Vogt (Switzerland)

Swiss condominiums in the 18th century
Former Amthaus in Rüti ZH

A Vogt (plural Vögte) was a title and office in the Old Swiss Confederacy, inherited from the feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding to the English reeve. The German term Vogtei is ultimately a loan from Latin [ad]vocatia.


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