The town of Zug, established in the 112th century, was a possession of the Habsburgs
until 1352, when it was conquered by the Swiss Confederation and forced to join it.
(1)
(1) The Habsburgs only recognized the new situation in 1376 when the
Treaty of Torberg was signed.
Like the other cantons the city annexed surrounding territories.
However unlike elsewhere these territories didn't become dependencies.
Following an intervention of the Swiss Diet Zug became, in 1610,
a Confederation consistng of :
- The city of Zug, responsible for the relation with the Swiss
Confederation
- The municipalities of Aegeri, Baar and Menzingen.
This situation lasted until 1798/1803 when the four units were merged
into one state.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Landammänner
(The Landammann chaired the meetings of the Regierungsrat/Council of Government
- a collective leadership established in 1848 - and performed some representative
duties)
1848 - 1849 Gustav Adolf Keiser 1816 - 1880
1850 - 1851 Johann Konrad Bossard (2x) 1802 - 1859
1852 - 1853 Franz Josef Hegglin 1810 - 1861
1854 - 1855 Johann Konrad Bossard (3x)
1856 - 1857 Franz Josef Hegglin (3x)
1858 - 1859 Johann Konrad Bossard (4x)
1859 Franz Josef Michael Letter 1800 - 1880
1860 - 1861 Franz Josef Hegglin (3x)
1861 - 1863 Franz Josef Michael Letter (2x)
1864 - 1865 Karl Josef Leonhard Merz 1818 - 1886
1866 - 1867 Franz Josef Michael Letter (3x)
1868 - 1869 Karl Josef Leonhard Merz (2x)
1870 - 1871 Franz Josef Michael Letter (4x) 1800 - 1880
1872 - 1873 Alois Müller 1821 - 1889
1874 - 1878 Alois Schwerzmann 1826 - 1898
1878 - 1880 Alois Müller (2x)
1880 - 1883 Jakob Hildebrand 1833 - 1885
1883 Oswald Dossenbach 1824 - 1883
1883 - 1886 Alois Müller (3x)
1886 - 1889 Dominik Hess 1825 - 1890
1889 Alois Müller (4x)
1889 - 1892 Franz Philipp Meyer 1842 - 1909
1892 - 1894 Klemenz Oswald Anton Weber 1839 - 1924
1895 - 1896 Franz Philipp Meyer (2x)
1897 - 1898 Klemenz Oswald Anton Weber (2x)
1899 - 1900 Franz Philipp Meyer (3x)
1901 - 1902 Josef Leonz Schmid 1854 - 1913
1903 - 1904 Franz Philipp Meyer (4x)
1905 - 1906 Friedrich "Fritz" Spillmann 1846 - 1926
1907 - 1908 Alois Herrmann 1855 - 1931
1909 - 1910 Josef Knüsel 1868 - 1943
1911 - 1912 Carl Josef Merz 1856 - 1920
1913 - 1914 Josef Plazidus Steiner 1852 - 1941
1915 - 1916 Hermann Karl Silvan Stadlin 1872 - 1950
1917 - 1918 Josef Hildebrand 1855 - 1935
1919 - 1920 Alois Herrmann (2x)
1921 - 1922 Josef Knüsel (2x
1923 - 1924 Josef Hildebrand (2x)
1925 - 1926 Otto Henggeler 1877 - 1947
1927 - 1928 Philipp Etter 1891 - 1977
1929 - 1930 Albert Meyer 1884 - 1950
1931 - 1932 Alois Müller 1882 - 1941
1933 - 1934 Heinrich Gallmann 1869 - 1937
1935 - 1936 Josef Knüsel (3x)
1937 - 1938 Karl Staub 1875 - 1946
1939 - 1940 Otto Henggeler (2x)
1941 - 1942 Emil Steimer 1899 - 1971
1943 - 1944 Albert Meyer (2x)
1945 - 1946 Karl Staub (2x)
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