| Canton of Oberland Kanton Oberland | |||||||||
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| Canton of the Helvetic Republic | |||||||||
| 1798–1803 | |||||||||
 The Helvetic Republic, as at the constitution of 12 April 1798, showing the canton of Oberland in brown. The Canton of Bern (purple) is directly north of Oberland and the Canton of Wallis (olive) is south. | |||||||||
| Capital | Thun | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 12 April 1798 | |||||||||
| 19 February | |||||||||
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| Today part of |  Switzerland | ||||||||
Oberland (German for Highlands) was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun.