Swabian War
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The Swabian War of 1499, called Schwabenkrieg or Schweizerkrieg in Germany and Engadiner Krieg in Austria, was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg
The battle of Hard was the first major battle of the Swabian War. Illustration from the Luzerner Schilling of 1513.
Emperor Frederick III
Emperor Maximilian I in a painting from 1519 by Albrecht Dürer
Women and priests retrieve the dead bodies of Swabian soldiers just outside the city gates of Constance after the battle of Schwaderloh. (Luzerner Schilling).
Old Swiss Confederacy
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The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states, initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the
Swabian War
…or Schweizerkrieg ("Swiss War") in Germany and Engadiner Krieg ("War of the Engadin") in Austria, was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val Müstair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of…
The forces of Zürich are defeated in the Second War of Kappel.
Federal Charter of 1291
Tagsatzung of 1531 in Baden (1790s drawing)