Canton of Oberland

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = "Kanton Oberland"
conventional_long_name = Canton of Oberland
common_name = Oberland|
continent = Europe
region = Alps
country = Switzerland
subdivision = Canton
nation = Helvetic Republic
status_text = Canton of the Helvetic Republic|
year_start = 1798
year_end = 1803|
event_start = Helv. Rep.
date_start = April 12, 1798
event_end = Helv. Rep. disestablished
date_end = February 19 1803|
p1 = Canton of Berne
image_p1 =
s1 = Canton of Berne
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image_map_caption = The Helvetic Republic, as at the constitution of 12 April 1798, showing the canton of Lugano in orange-brown, lower-centre. Bellinzona is shown immediately to Lugano's north, in green.|
capital = Thun
languages = Highest Alemannic German

Oberland (German for "Highlands") was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun.

After the in 1798, the old Bernese order was broken up and the Oberland separated from the rest of the canton. As there had been no previous separatist feeling amongst the conservative population, there was little enthusiasm for the new order.

The 1801 Malmaison Constitution proposed reuniting the Oberland with Berne, but it was not until the Act of Mediation, two years later, with the abolition of the Helvetic Republic and the partial restoration of the "ancien régime", that the two cantons were reunited.

During its short-lived existence, the canton was administered in ten districts, each named for the district seat, except where shown:

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References and external links

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* [http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D10296.php Bernese Oberland] in the "Historical Dictionary of Switzerland".