Siege of Dorsten

When

16 Jul 1641 – 19 Sep 1641

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

51.66° N, 6.96° E

Description

1641 siege of the thirty years' war

1641 battle of the Thirty Years' War

In the siege of Dorsten, an Imperial force under Melchior von Hatzfeldt besieged the Hessian garrison in the town of Dorsten from 16 July 1641 to 19 September 1641 during the Thirty Years' War. The garrison capitulated on 18 September 1641 and moved out of the town the following day.

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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 “In Germany, the Siege of Dorsten by the Holy Roman Empire ends after nine weeks with the surrender of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel after the Hessians…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kaiserliche Truppen unter Feldmarschall Melchior von Hatzfeldt beginnen die Belagerung von Dorsten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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