Rappenkrieg (Basel)
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The Rappenkrieg was a conflict lasting from 1591-1594, consisting of a peasant uprising in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
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No be confused with the Rappenkrieg
in Western Austria from 1612 to 1614 in the adjacent Fricktal
and the Rhine, although it had similar causes.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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No be confused with the Rappenkrieg
Rappenkrieg (1612-1614)
The Rappenkrieg was a conflict that lasted from July 1612 until September 1614 in the Further Austrian district of Breisgau. It involved the Austrian rulers putting down a peasant uprising. The uprising occurred in what is now the Swiss Canton of Aargau and in the southern portion of what is now...
in Western Austria from 1612 to 1614 in the adjacent Fricktal
Fricktal
The Fricktal region is the northwest finger extending from the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is situated in Northwestern Switzerland east of Basel, between the High Rhine forming the border with Germany in the north and the Jura Mountains in the south. The Fricktal contains the districts of...
and the Rhine, although it had similar causes.
Sources
- Andreas Ryff: Der Rappenkrieg. Anfang, Mittel und End. Alles von dem Ehren und Nothvesten Herrn Hauptmann Andreas Ryff ganz wahrhaftig und ordentlich beschrieben. Basel, Nik. Müller 1833