• Sempacherlied is the title of a number of patriotic songs celebrating the Swiss victory at the Battle of Sempach (1386). The oldest versions are recorded...
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    being in the first draft "Arnold Winckelriet." Some recensions of the Sempacherlied, which originally dates to about the time of the Burgundian Wars in...
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    of the Old Confederacy as a source of national identity. The modern Sempacherlied is a product of 1830s patriotism. During the World Wars, the Swiss policy...
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    Lake Sempach (redirect from Sempacher See)
    Lake Sempach (German: Sempachersee) is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 87 m...
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    and Arnold Winkelried and the Rütli oath. Patriotic songs such as the Sempacherlied as well as Schiller's play had an important position, and shooting competitions...
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    Re 460 034 Aare Re 460 035 — Re 460 036 Franches-Montagnes Re 460 037 Sempacher See Re 460 038 Hauenstein Re 460 039 Rochers de Naye Re 460 040 Napf Re...
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  • struggle against the Habsburgs known as the Sempacherkriegs (War of the Sempacher, or the War of Lucerne's expansion), which culminated at the Battle of...
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