The Battle of Neu Titschein or Titschein (

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

, now

Nový Jičín Nový Jičín (; german: Neutitschein) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

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) was fought on 25 July 1621 during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...

between the

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forces of Jean de Gauchier and the

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

army of

Johann Georg von Brandenburg Johann Georg ohn Georgevon Brandenburg (16 December 1577 – 2 March 1624) was a German nobleman and Protestant ecclesiastic in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the administrator (bishop) of Strasbourg from 1592 until 1604 and the Duke of Jägerndo ...

, Duke of Jägerndorf. After the defeat of the Bohemian Protestant army in the Battle of White Mountain, battle of White mountain, part of its forces remained in Silesia. The Duke of Jägerndorf, a Protestant leader in Silesia, decided to restore Protestant power in the Bohemian kingdom. In the northeastern part of nearby

, Protestant Vlachs, Wallachians fought against

s, and further east in Slovakia (Upper Hungary) Protestants attempted to ally with forces of Hungarian prince Gabor Bethlen. At Neutitschein, a strong Catholic force was assembled and engaged the Protestant forces which had occupied towns and castles in Silesia and northern Moravia. During the battle, a huge fire started and all suburbs of Neutitschein burned down. This fire prevented the Catholic forces to successfully defend the town and only a small part of them, led by Jean de Gauchier, escaped to Olomouc (Olmütz), leaving northern Moravia under Protestant control. Yet, since the Protestant forces were unable to conquer Olomouc and occupy all of Moravia, the Duke of Jägerndorf decided to move to Slovakia to join forces with Gabor Bethlen.

References

* Radek Fukala. ''Jan Jiří Krnovský. Stavovské povstání a zápas s Habsburky''. Nakladatelství a vydavetelství Bohumír NĚMEC - VEDUTA. 2005. p. 199 * Radek Fukala. ''Sen o odplatě. Dramata třicetileté války''. Nakladatelství Epocha. 2005. {{Page needed, date=September 2010 Battles of the Thirty Years' War, Neu Titschein 1621 in Europe Conflicts in 1621, Neu Titschein Battles involving Bohemia, Neu Titschein Battles in Moravia, Neu Titschein Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire, Neu Titschein History of the Moravian-Silesian Region