Battle of Frastanz

Battle of Frastanz
	Part of the Swabian War
	; Depiction of the battle from the Luzerner Schilling, 1513.
Date	20 April 1499
Location	Frastanz, Vorarlberg, today in Austria47°13′12″N 09°37′12″E / 47.22000°N 9.62000°E
Result	Swiss victory
Belligerents
Old Swiss Confederacy ; The Three Leagues of the Grisons	Forces of king Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Heinrich Wolleb †; Ulrich (IX) von Sax	Burkhard von Knörringen; Johann von Königsegg
Strength
c. 9,000 infantry	c. 8,000 knights and Landsknechte at Frastanz,; c. 1,500 Tyrolian soldiers on the Roya mountain Total: 9,500
Casualties and losses
c. 10 dead;; c. 60 wounded	c. 2 – 3,000 dead
	Location within Switzerland Battle of Frastanz (Austria) Battle of Frastanz (Europe)

The Battle of Frastanz between an army of the Old Swiss Confederacy and the troops of King Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire took place on 20 April 1499. In one of the many raids of the Swabian War, an expedition of Habsburg troops had plundered some villages in the Swiss Confederacy, who responded by sending an army to Vorarlberg. At Frastanz, a few kilometers south-east of Feldkirch, the Habsburg troops had blocked the entry to the Montafon valley with a strong wooden fortification called a Letzi. The Swiss used a flanking maneuver to bypass the Letzi and after a hard battle routed Maximilian's army. Many Landsknechte drowned in the river Ill.