Drei Bünde

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Drei Bünde refers to the historical Three Leagues, a loose confederation in what is now the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland that played a key role in the region’s early self-governance and later integration into the Swiss Confederation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Drei Bünde canonical 4
Drei Bünde der Rhätien 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical confederation
loose alliance
predecessor of Swiss canton
alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde der Rhätien
linked to: Drei Bünde

Three Leagues
Three Leagues of the Grisons
capital Chur
country Switzerland
dissolvedBy Act of Mediation
endTime 1803
early 19th century
formedFrom Gotteshausbund
Grauer Bund
Zehngerichtebund
governmentForm federation of leagues
rural republic
hasCharacteristic communal self-governance
decentralized political structure
strong local autonomy
hasPart Gotteshausbund
Grauer Bund
Zehngerichtebund
linked to: Union of Auhausen
historicalRegion Grisons
Raetia
legalSystem network of local assemblies and courts
locatedIn Alps
Eastern Alps
territory of present-day canton of Graubünden
nativeLabel Drei Bünde
Drei Bünde (German)
Trais Lias (Romansh)
Tre Leghe (Italian)
officialLanguage German
Italian
Romansh
linked to: Romansh language
partOf Old Swiss Confederacy (as associate)
playedRoleIn control of Alpine transit routes
development of early Swiss federalism
integration of Graubünden into Switzerland
politicalStatus allied state of the Old Swiss Confederacy
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
replacedBy canton of Graubünden
significantEvent alliances with the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th–16th centuries
involvement in the Bündner Wirren (Grisons turmoil) during the Thirty Years’ War
mediation and incorporation into the Helvetic and then Swiss structures around 1798–1803
startTime 1470s–1490s (formation of leagues and alliance)
late 15th century
territoryIncludes Engadin
linked to: Engadin valley

Hinterrhein valley
linked to: Hinterrhein

Vorderrhein valley
linked to: Vorderrhein Valley

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Three Leagues alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde
Drei Bünde nativeLabel Drei Bünde
Drei Bünde alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde der Rhätien
linked to: Drei Bünde
Three Leagues of the Grisons alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde der Rhätien
linked to: Drei Bünde