Waldstätte

Waldstätte since the beginning of the 14th century, the name of the original Switzerland, which referred to the situation of the settlements in the forested mountains.

The term " forest instead of" first appeared in 1289 in a document. Until the first half of the 15th century, the term referred only to the three original cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, to first in 1433 in the Silver Book of Lucerne, the concept of " four Forest Cantons " appears and ever- naturalized until he from 1465 also at the federal level, for example in farewells (Decision documents ) of Tagsatzungen or in chronicles and the literature is employed.

Following this development, the Deanery of the Diocese of Constance Lucerne was renamed in the late 15th century in " Vierwaldstätterkapitel " and the " Lake Lucerne " since the 16th century to the " Lake Lucerne ". At the time of the Helvetic Republic formed the four cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and train from 1798 to 1802 /03 the Canton Waldstätte.