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landammann

/ ˈæԻəə /

noun

  1. sometimes capital the chairman of the governing council in any of several Swiss cantons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of landammann1

C18: Swiss German, from Land country + Ammann, from Amt office + Mann man
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It names the executive of 6 members, besides the Landammann or president, all holding office for three years.

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Later, the chief magistrates thanked the Landammann for having put force upon them for their good.

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From the feeling excited by these circumstances, I went soon after to the Landammann, and lamented the harshness of the proceeding.

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I went to Solothurn, and spoke to the Landammann Munzinger and to the Councillor of the Board of Education, Dr. F. Both were worthy men, who provided for the boys in a great measure out of their own income.

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The Landammann had the welfare of the Confederation as much at heart as that of the Canton, and as the people at home submitted to his discipline because they recognised that it was for their good, so also his guidance was followed in the affairs of the Confederation.

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