Canton of Baden
| Canton of Baden Kanton Baden | |||||||||||||
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proclaimed | April 12, 1798 | ||||||||||||
• Helvetic Republic and Canton disestablished | February 19, 1803 1803 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||
| Note: Small parts of the canton were added to Lucerne and Zürich | |||||||||||||
The Canton of Baden (German: Kanton Baden) was a canton of the Helvetic Republic (a Napoleonic-era precursor of modern-day Switzerland). Its capital was the town of Baden.
Formation
The canton was created in 1798 from the merger of the
Old Swiss Confederation
.
The canton was divided into five districts —
Jewish
population was not counted in the census.
Dissolution
Since the majority of
Lutheran congregations in the Limmattal wanted to affiliate with Zürich, the Amt of Hitzkirch with Lucerne, and the upper Freiamt with Zug or Schwyz
.
The canton was not politically viable, notably due to its lack of an economic base; in both 1801 (
Napoleon Bonaparte signed the Act of Mediation on 19 February 1803 and, in the process, the canton of Baden was dissolved and united with the cantons of Aargau and Fricktal
, forming the contemporary canton of Aargau.
Some parts of the canton of Baden at this point were transferred to other cantons: the Amt of Hitzkirch to Lucerne, whilst
Schlieren went to Zürich. In return, Lucerne's Amt of Merenschwand
was transferred to Aargau (district of Muri).
Contemporary districts
The former canton can still be identified with the contemporary Aargau districts of Zurzach, Baden, Bremgarten and Muri (albeit with the gains and losses in 1803 as detailed above).
References
- Canton of Baden in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
