Zehngerichtenbund

…third Raetian league, called the Zehngerichtenbund (“League of the Ten Jurisdictions” or “Courts”), was founded in 1436 by the inhabitants of 10 bailiwicks of the former countship of Toggenburg, whose dynasty had become extinct (see Toggenburg Succession). The Zehngerichtenbund allied with the Gotteshausbund in 1450 and with the Oberbund in…

…over by the newly formed Zehngerichtenbund (League of Ten Jurisdictions), the rest of the inheritance was open to dispute: most of the countship was assigned to the lords of Raron (in distant Valais); but the dependencies nearest to Lake Zürich and a tract to the east of them were promptly…