County of Sargans

County of Sargans
Grafschaft Sargans
11th century? – 1798
Flag of Sargans
Coat of arms of Sargans
Coat of arms of the Werdenberg counts of Sargans
Coat of arms of the
Werdenberg counts
The County of Sargans, shown in turquoise – with the Imperial Abbey of Pfäfers, of which the counts were Vögte, protectors – in the south of this map of what became the canton of St. Gallen
The County of Sargans, shown in turquoise – with the Imperial Abbey of Pfäfers, of which the counts were Vögte, protectors – in the south of this map of what became the canton of St. Gallen
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire,
Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy
CapitalSargans
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
before 1200 11th century
• County pawned to
    Habsburgs

1396
• County redeemed from
    Toggenburgers

1436
• Allied with Switzerland
    in the Old Zürich War

1440–46

1458–1798
1798
February 19, 1803
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Raetia Curiensis
Canton of Linth

The County of Sargans was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. From 1458 until the French Revolutionary War in 1798, Sargans became a condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy, administered jointly by the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zürich, Glarus and Zug.