Obwalden
Americannoun
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Moreover, they hoped, should their Catholic neighbors lend them aid, to secure and increase at the same time their real power; and in the youthful heads of Obwalden especially such hopes had found sympathy.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
Many of the Oberlanders, who were in Interlachen, saw the arrival of the men of Obwalden with concern, knowing their cause would be rather endangered than promoted by them.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
The deputies of Obwalden and those of the Reformed cities still gave each other short words and exchanged sullen looks, when they met at the Federal Diet.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
They asked help from Obwalden; they ventured to appear before the deputies of the Five Cantons, assembled at Beckenried, with a similar request.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
In 1798 the abbot lost all his temporal powers, and his domains were annexed to the Obwalden division of Unterwalden, but in 1803 were transferred to the Nidwalden division.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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