Battle of Frankenhausen
51°21′58″N 11°6′10″E / 51.36611°N 11.10278°E
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Battle of Frankenhausen | |||||||
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Part of the German Peasants' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Landgraviate of Hesse Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel George of Saxony | Peasants' army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Philip I of Hesse George of Wettin Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Bonaventura Kuerschner Thomas Müntzer (captured) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 2,800 horse, 4,000 foot | c. 8,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 | 7,000+ |
The Battle of Frankenhausen was fought on 14 and 15 May 1525. It was an important battle in the
Preparations
On April 29, 1525, the struggles in and around Frankenhausen had culminated into an open revolt.
Initial skirmishes
The princes had great difficulties in recruiting Landsknecht
Battle
The truce was broken around midday when it had become clear that Müntzer was not going to be delivered up to the Princes. Starting with an artillery barrage followed by waves of horse and footsoldiers, the princes caught the peasants off guard and they fled in panic into the town, followed and continuously attacked by the mercenaries. Most of the insurgents were slain in what turned out to be a massacre. Casualty figures are unreliable but peasant losses have been estimated at more than 7,000 while the Landsknecht casualties were estimated to be as low as six.
Legacy
At Frankenhausen, the battle is depicted, along with many other scenes of that age, on the world's largest
Notes/Citations
- ^ Günter Vogler (editor): Bauernkrieg zwischen Harz und Thüringer Wald (2008)[page needed]
- ^ Martin Bensing: Thomas Müntzer und der Thüringer Aufstand 1525, (1966)[page needed]
- ^ Siegfried Hoyer: Das Militärwesen im deutschen Bauernkrieg 1524–1526 (1975)[page needed]
- ^ Siegfried Hoyer in: Vogler G. (ed) Bauernkrieg zwischen Harz und Thüringer Wald (2008) : 221
- ^ H.Müller: Über die Bauernschlachten am 14. und 15. Mai 1525 bei Frankenhausen in Historische Beiträge zur Kyffhäuserlandschaft, Bad Frankenhausen (1975)[page needed]
- ^ a b "Tübke, Werner". Die Gesichter des Deutschen Kunstarchivs (in German). Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
- Werner Tübke, Monumentalbild Frankenhausen
- Frankenhausen Notgeld (emergency banknotes) depicting the Battle of Frankenhausen in woodcut. webgerman.com/Notgeld/Directory/F/Frankenhausen.htm
Further reading
- G.Droysen (1873). Zur Schlacht bei Frankenhausen, in: Zeitschrift für preussische Geschichte und Landeskunde Vol. 10, pp. 590–617.
- G. Einicke (1904). Zwanzig Jahre Schwarzburgische Reformationsgeschichte 1521–1541. Nordhausen.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - W.Falckenheiner (1887). Philipp der Grossmütige im Bauernkriege. Mit urkundlichen Beilagen. Marburg.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - L.Fischer (1975). Die Schlacht unter dem Regenbogen. Berlin.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - S.Hoyer (1975). Das Militärwesen im deutschen Bauernkrieg 1524–1526. Berlin.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - M.Lenz (1892). Zur Schlacht bei Frankenhausen Historische Zeitschrift 6. pp. 193–208.
- Marvin Mädel (2010). Historisch-archäologische Untersuchungen zur "Bauernschlacht" Bad Frankenhausen am 15. Mai 1525. (As-yet-unpublished lecture)
- Douglas Miller (2017). Frankenhausen 1525. Seaton Burn, Newcastle.
- H.Müller (1975). Über die Bauernschlachten am 14. und 15. Mai 1525 bei Frankenhausen in Historische Beiträge zur Kyffhäuserlandschaft, Bad Frankenhausen, Heft 5. Bad Frankenhausen.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Günter Vogler (2008). Bauernkrieg zwischen Harz und Thüringer Wald (Historische Mitteilungen Im Auftrage Der Ranke-Gesellschaft). Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-5150917-5-6.)
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- A.Wünsch (2003). Thomas Müntzer mit dem schwerthe Gydeonis – Letzte Tage des Kampfes, Studienarbeit Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Fakultät für Philosophie und Geschichte. Tübingen.
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