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Battle of Dornach

Battle of Dornach was a battle fought on 22 July 1499 at Dornach, in what is now Switzerland. It was part of the Swabian War. The recorded result: Swiss victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 15,000–16,000.

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Detail of a contemporary woodcut of a the Battle of Dornach during the Swabian War 1499. The picture shows several phases of the battle: in the middle the main battle underneath the castle of Dorneck
Detail of a contemporary woodcut of a the Battle of Dornach during the Swabian War 1499. The picture shows several phases of the battle: in the middle the main battle underneath the castle of Dorneck . unbekannt; scan by sidonius 11:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought22 July 1499
WhereDornach, Switzerland47.483N, 7.617E
OutcomeSwiss victory
BelligerentsOld Swiss Confederacy; Solothurn; Bern; Zürich; Lucerne; ZugagainstHoly Roman Empire
Casualties and losses600–900and4,000
Part ofSwabian War1499

Where it sits in the Swabian War

Battle of Hard, 1499Battle of Bruderholz, 1499Battle of Frastanz, 1499Battle of Schwaderloh, 1499Battle of Calven, 1499Battle of Dornach, 149914991499Battle of Dornach, 1499
6 placed engagements of the Swabian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date22 July 1499
PlaceDornach, Switzerland
47.483N, 7.617E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength6,00015,000–16,000
Casualties and losses600–9004,000
Battle of DornachBattle of DornachBattle of BruderholzBattle of St. Jakob an der BirsSiege of HüningenSiege of HuningueSiege of HuningueSiege of HüningenBernStrasbourgNancyLausanneFreiburgLuzernUlmVaduz100 km47.483N, 7.617E
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1444 and 1499.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1499

Battle of Dornach is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Switzerland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q251597, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dornach, revision 1370439205, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.