Battle of Sudoměř
The battle of Sudoměř in South Bohemia on March 25, 1420 was the first real battle of the Hussite Wars that lasted until 1436 after the fighting at Nekmíř . It established the reputation of invincibility of the Hussite commander Jan Žižka and gave rise to the development of the tactics of the wagon castle .
Course of the battle
Only a few days after the proclamation of the first crusade against the Hussites , a Hussite unit under the command of Jan Žižka near the South Bohemian town of Sudoměř was attacked by around 2000 (according to other sources 2500) imperial cavalrymen . The Hussites with about twelve chariots and 400 foot soldiers had taken a defensive position, one flank was protected by a pond, the other by the war chariots. The imperial descended and carried out several attacks on the position of the Hussites. Both sides suffered considerable losses, but eventually the imperial family withdrew so that Žižka was able to escape. At least three of his cars were damaged in the battle.
In 1925, a 16-meter-high stone monument to Jan Žižka was erected on the Sudoměř battlefield between the Markovec and Škaredý ponds.
literature
- František Palacký : History of Bohemia , Volume 5, p. 87
