Battle of Boitwarden

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The Battle of Boitwarden took place in 1260 near the village of Boitwarden (today the district of Wesermarsch near Brake (Unterweser) ).

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Boitwarden was strategically located on the border between Stedingen and Rüstringen . The Oldenburg Count Johann I and his allies attacked the Frisians near Boitwarden. The Oldenburg had an army of 2,000 men, but lost to the Frisians. These broke the dike between Hammelwarden and Elsfleth , so that the country was spoiled for 7 years. On the Oldenburg side, "several" losses were to be lamented.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Dede. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hermann. A. Schuhmacher: The Stedinger . 1865, p. 183 .
  3. ^ Hermann Hamelman: Oldenburg Chronicle. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Hermann Hamelman: Oldenburg Chronicle. P. 91, 490, 500 , accessed November 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Klaus Dede. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Hermann. A. Schuhmacher: The Stedinger . 1865, p. 183 .
  7. ^ Johann Gottlieb Visbeck: The Nieder-Weser and Osterstade . Hanover 1798, p. 35 .