Canton of Waldstätten

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = "Kanton Waldstätten"
conventional_long_name = Canton of Waldstätten
common_name = Waldstatten|
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 =
event_end = Helv. Rep. disestablished
date_end = February 19 1803|
p1 = Canton of Nidwalden
image_p1 =
p2 = Canton of Obwalden
image_p2 =
p3 = Canton of Schwyz
image_p3 =
p4 = Canton of Uri
flag_p4 =
p5 = Canton of Zug
flag_p5 =
p6 = Republic of Gersau
flag_p6 =
p7 = Engelberg Abbey
flag_p7 = |
s1 = Canton of Nidwalden
image_s1 =
s2 = Canton of Obwalden
image_s2 =
s3 = Canton of Schwyz
image_s3 =
s4 = Canton of Uri
image_s4 =
s5 = Canton of Zug
image_s5 = |



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image_map_caption = The Helvetic Republic, as at the constitution of 12 April 1798, showing the canton of Waldstätten in orange, centre.|
capital = Schwyz

Waldstätten was a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, combining the territories of the founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Uri (without the Leventina but with the Urserental), Schwyz (without March and Höfe) and both cantons of Unterwalden, which were collectively known as "Waldstätten" (German for "Forest states") since the 14th century, along with Zug, the Republic of Gersau and Engelberg Abbey.

The rearrangement of the cantonal borders of the Helvetic Republic was not well received by the population of the inner forest cantons of Switzerland. The political influence of these cantons was also significantly reduced; instead of 16 seats in the "Tagsatzung" — for the cantons of Zug (with the Freie Ämter and Baden), Schwyz (without March but with Gersau), Unterwalden (Obwalden, Nidwalden and Engelberg) and Uri (without the Leventina but with the Urserental) — Waldstätten benefitted from only four representatives.

Both the Malmaison Constitution and the Second Helvetic Constitution of 1802 proposed the repartition of Waldstätten, though this did not take effect until Napoleon's Act of Mediation in 1803.