Battle of Frankenhausen

When

24 May 1525 – 25 May 1525

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.36° N, 11.10° E

Description

1525 battle of the German Peasants' War

Part of the German Peasants' War

The Battle of Frankenhausen was fought on 14 and 15 May 1525. It was an important battle in the German Peasants' War and the final act of the war in Thuringia: joint troops of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Duke George of Saxony defeated the peasants under their spiritual leader Thomas Müntzer near Frankenhausen in the County of Schwarzburg.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “German Peasants' War: Battle of Frankenhausen – Insurgent peasants led by radical pastor Thomas Müntzer are defeated”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Frankenhausen am Kyffhäuser werden die aufständischen Bauern vernichtend geschlagen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Frankenhausen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la actual Alemania se libra la batalla de Frankenhausen, que pone el punto final a la guerra de los campesinos alemanes en el Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page