Old Swiss Confederacy

confederation of cantons (1291-1798)

'''''''' (, "forested sites/settlements;" ) is a term which has been used since the early thirteenth century to refer to the (singular: , "site" "settlement"), or later Ort(schaft)'' (plural: , "locality" "place" "lieu") or (plural: , "estate") of the early confederate allies of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden in today's Central Switzerland. thumb|1645 map showing the Waldstätte: Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne. From the 13th to 19th centuries, the term also synoptically referred to the nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden; later, the term was gradually replaced by

thumb|220px|Tagsatzung of 1531 in Baden, Switzerland|Baden (1790s drawing). thumb|220px|Tagsatzung of 1807 at Grossmünster in Zurich The Federal Diet of Switzerland (, ; ; ) was the legislative and executive council of the Old Swiss Confederacy and existed in various forms from the beginnings of Swiss independence until the formation of the Swiss federal state in 1848.

manuscript cartulary in the Obwalden Chancellery in Sarnen, Switzerland

thumb|The Three Confederates (1914), monumental statue by James Vibert in the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland.]] Eidgenossenschaft () is a German word specific to the political history of Switzerland. It means "oath commonwealth" or "oath alliance", in reference to the "eternal pacts" formed between the Eight Cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy of the late medieval period. In Swiss historiography, this relates most notably to the Rütlischwur (Rütli Oath) between the three founding cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, which traditionally dates to 1307. In modern usage, Eidgenossenschaft is th

joint administrative districts in the Old Swiss Confederacy

type of wide-blade dagger with an H-shape handle

type of diplomatic relationship in the Old Swiss Confederacy

executive council in Swiss cities of the Old Confederation, as well as in the republic of Geneva

type of short sword of the late medieval and Renaissance period