Tagsatzung
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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- Traditional organisation
- Changes following 1798
- End of the Federal Diet
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
The Diet was a meeting of delegates from the individual cantons. It was the most wide-reaching political institution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, but its power was very limited, as the cantons were essentially sovereign.