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MORGARTEN , the name of the pasture slopes that descend westwards to the See also:south end of the See also:lake of Aegeri in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Zug, about 2 M. by road from the Sattel station on the railway See also:line from See also:Schwyz to See also:Zurich. It was at the See also:foot of these slopes and on the See also:shore of the lake that the small Swiss force defeated the large See also:Austrian See also:army, advancing from Zug on Schwyz, on the 15th of See also:November 1315, and so laid the See also:foundations of Swiss See also:liberty. As the lake has shrunk, the exact site of the See also:battle has been disputed. It seems most probable that it took See also:place near the Haselmatt See also:Chapel, in the territory of Zug, where is the See also:official See also:monument, but some hold that the real site was in Schwyz territory, near the old See also:tower and battle chapel of Schornen, in the See also:gorge between the lake and Sattel. The See also:original accounts of the battle are collected in See also:part iii. (1884) of the Mitteilungen of the See also:Historical Society of Schwyz. See also the careful study in K. Burkli's Ein Denkmal am Morgarten wo ist sein Platz? (Zug, 1895). End of Article: MORGARTENAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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