Wolhusen

Wolhusen was the seat of a powerful family whose lands included the Rottal and Entlebuch valleys west of Lucerne. Around 1300 the lords sold their possessions to the Habsburgs, whose appointed bailiffs came into conflict with Lucerne and the people of Entlebuch. In January 1386 their opponents attacked the bailiff Peter von Thorberg and destroyed both his castles. After the Habsburg defeat at Sempach that year, Lucerne acquired Wolhusen as a pledge in 1389 and obtained full authority in 1405. The settlement remained part of Lucerne's bailiwick of Ruswil until 1798.