Battle of Dättwil

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Battle of Dättwil
date December 26, 1351
place Dättwil near Baden
output Zurich's victory
Parties to the conflict
Commander

unknown

Duke Albrecht II.

Troop strength
1500 unknown
losses

at least 40

about 500

The Battle of Dättwil took place on December 26, 1351 during the third phase of the Swiss Habsburg Wars. Troops from the city of Zurich met contingents of the Habsburgs and allied cities at Dättwil near Baden . The people of Zurich managed to fight their way back and to bring the booty from the previous raid to safety.

causes

Zurich joined the Swiss Confederation on May 1, 1351 , because the city had become hostile to the Habsburgs after the " Murder Night of Zurich " and the destruction of Rapperswil . At that time, Zurich was also involved in a feud with the cities of Basel , Strasbourg and Freiburg im Breisgau . After an unsuccessful siege of Zurich by the Habsburgs in the autumn of 1351, mutual robberies and looting campaigns followed in the area.

The Mayor of Zurich Rudolf Brun had learned that troops of the Habsburgs and their allied cities were encamped in Baden. He ordered a surprise attack on December 24, but the opponents were warned in good time and withdrew behind the city walls. As a result, the people of Zurich burned the baths in Baden and on Christmas Day they marched through the Siggenthal to the Aare , where they destroyed Freudenau Castle .

battle

On December 26th, the people of Zurich looted the villages Gibstorf and Birmenstorf and made their way back. They intended to bring their rich booty to safety over the Heitersberg . But near Dättwil, on the terrace by the gallows in the city of Baden, the Habsburgs got in their way. The people of Zurich succeeded his way over the ridge into the Limmat freizukämpfen. On the part of the people of Zurich, Rüdiger von Manegg stood out in particular, as is remembered today by an inscription on the Manessebrunnen near the Manegg castle ruins in Zurich.

The Habsburgs and their allies suffered around 500 deaths, including 135 knights. In more than 130 years later incurred Zurich Chronicle of Gerold Edlibach is 40 to 46 dead on the part of Zurich's speech, but the losses several times may have been higher.

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