Urban and rural locations

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In the Old Confederation , those cantons in which political power essentially emanated from the capital were referred to as city ​​centers ; In contrast, there were the rural locations in which citizens from the entire or predominant part of the ruled area had a say through a rural community .

The city locations were:

• Zurich
• Bern
• Lucerne
• Freiburg
• Solothurn
• Basel
• Schaffhausen

The country locations were:

• Uri
• Schwyz
• Unterwalden
• Glarus
• Appenzell

A middle position occupied Zug , which had both a capital with rulership rights and a rural community.

The cultural and political contrast between town and country towns led to several conflicts within the Confederation. The crisis of 1481 was particularly difficult , when the planned inclusion of Freiburg and Solothurn made the rural towns fear that they would in future fall behind the new majority of town towns. This dispute was settled with the mediation of Niklaus von Flüe and the Stans agreement. With the Reformation this contrast took on a new dimension. The country towns remained predominantly under Catholicism , while the town towns were now divided into Protestant and Catholic towns.