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The official date of birth of the Old Swiss Confederation is August, 1st 1291.
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the counts of Habsburg tried to reach their goals by military force but were defeated several times and finally even had to leave their native castle in northern Switzerland, while they were on the other hand strong enough to gain the German crown from their new seat in Austria, where their dynasty remained in power until 1918.
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Lucerne entered into the confederacy in 1332
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Zürich entered into the confederacy in 1351
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Zug entered into the confederacy in 1352
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Bern and Glarus entered into the confederacy in 1353
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Appenzell signed an alliance as associated member in 1411
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St. Gallen entered into the confederacy in 1412
