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01 August 2007

Vleeptron celebrates Switzerland's Birthday with more Health Food!

Berner Platte traditionell mit Speck, Würsten, Sauerkraut, Bohnen, Zungenwurst und Kartoffeln schön angerichtet. (Sinus photo archive)

1 August 1291 is

Nationalfeiertag

Switzerland's Birthday!

from Wikipedia:

Early August 1291, the three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed the Federal Charter. The charter united the signatories in the struggle against Habsburg rule, the family then possessing the Duchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire.

At the Battle of Morgarten on 15 November 1315, the Swiss defeated the Habsburg army and secured the existence of the Swiss Confederation within the Holy Roman Empire.

By 1353 the three original cantons had been joined by the cantons of Glarus and Zug and the city states of Lucerne, Zürich and Berne, forming the "Old Confederacy" of eight states that persisted during much of the 15th century and led to a significant increase of power and wealth of the federation, in particular due to the victories over Charles the Bold of Burgundy during the 1470s, and the success of the Swiss mercenaries. The Swiss victory in the Swabian War against the Swabian League of Emperor Maximilian I in 1499 amounted to de facto independence from the Holy Roman Empire.

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