Sempach

[ German zem-pahkh ]

noun

1. a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.

Sempach

/ ˈzɛmpax /

noun

1. a village in central Switzerland, in Lucerne canton on Lake Sempach : scene of the victory (1386) of the Swiss over the Hapsburgs

Example Sentences

Battle of Sempach, in the canton of Lucerne, which established the independence of Switzerland.

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Sempach itself, like Sursee, is a picturesque old town, with another quaint old gateway.

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Sempach, the third great victory won by the Confederates, shares with the less famous fight of Arbedo a peculiar interest.

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Hammerfeldt was gone; Wetter remained; the Countess von Sempach remained.

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Max von Sempach, on the other hand, would fill the place respectably, although not brilliantly.

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