Landsgemeinde Decision on the Citizenship of the Former Inhabitants of Unterwalden

1. As a result, regarding the determination of the year, which as old rural inhabitants consequently should be considered as rural people from and under the Kernwald, the question arose as to whether the year 1558 or 1589 should be established: in consideration of the so important as well as fundamental reasons and the motives already presented at the separation at the shore in Altnacht for the year 1563 inclusive, the mentioned year 1563 inclusive was unanimously decided - thus only those families deriving from those accepted as rural inhabitants up to the aforementioned year should be regarded as true rural people of the common status and should be tolerated as such reciprocally at both places.