Battle of Neu Titschein
Battle of Neu Titschein (Nový Jičín) | |||||||
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Part of the Thirty Years War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bohemia Silesian Protestants | Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Johann Georg Jägerndorf of Hohenzollern | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
less than 10,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | More than 500 dead | ||||||
Nový Jičín |
The Battle of Neu Titschein or Titschein (Moravia, now Nový Jičín, Czech Republic) was fought on 25 July 1621 during the Thirty Years' War between the Roman Catholic forces of and the Protestant army of Johann Georg Jägerndorf of Hohenzollern.
After the defeat of the Bohemian Protestant army in the battle of White mountain, part of its forces remained in Silesia. Protestant nobleman Johann Georg Jägerndorf of Hohenzollern, a Protestant leader in Silesia, decided to restore Protestant power in the Bohemian kingdom. In the northeastern part of nearby Moravia, Protestant Wallachians fought against Roman Catholics, and further east in Slovakia (Upper Hungary) Protestants attempted to ally with forces of Hungarian prince Gabor Bethlen.
At Neutitschein, a strong Catholic force was assembled and engaged the Protestant forces which had occupied towns and castles in Silesia and northern Moravia. During the battle, a huge fire started and all suburbs of Neutitschein burned down. This fire prevented the Catholic forces to successfully defend the town and only a small part of them, led by , escaped to Olomouc (Olmütz), leaving northern Moravia under Protestant control. Yet, since the Protestant forces were unable to conquer Olomouc and occupy all of Moravia, Johann Georg Jägerndorf of Hohenzollern decided to move to Slovakia to join forces with Gabor Bethlen.
References[]
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- Radek Fukala. Jan Jiří Krnovský. Stavovské povstání a zápas s Habsburky. Nakladatelství a vydavetelství Bohumír NĚMEC - VEDUTA. 2005. ISBN 80-86829-11-1 p. 199
- Radek Fukala. Sen o odplatě. Dramata třicetileté války. Nakladatelství Epocha. 2005. ISBN 80-86328-84-8[page needed]
- Battles of the Thirty Years' War
- 1621 in Europe
- Conflicts in 1621
- Battles involving Bohemia
- Battles in Moravia
- Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire