Battle of Haselünne
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The Battle of Haselünne took place in the Thirty Years War between a Swedish regiment and imperial troops on January 1st jul. / January 11, 1636 greg. instead of. The battlefield was between Bawinkel and Haselünne near Meppen .
procedure
Dodo Freiherr zu Innhausen and Knyphausen (* 1583– † 1636), Lord of Meppen in the Emsland , was in Swedish service as a field marshal . On January 11, 1636, he moved with his regiment and 1,500 mercenaries from Meppen in the direction of Osnabrück to unite the regiment with Swedish units standing there .
Haselünne, about 15 km east of Meppen, was occupied by imperial troops under Colonel Lautersheim, so that Knyphausen marched at a reasonable distance from Meppen, southwest of Haselünne, towards the Bawinkel farmers. Between Haselünne and Bawinkel he met the 3000-strong army of Colonel Lautersheim, which was in full order . The field marshal ordered his troops to also form into battle order. During the necessary maneuvers, an enemy bullet hit him from behind in the head, causing him to fall dead from his horse. Despite the death of their leader and despite the clear numerical inferiority, the Swedish troops managed to achieve a tactical victory under the leadership of Colonel Wilhelm von Kratzenstein .
The body of Dodo von Inn- und Knyphausen was brought to Meppen and embalmed. It was not until March 4, 1636, that she was transferred on a ship down the Ems to Emden and buried on May 3, 1636 in the Jennelter Church , where the magnificent copper coffin can still be seen today.
Place of battle
The term “battle near Haselünne” is locally misleading. In fact, the fighting is not likely to relate to a battlefield near Haselünne, but rather to the landscape between Bawinkel and Haselünne after the battle order has been resolved into individual battles and persecution (the small town of Haverbeck is also mentioned as the alleged battleground). The only contemporary written source mentions the site of the battle "beij Bawinckel two miles from Meppen".
literature
- Booklet accompanying the special exhibition "The Battle of Haselünne 1636", published by the Emsland district, Meppen 1998