Hague comparison

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The Hague settlement is a mediation of the Dutch States General between Count Enno III. and the city of Emden on April 8, 1603 in The Hague . The Hague settlement finally drew a line under the " Emden Revolution " of 1595. It took the rulers of the county of East Friesland the last influence on Emden and assured the East Frisian estates the right to assemble independently if the count refused to convene. Today there are two documents of the contract. One is stored in the state archive in Aurich , the other in the city archive of Emden.

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The Hague Comparison comprises 15 chapters and is written in Low German. In the contract, the city of Emden was activated to incorporate its suburbs. Furthermore, the city received tax sovereignty within its borders. Military sovereignty also passed to the magistrate, which made Emden de facto a free imperial city . The contract stipulated that Emden should receive a permanent garrison of 600 to 700 men, financed by the East Frisian estates . The influence of the States General on Emden was also laid down, because the commander of the city garrison was not allowed to have previously been in the service of a count or of Emden, which de facto meant that he had to be a Dutchman.

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During the Emden Revolution, the Emden defeated Count Edzard II and drove him out of the city. The city of Emden received support from troops from the States General. After the victory, the count, the East Frisian estates and the city of Emden signed a treaty on November 7, 1595. However, this was only able to restore peace for a short time. The tensions escalated as a result and culminated in an open civil war between the city of Emden on the one hand and Enno III from 1600 onwards. and its countial parts of the country on the other side. Again the States General supported the Emder. On October 4th, 1602 there was a major battle at the Logumer Schanze created by Enno, which lasted until October 14th. From this the Emder emerged as the winner, Count Enno retired to Esens in Harlingerland, which he ruled in personal union. Emden troops under the command of the Dutch general Werner van den Houte occupied East Frisia, plundered and collected war taxes, whereby the churches were not spared either. This civil war wreaked havoc in East Frisia even before the Mansfeld troops were stationed in the Thirty Years' War . In February 1603 Enno III appeared. then in The Hague , whereupon the city of Emden in turn sent representatives to the States General to negotiate the Hague settlement. These were unequal negotiations, at the end of which the count was forced to sign a dictated treaty under threat of war (by the States General).

Only reluctantly did Enno III sign. the contract then on April 8, 1603, after he had previously hesitated. The words of the intermediary of the States General, “You shall consent what we want or what we want,” had their effect.