Canton of Waldstätten

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Canton of Waldstätten Kanton Waldstätten
established		1798
• Helv. Rep. disestablished	February 19 1803
Preceded by Succeeded by Unterwalden Canton of Schwyz Canton of Uri Canton of Zug Republic of Gersau Unterwalden Canton of Schwyz Canton of Uri Canton of Zug

Waldstätten was a

The rearrangement of the cantonal borders of the Helvetic Republic was not well received by the population of the inner forest cantons of Switzerland. The political influence of these cantons was also significantly reduced; instead of 16 seats in the Tagsatzung — for the cantons of Zug (with the Freie Ämter and Baden), Schwyz (without March but with Gersau), Unterwalden (Obwalden, Nidwalden and Engelberg) and Uri (without the Leventina but with the Urseren) — Waldstätten benefited from only four representatives.

Both the Malmaison Constitution and the Second Helvetic Constitution of 1802 proposed the repartition of Waldstätten, though this did not take effect until Napoleon's Act of Mediation in 1803.

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