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Definition of Landamman

Landamman
Landamman Lan"dam*man, n. [G. Landamman; land land, country + amimann bailiff. See Land, and Ambassador.] 1. A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons. 2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

Meaning of Landamman from wikipedia

- Confederation has been: Erster Landammann (in German)/ (in French) Premier Landamman 'First official of the country': 23 November 1801 - 6 February 1802 Aloys...
- magistrate of a Swiss constitutive canton, as in Aargau 1815–1831 (next styled Landamman). Bürgermeister (literally: 'master of the citizens'), in German: in Germany...
- the wife of the deceased baron. Davos retained its right to elect its Landamman independently. In 1436, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions was founded...
- commons; it also served as the high court and to elect representatives, the Landamman. As free farmers moved into the mountain valleys, construction and maintenance...
- youngest among them. Furthermore, an Arnold Winkelried is again attested as landamman of Unterwalden in 1417, it is clear that there were at least two people...
- state of the various Swiss (confederal) cantons, with such styles as Landamman. The Cayman Islands were part of the English, and later British, Empire...
- was re-established on the 21 June 1971 with a ceremony during which the Landamman of the Canton of Solothurn Willi Ritschard returned the legal rights over...
- Bern, which was also briefly s****ed. The Helvetic government, headed by Landamman Johann Rudolf Dolder, capitulated militarily on September 18, but was...
- the Confederation, with the title Landammann der Schweiz (in German)/Landamman de la Suisse (in French)/Landamano della Svizzera (in Italian), fell simply...
- swore the pact. The first leader of the League was Ulrich Beeli, the Landamman from Davos, and all ****ure Bundstage (Council Meetings) occurred in Davos...