The First Battle of Ulrichen in 1211 was a decisive defeat of Bernese troops under Duke Berthold V of Zähringen by the army of the Canton of Valais under the Bishop of Sion Landrich von Mont.

[1] Twenty years before the battle, in 1191, Berchtold V had established the city of Bern to expand his power into the lands of the County of Savoy.

The Valaisian army assembled under the command of the Bishop of Sion Landrich von Mont near Ulrichen.

Very little is recorded about the battle, but Berchtold's army suffered heavy casualties and the survivors retreated back over the Grimsel pass.

According to tradition, Thomas [Brantschen][2] or [Riedie][3] a resident of Ulrichen, saw the invading army and declared; What has become of Valais, the ancient hero-land?