Seßlach
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Seßlach is a town in the district of Coburg, in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km southwest of Coburg and has a population close to 4,000.
Town gate
German Peasants' War
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The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It was Europe's largest and m
Seßlach
…Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. Seßlach was part of the Hochstift Würzburg until secularization in 1803. Over the centuries, the town suffered more under the German Peasants' War (1525) than nearby Coburg and was also damaged and plundered during the Thirty Years' War, the Seven Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1810, the…
Twelve Articles of the Peasants pamphlet of 1525
Flyer from the time of the Peasants' War
Bauernjörg, Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg, the Scourge of the Peasants
Wandering bands of insurgents during the German Peasants' War