Battle of Linnich

The Battle of Linnich (also Hubertusschlacht ) was a battle in the area of today's city of Linnich in the Düren district .

Hubertus Cross

The battle took place on November 3, 1444, the celebration of the name of St. Hubertus . In the Second War of the Geldrian Succession , Duke Gerhard von Jülich-Berg won the battle over Arnold von Egmond , the Duke of the Duchy of Geldern . In gratitude and as a reminder of the fight, Gerhard donated the Order of Hubert based on the example of the Golden Fleece of the Burgundian Duke Philip the Good . The veneration of Saint Hubert in the Rhineland has increased sharply since then.

In the Peace of Dülken, Gerhard nevertheless renounced his inheritance claim and later sold it to the Duke of Burgundy .

literature

Heinrich Oidtmann: The Hubertus battle near Linnich in poetry, legend and history: The high order of St. Hubertus . Fischer, Jena 1904 ( digitized version )
Walter Platzhoff: From the Interregnum to the French Revolution 1250 - 1789. In: History of the Rhineland. GD Baedeker Verlagbuchhandlung, Essen 1922, Volume 1, pp. 187 ff.
Hugo Doergens: Chronicle of the city of Dülken. Dulken 1925.
Max Fischer: The Hubertus Battle and the Peace of Dülken. In: Viersener Zeitung. No. 262, November 8, 1930.
The battle at Linnich . In: Geldrischer Heimatkalender. 1994, pp. 67-89.
Ralf Günther Jahn: The Battle of Linnich 1444 (= Jülich Research , Issue 2), Jülich History Association, Jülich 1994, ISBN 3-930808-02-1 .