Appenzell
Sign in to saveAppenzell () was a canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen, in existence from 1403 to 1597.
Key facts
- Former Country.native_name
- Land Appenzell
- Former Country.conventional_long_name
- Canton Appenzell
- Former Country.common_name
- Appenzell
- Former Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Former Country.status_text
- Canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy
- Former Country.year_start
- 1403
- Former Country.year_end
- 1597
- Former Country.event_start
- Rebelled against the Abbot of St. Gallen
- Former Country.date_start
- May
- Former Country.event1
- Alliance with most of the Old Swiss Confederacy
- Former Country.date_event1
- 24 November 1411
- Former Country.event2
- Associate member of the Swiss Confederacy
- Former Country.date_event2
- 15 November 1452
- Former Country.event3
- Full member of the Swiss Confederacy
- Former Country.date_event3
- 17 December 1513
- Former Country.event_end
- Partitioned
- Former Country.date_end
- 8 September
- Former Country.p1
- Abbey of St. Gallen
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Capital
- Appenzell
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- inception
- 1403-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1597-01-01
- topic's main category
- Q8979827
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of
- Old Swiss Confederacy
- replaced by
- Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation
- Independence and joining the Swiss Confederation
- Division of Appenzell
- Geography
- ''Landsgemeinden''
- See also
- References
- External links
Appenzell () was a canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen, in existence from 1403 to 1597.
Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, becoming a full member in 1513. It was divided into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in 1597 (in a process called the ) as a result of the Swiss Reformation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Appenzell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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