Sonderbund

map of the political situation in Switzerland in 1847, including the Sonderbund in yellow

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.

Origin

  • German Sonderbund

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