Ii Federigo Zuccaro C 1539-1609

The earlier history of the canton is closely linked with that of its capital, Zug (see below) ; subsequently violent disputes about the distribution of the French pensions took place (1728-38). In 1798 its inhabitants opposed the French, and during the period of the Helvetia republic it was one of the districts of the huge canton of the Waldstatten, but became a separate canton again on the fall of the republic (1803). As one of the six Catholic cantons, it joined the Sonderbund (1845) and shared in the war of 1847. In 1848, and again in 1874, it voted against the acceptance of the proposed Federal Constitution.

ZUG,

capital of the Swiss canton of that name, a picturesque little town at the N.E. corner of the lake of Zug, and at the foot of the Zugerberg (3,255 ft.), which rises gradually, its lower slopes thickly covered with fruit trees. Pop. (1930), 11,113, mainly Ger man-speaking and Roman Catholics.

The town, first mentioned in 1240, is called an oppidum in 1242, and a castrum in 1255. In 1273 it was bought by Rudolph of Habsburg from Anna, the heiress of Kyburg. After this it was governed by a bailiff, appointed by the Habsburgs, and a council, and was much favoured by that family. Several country districts (Baar, Menzingen, and Aegeri) had each its own "Landsge meinde" but were governed by one bailiff, also appointed by the Habsburgs ; these were known as the "Aeusser Amt," and were always favourably disposed to the Confederates. On the 27th

of June 1352 both the town of Zug and the Aeusser Amt entered the Swiss Confederation; but in September, 1352, Zug had to acknowledge its own lords again, and in 1355 to break off its con nection with the league. About 1364 the town and the Aeusser Amt were recovered for the league by the men of Schwyz, and from this time Zug took part as a full member in all the acts of the league. In 1379 the German king Wenceslaus exempted Zug from all external jurisdictions, and in 1389 the Habsburgs re nounced their claims, reserving only an annual payment of twenty silver marks, and this came to an end in 1415. In 1385 Zug joined the league of the Swabian cities against Leopold of Habsburg, and shared in the victory of Sempach. Between 1379 (Walchwil) and 1477 (Cham) Zug had acquired various districts in her own neighbourhood, principally to the north and the west, which were ruled till 1798 by the town alone as subject lands. At the time of the Reformation Zug clung to the old faith and was a member of the "Christliche Vereinigung" of 1529. In 1586 it became a member of the Golden League.