Battle of Sörenberg

The Battle of Sören Berg was an armed confrontation between Obwalden and the Entlebuch in the modern canton of Lucerne in 1380th

Prehistory

Before 1300 the Habsburgs acquired the interior office Wolhusen and the valley Entlebuch. In the course of the century, the whole office was issued as a deposit.

Events

In 1380 it came to the possession of the local pastures to a battle between Obwaldnern and Entlebuchern. The location of the meeting is the Alp " battle " at the foot of the Brienz Rothorn. The legend says incident Obwaldner have the Senn dipped and killed in the hot Scot. Pledge of Mr. Peter Thornberg commanded the advance of Obwaldners over the watershed stop.

A legend from that era knows of a hero " Windtrüeb " to tell. Remember him at the monument of the village bridge in Fluhli and the memorial stone in Krutacher.

Follow

The dispute ended in 1381 in a comparison. The Entlebuch as a country and the valley people as compatriots appear from 1381st From 1382 Weibel published. The Entlebuch then closed around 1385/1386 with the city of Lucerne, a castle law. The country came under the rule of the aristocracy of the city of Lucerne, the 1405 final with the acquisition of the mortgage shaft.