Chronology 185
(^) General Klettgau/Thurgau/Konstanz/Hegau
October: Zürich to hand back
Küssaberg to counts of Sulz
1499 October: Peace of Basel Konstanz’s neutrality affirmed
TG and territorial court ceded to CH
(seat of court moved to Frauenfeld),
but abbot of St Gallen and bishop of
Konstanz gain exemptions
1500 King Maximilian seeks renewal of
Perpetual Accord
Konstanz continues to assert claims
to TG territorial court and to
northern TG
1501 Fundaments for Basel’s admission to
CH, not least because never member of
Swabian League
TG Treaty with abbot of St Gallen
Hegau nobles seek accommodation
with CH over freedom of sale and
legal appeals
Schaffhausen seeks full membership
of CH
Debate in Konstanz whether to
conclude Perpetual League with CH
in return for regaining territorial
court and part of TG
1501–4 Zürich asserts lordship over
Stammheim and Nussbaumen
1502 Negotiations over cession of part of
TG to Konstanz by CH (renewed
attempts in 1507 and 1510)
Hegau nobility allies with CH
Frontier of TG with abbot of St
Gallen finally settled
1503 Maximilian’s envoys press for extension
of Perpetual Accord, with pensions
as bait, and demand for cession of part
of TG to Konstanz
1504–8 Bishop of Konstanz demands
exemption for subjects from TG
territorial court just as in landgraviate
of Nellenburg
1505 Bern renews demand for share of
administration of TG bailiwick
1506 Conflict with Konstanz prompts
cathedral chapter to leave; possible
sale of Diessenhofen