Oberland was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic, corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun. After the French invasion of Switzerland in 1798, the old Bernese order was broken up and the Oberland separated from the rest of the canton. Within the new canton, historic borders and traditional rights …Oberland was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic, corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun. After the French invasion of Switzerland in 1798, the old Bernese order was broken up and the Oberland separated from the rest of the canton. Within the new canton, historic borders and traditional rights were not considered. As there had been no previous separatist feeling amongst the conservative population, there was little enthusiasm for the new order.
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