The Battle of Bruderholz - Reinach, BL, Switzerland - Battlefields on Waymarking.com

The Battle of Bruderholz took place on March 22, 1499 in the Swabian War between Swabian troops and forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The Swabians had raided several Swiss villages and were on their way back when they met troops from Lucerne, Solothurn, and Berne, who also came back from a raid in the Alsace. At the Bruderholz, a hill south of Basel, the Swiss engaged the three times more numerous Swabians in battle and defeated them. (From Wikipedia)

The mnument is from 1959. The text on the monument says in medieval German:
800 Knecht von (Solothurn, Bern, Luzern) hand d'Vind gon Basel an die Grendel gejagt
Von Forchten warent sy so gantz verzagt
Wer der Weg in die Hell offen gestanden
Sy werent gelouffen zu des Tüffels Handen.

English:

800 men-at-arms from (the coats of arms of Solothurn, Bern and Lucerne) chased the enemies to border of Basel
They were so quailed by fear
If they way to hell would have been open
They would have ran into the hands of the devil.

Name of Battle: Battle of Bruderholz Name of War: Swabian War Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 03/22/1499 Date of Battle (End): 03/22/1499 Parking: Not Listed

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