwald enters the annals of world history due to the Zimmerwald Conference held in 1915 . In September, prominent socialists met from throughout Europe, among them Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin. The conference was called by Robert Grimm of Bern. The international workers' movement split as a result of the conference into social democratic and a revolutionary wings.
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