County of Sargans

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County of Sargans Grafschaft Sargans
11th century? – 1798
Coat of arms 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
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire, Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy
Capital	Sargans
Historical era	Middle 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
• Condominium of the     Old Swiss Confederacy	→ 1458–1798
• Annexed to Helvetic     canton of Linth	→ 1798
• Joined St Gallen	→ 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.