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MorgartenMorgarten Pass, head of a pass (1,244 m) in central Switzerland. In the Battle of Morgarten (November 15, 1315) the Austrian duke Leopold I suffered a heavy defeat in an attempt to subject Swiss peasants to Habsburg rule again; also marked the beginning of the Habsburgs loss of their Swiss possessions. Literature: H. R. Müller, Morgarten, 1986.
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