Sonderbund

The so-called Sonderbund of the seceding cantons was dissolved.

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914

September, 1843, the seven Catholic cantons [589] entered into an alliance, known as the Sonderbund, for the purpose of defending their peculiar interests, and especially of circumventing any reorganization of the confederacy which should involve the lessening of Catholic privilege; and, in December, 1845, this affiliation was converted into an armed league.

The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

Switzerland was torn by internecine strife, partly owing to the existence, side by side, of Catholic and Protestant cantons; the proposed expulsion of Jesuits and the formation of the "Sonderbund" were the questions of the day.

The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860

Annalen "(Lucerne, 1847); the war of the" Sonderbund "put an end to this periodical and to the academy also.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

The Diet declared war on the Sonderbund, with Gen. Dufour in command of the army.

e. Switzerland 2001

The seven Catholic cantons—Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Freiburg, and Valais—replied to organized armed bands of the liberal cantons by concluding a league (the Sonderbund) for the purpose of protecting their interests.

h. Switzerland 2001

The Swiss cantons were divided by the Sonderbund (See 1845, Dec. 11), which reinforced the religious distinctions between the Catholics and the Protestants and proved to be the catalyst for the revolution.

e. Switzerland 2001

The Federal Diet dissolved the Sonderbund after a radical victory in St. Gall gave the Diet the necessary majority.

e. Switzerland 2001

When, in 1847, the Swiss Diet determined to dissolve the Sonderbund, which had at length committed the overt act of treason, General Dufour was appointed commander-in-chief of the Federal army.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

We refer to the secession of the seven Swiss cantons forming the Sonderbund, which, like the insurrection of the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various