battle, medieval

Battle of Ulrichen

Name: Battle of Ulrichen
Location: Ulrichen, Switzerland

Battle of Ulrichen was a battle fought in 1211 at Ulrichen, in what is now Switzerland. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ulrichen. The recorded result: Decisive Valais victory. Recorded strength: 13,000 against Unknown.

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Kreuz im Feld von Ulrichen (Winter 2005). Egon Schmidt (Zinat at de.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1211

WhereUlrichen, Switzerland46.505N, 8.310E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDecisive Valais victory

BelligerentsBernagainstValais

Record

Date	1211 (year precision)
Place	Ulrichen, Switzerland 46.505N, 8.310E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	13,000	Unknown
Commanders	Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen

Placed at Ulrichen; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Battle of Ulrichen 1419, 0.9 km SW
Battle of Oberwald 1799, 4.4 km NE
Battle of Gotthard Pass 1799, 21 km E
Battle of Devil's Bridge 1799, 27 km NE
Battle of the Bagni di Craveggia 1944, 38 km SE

Elsewhere in 1211

Battle of Yehuling People's Republic of China
Battle of Antioch on the Meander Turkey
Battle of the Rhyndacus Turkey
Siege of Castelnòu d'Arri France
Siege of Toulouse France

Battle of Ulrichen is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Switzerland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q684482, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of Ulrichen, revision 1370619015, 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.