#0# DOI: 10.18276/pz.2019.4-01 PRZEGLĄD ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI ROCZNIK XXXIV (LXIII) ROK 2019 ZESZYT 4 ARTYKUŁY Radek Fukala ORCID: 0000-0002-9313-1856 Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Czechy e-mail:
[email protected] The Danish War in Lower Saxony and Mansfeld’s Invasion to Silesia 1625–1629 Keywords: The Danish War, Lower Saxony, Silesia, The Hague aliance, The Peace of Lübeck, Christian IV King of Denmark and Norway, Jean Tserclaes count of Tilly, Albert of Wallenstein, Ernest count of Mansfeld, the battle at Lutter am Barenberg, the battle at Dessau Bridge Słowa kluczowe: duński okres wojny trzydziestoletniej, Dolna Saksonia, Śląsk, koalicja haska, pokój w Lubece, król Danii i Norwegii Krystian IV, Jean Tserclaes, hrabia Tilly, Albert Wallenstein, Ernest, hrabia Mansfeld, bitwa pod Lutter am Barenberg, bitwa przy moście Desau On 28 July 1625, General Jean Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, crossed the Weser River and soon after seized the poorly defended Brunswick Duchy in Lower Saxony. It was nothing but an arbitrary act committed by the Imperial-Catholic military forces who, ignoring reason and justice, resolved to attack one more helpless im- perial city. Although Lower Saxony had not “committed” anything and had not threatened anybody, the Catholic League simply viewed the region as a source of opulent loot available at the Protestant manors as well as the reformed dio- ceses and monasteries.1 Being the Duke of Holstein and the elected Kreisoberst 1 Far too many scholars have viewed the Thirty Years’ War as an instantly rewarding and at- tractive topic, since it seems to offer all imaginable features of drama and abounds in plots and 6 Radek Fukala of Lower Saxony, the Danish and Norwegian King Christian IV could not let the region in the cold for prestigious reasons.