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SempachSempach, small town in the canton of Luzern (Lucerne, Switzerland), founded by the Habsburgs around 1120 as a way station on the Gotthart road; sympathised with the Swiss Confederates (Luzern) in 1386. On July 9, 1386 duke Leopold III and his army of knights (approximately 700 men) had to surrender to the urban and peasant infantry near Sempach. As a result, the reign of the Habsburgs came to an end on the Upper Rhine, and the Swiss Confederation was strengthened. Literature: W. Schaufelberger, Spät-Mittelalter, in: Handbuch der Schweizer Geschichte, vol. 1, 1980.
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