Tellgovie

Tellgovie (in German ''Tellgau'', " the land of William Tell") is the name of one of the three

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

republics imagined in 1798. It was supposed to bring together the Canton of Waldstätten and the Three Leagues. On 16 March 1798, eleven days after occupying

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

, General Brune proclaimed the partition of Switzerland into three states: *

Rhodanic Republic The Rhodanic Republic, officially the Republic of Valais ( French: ''République du Valais''; German: ''Republik Wallis'') or Vallais, was a sister republic of France that existed between 1802 and 1810 in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, ...

or ''Rhodania'', a unitary republic comprising Vaud, Valais, Ticino and Fribourg, with Lausanne as its capital; *the Swiss Republic or Helvetia, a unitary republic with the capital at

Aarau Aarau (, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau. The List of towns in Switzerland, town is also the capital of the dis ...

; *the Tellian Republic or Tellgovie, a federal republic comprising the small cantons of central Switzerland and the

Grisons The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include: *german: (Kanton) Graubünden ; * Romansh: ** rm, label= Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label= Puter, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Surmiran, (Cant ...

, with Schwyz as its capital. This decision caused an outcry and was revoked on 22 March. On 12 April the birth of the unitary

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 ...

was proclaimed. Client states of the Napoleonic Wars Former republics {{Switzerland-stub