Forest Cantons

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historical political entity grouping regional grouping of Swiss cantons

Forest Cantons refers to the group of original rural Swiss cantons, largely covered by forests, that played a key role in the early formation of the Swiss Confederation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Forest Cantons canonical 2
Forest cantons 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political entity grouping ⓘ
regional grouping of Swiss cantons ⓘ
alternateName Waldstätte NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Morgarten NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Charter of 1291 NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Habsburg–Swiss conflicts ⓘ
borderedBy Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic largely forested ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ
country Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion German-speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicBase alpine agriculture and pastoralism (historically) ⓘ
etymology name refers to heavily forested landscape of the member cantons ⓘ
formedBy alliance of rural communities ⓘ
foundingDocument Federal Charter of 1291 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType rural landsgemeinde democracy (historically) ⓘ
hasPart Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAllegiance resisted Habsburg rule ⓘ
historicalRole core of the early Swiss Confederation ⓘ
founding members of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
influenced Swiss tradition of local self-government ⓘ
development of Swiss federalism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalTradition customary rural law and communal charters ⓘ
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
member Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole provided infantry for early Swiss military victories ⓘ
partOf Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment traditionally conservative in Swiss politics ⓘ
politicalStatus founding cantons of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
regionType Waldstätte NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion historically predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
significance symbol of Swiss independence origins ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
transportRole controlled important Alpine passes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

canton of Nidwalden → historicalRegion → Forest Cantons ⓘ
Uri → historicalRegion → Forest Cantons ⓘ
Unterwalden → partOf → Forest Cantons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forest cantons