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MORAT (Ger. Murten)

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MORAT (Ger. Murten) , a small See also:town on the See also:east See also:shore of the See also:Lake of Morat, in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Fribourg, and by See also:rail 14 M. N. of Fribourg or 184 m. W. of See also:Bern. In 1900 its See also:population was 2263, of whom 1840 were See also:German-speaking and 1969 were Protestants. It is a most picturesque little town, overlooked by the 13th-See also:century See also:castle and the See also:quaint See also:tower of the Rathhaus, while it is still surrounded by its 15th century walls that are studded at intervals with See also:watch towers. In 1264 it exchanged its position as a See also:free imperial See also:city (enjoyed since 1218) for the See also:rule of the See also:count of See also:Savoy. In 1475 it was taken by the Swiss at the commencement of their See also:war with See also:Charles the Bold, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy, whose ally was the duchess of Savoy. But in 1476 it was besieged by Charles, though it held out till the Swiss See also:army arrived in haste and utterly defeated (See also:land See also:June) the Burgundians. An See also:obelisk a little way See also:south. See also:west of the town stands on the site of the See also:bone-See also:house (destroyed by the See also:French in 1798, wherein the remains of many victims had been collected. Morat was ruled in See also:common from 1475 to 1798 by Bern and Fribourg, being finally annexed to Fribourg in 1814. The Lake of Morat has an See also:area of 1o2 sq. m., and is connected with that of See also:Neuchatel by way of the Broye See also:canal.

On its shores many lake dwellings have been found. See F. L. Engelhard, Der Stadt Murten Chronik (Bern, 1828); G. F. Ochsenbein, See also:

Die Urkunden der Belagerung u. Schlacht von Murten (See also:Freiburg, 1876) ; H. Wattelet, Die Schlacht bei Murten (Fribourg, 1894). (W. A. B.

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