Battle of Frastanz

When

20 Apr 1499

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.22° N, 9.62° E

Description

1499 battle

Battle during the Swabian War

The Battle of Frastanz between an army of the Old Swiss Confederacy and the troops of King Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire took place on 20 April 1499. In one of the many raids of the Swabian War, an expedition of Habsburg troops had plundered some villages in the Swiss Confederacy, who responded by sending an army to Vorarlberg.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Swiss Confederacy defeats the forces of the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Frastanz, with more than 2,000 Imperial troops killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Eidgenossen unter Heinrich Wohlleb bleiben bei Frastanz, Vorarlberg, Sieger über kaiserliche und schwäbische Einheiten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Swabian WarFeb 1499 · War