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    The Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (German: Hildesheimer Stiftsfehde) or Great Diocesan Feud, sometimes referred to as a "chapter feud", was a conflict that...
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    neighbouring Welf duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, culminating in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud 1519-1523 with the warlike Brunswick duke Henry the Younger that...
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  • Diocesan Feud (1258–59) Cologne Diocesan Feud (1473–1480) Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1519–1523) Mainz Diocesan Feud (1461–62) Münster Diocesan Feud (1450–1457)...
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    took place on 28 June 1519 and was the military climax of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud which lasted from 1519–1523. Some sources describe it as "the last...
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    Erichsburg near Dassel on which construction began in 1527. In the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud in 1519 he was initially defeated militarily in the Battle of Soltau...
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    occupied by the dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as a result of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud in 1521. Duke Eric I ordered to tear down Hunnesrück castle and...
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    centuries. Drawing of Bückeburg along the Weser in 1520 during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, Drawing by Johannes Krabbe Entrance gate to the palace (16th century)...
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    the War of the Lüneburg Succession (end of 14th century), the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1519-1523) or the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). The city was...
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    associated castle. The castle (Burg Wölpe) was destroyed in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud in 1522. [citation needed] Since the 2021 elections, the mayor...
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    Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1275. Gifhorn was destroyed in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1519-1523) and rebuilt afterwards. During the Thirty Years' War...
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    transferred to the Welfs of Celle. Later, with the outbreak of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, the town was almost completely destroyed in 1519. Consequently...
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    principality went to war with the principalities of Hildesheim and Lüneburg in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud which, despite a resounding defeat in the Battle...
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    constructed in the 13th century and destroyed in 1521 during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud. Only parts of the moats, walls and ramparts remain. Burgreste...
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    Brotherhoods Royalists of Aragon Agermanats rebels 1519 1523 Hildesheim Diocesan Feud Bishopric of Hildesheim County of Schaumburg County of Diepholz County of Hoya...
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    Alfeld (category Hildesheim (district))
    to the Diocese of Hildesheim, but was transferred to the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel after the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1519-1523). In retrospect...
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    Rälingsen (south of Hängisen) and Oensingen. After the Lesser Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1420 to 1422), the place was given to the Dukes of Celle. Their...
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  • century. In the fierce Hildesheim Diocesan Feud of 1523, Lutter was again conquered by Duke Henry V of Brunswick and the Hildesheim prince-bishop John IV...
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    Wernigerode, then at the behest of the Hildesheim prince-bishops, who purchased it in 1367. After the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, the castle was occupied by Duke...
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    enlarged the territories of his Principality of Wolfenbüttel in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, but soon after entered a fierce conflict with the Schmalkaldic...
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  • - the Battle of Soltau - took place as part of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud. A force of Hildesheim and Lüneburg troops destroyed the Brunswick-Welf army...
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    escape. She was however burnt to death in Hamelin. During the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud (1519–1523) he captured Hunnesrück Castle in 1521, together with...
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    had to leave the state in 1520 as a result of his role in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud and go into exile in France, Otto took over the reins of power...
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    counts of Dassel had built in the 13th century. In 1521 during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud it was bombarded with heavy cannon from the heights of Hatop and...
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  • decisions. In the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, for example, Francis sided with the rebel knights against the Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim. During Francis'...
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    with my own hand"). This action fuelled the fighting during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud. The dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg captured the castle back in 1521...
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  • retired to her dower at Lüchow Castle. Because of his role in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud and the associated political opposition to Emperor Charles V, Henry...
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    until 1448. On 20 June 1522 inhabitants of Hildesheim set fire to the monastery during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud. In 1542 the town council introduced the...
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    resisting attack. At the beginning of the 16th century, and before the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, it was therefore rebuilt under Eric I into a modern fortress,...
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  • Weltchronik. His latest known publication is a satirical poem on the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, written in 1519. Bote has also been suggested as the author of...
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    Benedictine friary subordinate to the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 1152. Upon the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, Prince-bishop John of Saxe-Lauenburg had to cede...
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