Battle Chapel

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Battle chapel is a common name in Switzerland for a chapel and memorial that recalls the battles of the old confederates , for example Morgarten (1315), Sempach (1386), Näfels (1388), Stoss (1405), Etzel (1439), Dornach ( 1499) and Gubel (1531).

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  • Battle Chapel Sempach 1838

  • Battle Chapel Morgarten

  • Battle Chapel Stoss and Gasthaus

See also

Literature (selection)

  • Martin Steger and Josef Fink: Die Schlachtkapelle von Sempach , (brochure), 1999
  • Jürg Davatz The first chapel of Näfels - a battle chapel of the state of Glarus from 1389 . In: Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus , 72, pp. 53–82. 1988. OCLC 2087997
  • Joseph Widmer: Spirit of the old Swiss in relation to the present time; A speech given at the annual commemorative celebration at the Battle Chapel ob Sempach in 1815. Lucerne. Xaver Meyer, Lucerne 1815.

Web links

Commons : Battle bands in Switzerland  - collection of images, videos and audio files