See also:

• MORAT (Ger. Murten)

MORAT (Ger. Murten)  , a small See also:

• TOWN

town on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• MORAT (Ger. Murten)

Morat, in the Swiss See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of See also:

• FRIBOURG [Ger. Freiburg]

Fribourg, and by See also:

• RAIL

rail 14 M . N. of Fribourg or 184 m . W. of See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern . In 1900 its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 2263, of whom 1840 were See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-speaking and 1969 were Protestants . It is a most picturesque little town, overlooked by the 13th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle and the See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the Rathhaus, while it is still surrounded by its 15th century walls that are studded at intervals with See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch towers . In 1264 it exchanged its position as a See also:

• FREE

free imperial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city (enjoyed since 1218) for the See also:

• RULE

rule of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy . In 1475 it was taken by the Swiss at the commencement of their See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bold, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, whose ally was the duchess of Savoy . But in 1476 it was besieged by Charles, though it held out till the Swiss See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army arrived in haste and utterly defeated (See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• JUNE

June) the Burgundians . An See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk a little way See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the town stands on the site of the See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house (destroyed by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1798, wherein the remains of many victims had been collected . Morat was ruled in See also:

• COMMON

common from 1475 to 1798 by Bern and Fribourg, being finally annexed to Fribourg in 1814 . The Lake of Morat has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1o2 sq. m., and is connected with that of See also:

• NEUCHATEL
• NEUCHATEL (Ger. Neuenburg)
• NEUCHATEL, LAKE OF

Neuchatel by way of the Broye See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . On its shores many lake dwellings have been found .

See F . L . Engelhard, Der Stadt Murten Chronik (Bern, 1828); G . F . Ochsenbein, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Urkunden der Belagerung u . Schlacht von Murten (See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg, 1876) ; H . Wattelet, Die Schlacht bei Murten (Fribourg, 1894) . (W . A . B .