Sonderbund War

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The Sonderbund War was a brief Swiss civil conflict in 1847 between conservative Catholic cantons and the liberal federal majority that led to the modern Swiss federal state.

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Sonderbundskrieg 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
Swiss civil war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sonderbundskrieg ⓘ
linked to: Sonderbund War
belligerent Fribourg ⓘ
Lucerne ⓘ
Schwyz ⓘ
Unterwalden ⓘ
Uri ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
Zug ⓘ
casualties relatively low compared to other European civil wars ⓘ
cause conflict between conservative Catholic and liberal Protestant political forces ⓘ
disputes over centralization and federal reform in Switzerland ⓘ
formation of the Sonderbund by conservative Catholic cantons ⓘ
commandedBy Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ
commanderSide Guillaume-Henri Dufour was commander of the federal forces ⓘ
conflictBetween Sonderbund cantons ⓘ
linked to: Swiss cantons

Swiss federal forces ⓘ
linked to: Swiss Armed Forces
constitutionalContext transition from loose confederation to federal state ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
endTime 1847-11-29 ⓘ
followedBy Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
hasDuration less than one month ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the modern Swiss federal state ⓘ
guarantee of religious freedom in Switzerland ⓘ
neutralization of separatist Catholic alliance ⓘ
strengthening of Swiss federal authority over cantons ⓘ
involves Catholic conservative cantons ⓘ
linked to: Swiss cantons

liberal-radical majority in the Tagsatzung ⓘ
legalOutcome ban on separate cantonal alliances against the Confederation ⓘ
location Switzerland ⓘ
militaryStrategy federal forces aimed to minimize casualties and destruction ⓘ
opponent liberal cantons of Switzerland ⓘ
partOf Swiss political conflicts of the 19th century ⓘ
peaceSettlement negotiated surrender of Sonderbund cantons ⓘ
politicalAspect conflict between conservative and liberal forces ⓘ
precededBy formation of the Sonderbund in 1845 ⓘ
relatedEvent European Revolutions of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: 1848 revolutions
religiousAspect conflict between Catholic and Protestant interests ⓘ
result adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
dissolution of the Sonderbund alliance ⓘ
victory of the federal (liberal) forces ⓘ
significance key step in Swiss nation-building ⓘ
last armed conflict on Swiss territory ⓘ
startTime 1847-11-03 ⓘ
temporalContext prelude to mid-19th-century European liberal revolutions ⓘ

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Guillaume-Henri Dufour → participatedIn → Sonderbund War ⓘ
Sonderbund War → alsoKnownAs → Sonderbundskrieg ⓘ
linked to: Sonderbund War