Hans Waldmann (mayor)
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Hans Waldmann was mayor of Zurich and a Swiss military leader. Born in Blickensdorf near Zug, he married well and became Squire of Dubelstein. He served as Mayor of Zurich between 1483–1489 and was be
Portrait of Hans Waldmann, late 17th century
Knighting of Hans Waldmann before the Battle of Morat in June 1476
Execution of Hans Waldmann (Luzerner Schilling, 1515)
The Grossmünster with the 1937 equestrian monument to Hans Waldmann
Zunft zum Kämbel
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Zunft zum Kämbel is a guild organisation in Zürich, Switzerland. The guild was established in 1336; the guild house, Haus zur Haue, is situated at Limmatquai.
Hans Waldmann (mayor)
…But Waldmann did not seem to have been entirely without political support, because six years later, in 1473, he was elected to the guild master of the Kämbel guild and thus to the small council. Waldmann lead the Confederates in the Burgundian Wars, defeating Charles the Bold with an army estimated at 12,000 men…
Kämbel carriage on occasion of Sechseläuten 2013 at their guild house at Limmatquai
Hans Waldmann monument on occasion of the Sechseläuten ceremony 2015
Members of the guild in "Arabian" costumes at the Bürkliplatz plaza in 2015