Linth was a
canton of the
Helvetic Republic
The Helvetic Republic (, , ) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, ma ...
from 1798 to 1803, consisting of
Glarus
, neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ)
, twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany)
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Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in S ...
and its subject
County of Werdenberg
Werdenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, within the Duchy of Swabia, situated on either side of the Alpine Rhine, including parts of what is now St. Gallen ( Switzerland), Liechtenstein, and Vorarlberg (Austria). It was partitioned ...
, the
Höfe and
March
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districts of
Schwyz
The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
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and the
Züricher subject
Lordship of Sax, along with a handful of
shared territories.
Administration
The canton contained approximately 78,500 inhabitants. Like all the cantons of the Helvetic Republic, Linth was established and administered on a
French Revolution
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ary model. Linth and was divided administratively into seven districts
* Werdenberg:
::capital
Werdenberg, 30 electors, approx. 10,500 inhabitants
* Neu St. Johann:
::capital
Neu St. Johann, 30 electors, approx. 11,600 inhabitants
* Mels:
::capital
Mels
Mels is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
History
Mels is first mentioned in 765 as ''Maile'' though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In ...
, 25 electors, approx. 9,800 inhabitants
* Schwanden:
::capital
Schwanden, 29 electors, approx. 10,100 inhabitants
* Glarus:
::capital
Glarus
, neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ)
, twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany)
}
Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in S ...
, 38 electors, 12,700 inhabitants
* Schänis (
Gaster):
::capital
Schänis
Schänis is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Schänis is first mentioned in 972 as ''Schennines''. Until 1798 it was the capital of the Herrschaft of Gaster an ...
, 29 electors, 11,900 inhabitants
* Rapperswil:
::capital
Rapperswil
Rapperswil ( Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dia ...
, 29 electors, 11,800 inhabitants
Chronology
The brief tenure of office of the cantonal heads
Joachim Heer
Joachim Heer (25 September 1825 – 1 March 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875–1878).
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 December 1875 and handed over office on 31 December 1878. He was aff ...
(1798),
Johann Jakob Heussi (1798–99),
Felix Christoph Cajetan Fuchs (1799),
Niklaus Heer (1799–1802), and
Franz Josef Büeler (1802–03) reflected the military and political turmoil plaguing the region, which was under French occupation from 1799, during the
War of the Second Coalition
The War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation) was the second war on revolutionary France by most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, N ...
, with serious effects on the local economy.
The mainly-
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
canton acquired a strong aversion to the centralised nature of the government of the Helvetic Republic, even though the canton was mainly composed of territories previously subject to the
Old Swiss Confederation
The Old Swiss Confederacy or Swiss Confederacy (Modern German: ; historically , after the Reformation also , "Confederation of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (, German or In the charters of the 14th century ...
, rather than any of the ''
Dreizehn Orte'', and even though all citizens of the republic had
equal rights. The canton sided only very reluctantly with the
French Revolutionary Army
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. Initial fervour for
public education
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waned as the pressure from the central government was relaxed.
Upper Toggenburg was transferred to the
canton of Säntis
Säntis was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of the territory of St. Gallen, Appenzell, and Rheintal. Its capital was St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, H ...
in 1801, but the canton as a whole existed until the
Act of Mediation
The Act of Mediation () was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic on 19 February 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation. The act also abolished the previous Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion ...
on March 10, 1803.
References
External links
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Canton of Glarus
Cantons of the Helvetic Republic
Former cantons of Switzerland