Rauracian Republic
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Rauracian Republic République rauracienne | |||||||||
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1792–1793 | |||||||||
Client state of France | |||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
Historical era | French Revolution | ||||||||
• Republic proclaimed | 17 December 1792 | ||||||||
• Integration into France | 23 March 1793 | ||||||||
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The Rauracian Republic was a short-lived
The Rauracian Republic existed for just a few months. It was inaugurated on 17 December 1792 and absorbed into France on 23 March 1793. Twenty-two years later, in 1815, Basel and Bern divided the territory of the former republic between them.
The name of the Republic was taken from the
Chronology
Following the proclamation in September 1792 of the
Administrative frontiers changed more than once in the ensuring two decades, but when the war finally came to an end, the territory of Mont-Terrible, previously the Rauracian Republic, was divided by the victorious powers at the Congress of Vienna between the cantons of Bern and Basel.
Unlike other "Sister republics" of France, the Rauracian Republic seems never to have acquired a national flag. It did, however, adopt a coat of arms. In essence, this portrayed the old Lictors' Bundle which had been a favoured symbol of authority under the old Roman Republic and which still appears in the seal of the French state and on the cantonal shield of St. Gallen.
References
- ISBN 9789004189515. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ISBN 9780391040953. Retrieved 3 December 2021.