Siege of Groningen

Siege of Groningen
Part of Franco-Dutch War
The siege of Groningen in 1672, by Folkert Bock (?-1696)
Date 9 July 1672 – 17 August 1672 Location Groningen Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
Bishopric of Münster	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Bernhard von Galen	Carl von Rabenhaupt
Strength
24,000	Few
Casualties and losses
12,000 dead	Unknown

The Siege of Groningen was a battle that took place in 1672 during the Franco-Dutch war. It was a Dutch victory that ended all hope of the Bishop of Münster to push deeper into the Netherlands. The Münster army was so weakened by the defeat that the Dutch army successfully reconquered much of the land that Münster had conquered just weeks earlier. Every year, the city of Groningen celebrates its victory as a local holiday on 28 August.

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  Carl von Rabenhaupt (1602–1675)
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  Carl von Rabenhaupt (1602–1675)
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  Bernhard von Galen (1606–1678)
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  Bernhard von Galen (1606–1678)
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  The Siege of Groningen by Jacobus Harrewijn, 1664

Further reading

• Israel, Jonathan (1995), The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-873072-1 

External links

• Media related to Siege of Groningen (1672) at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 53°13′07″N 6°34′02″E / 53.2186°N 6.5672°E / 53.2186; 6.5672