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Old 27th July 2018, 04:51 PM   #1
Jens Nordlunde
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Default A bit of Swiss history - forgotten by most

When I walk Dylan (one of our dogs) every morning, we pass a small chapel which has some history to tell.
It was build in 1869 in memory of a battle against Zurich (I think), as they were Protestants, and the army which gathered where the chapel stands were Catholics, and religious wars at the time (1531) were quite common.
This army consisted of soldiers from the counties from Baar, Aegeri (Oberaegeri), Menzingen, Neuheim, Aegeri (Unteraegeri) and Sattle – see the coats of arms. The united army won the battle – see the text over the coats of arms.
The battle is said to have taken place close to the convent Gubel not far from the chapel, and quite close to the canton Zurich.

You will notice hat two Aegeri’s are mentioned. Until sometime in the 18th century they were one community, each with its own coat of arms, but later they disagreed about something and split up.

As we live in the Catholic part of Switzerland, you can find a lot of chapels, although few have such a historic background as this one,

When the emperor of Habsburg died, some regions took their chance and met to enter into a permanent alliance in order to become independent: the cantons of Schwyz, Unterwalden and Uri formed the Swiss Confederation on August 1, 1291.
In 1847 there were still wars between the Protestants and the Catholics from the different cantons, but in 1874 the Swiss confederation was a reality.
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