The siege of Pilsen or Battle of Pilsen was a siege of the fortified city of Pilsen in Bohemia carried out by the forces of the Bohemian Protestants led by Ernst von Mansfeld. It was the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War. The Protestant victory and subsequent capture of the city enlarged the Bohemian Revolt.
The siege of Pilsen by Matthäus Merian
Frederick V of Bohemia, painting from 1634.
Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. About 78 kilometres west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 181,000 inhabitants, and about 323,184 people in its urban area.
Chlum, the highest point in Plzeň
Engraving of Plzeň from 1602
Plzeň in the interbellum
Memorial to the 16th Armored Division of the United States Army at the top of Americká, the main commercial boulevard