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Winkelried Monument

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Location: Sempach, Sursee, Lucerne, Switzerland

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Paul

November 17, 2024

Winkelried Memorial, Sempach (July 9, 1386)
Arnold Winkelried, or Arnold von Winkelried, is the hero of the Battle of Sempach (July 9, 1386) in traditional Swiss national history. Through his voluntary sacrificial death, he is said to have made the victory of the Eight Old Places against the superior power of Habsburg Austria possible.
In the 19th century, Winkelried became one of the central figures of national romanticism alongside William Tell, and in the culture of remembrance around Sempach, a "real hero worship" began, which in the 20th century was often classified as a "national myth".
Text / Source: wikipedia.org
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Winkelried

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Paul

November 17, 2024

Battlefield, battle inn, battle memorial
The battlefield is still the property of the state of Lucerne. On it is the battle chapel, the Winkelriedstein (1864) and an inn (1963). The Winkelriedstein is said to mark the place where Winkelried's voluntary heroic death supposedly made the victory of the Swiss Confederation possible. The inn is the successor building to the home of the so-called battle brother, who was responsible for looking after the battlefield, acting as sexton and entertaining guests. The Sempach battlefield is on the road that leads from Sempach to Hildisrieden. It is the place where a battle took place on July 9, 1386 between troops from Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden and a force of knights led by Duke Leopold during the long conflict between the young Swiss Confederation and the House of Habsburg. The battle ended in defeat for Habsburg and his army of knights, and the city of Lucerne used the victory to increase its territorial expansion efforts.
Text / Source: Sempach City Administration, Stadtstrasse 8, 6204 Sempach
sempach.ch/sehenswuerdigkeiten

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Winkelried Monument

1. Sempach Town Hall Fountain – Sempach Old Town loop from Sempach

2. Sempach Town Hall – Rathausbrunnen Sempach loop from Hildisrieden

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