Handover of limburg in 1584. Copperplate engraving ca. 1590 by frans hogenberg. – count adolf of neuenahr and alpen (1554-1589), sovereign of the county of limburg, had the high limburg heavily fortified and occupied by troops. In the autumn of 1584, a cologne-imperial army appeared on the lenne. This was followed by a six-week siege with bombardment of the castle complex. On october 29, 1584, the castle was handed over to the newly appointed cologne archbishop ernst of bavaria by the pope. It was not until 1610 that the electorate of cologne released the county again. – origin/rights: hagen city museum / heike wippermann (rr-r). Date: 1590.
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