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Battle of Hemmingstedt
The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place on February 17 1500 near the village of Hemmingstedt in present-day Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It was an attempt by the dukes of Holstein and Schleswig, Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, who had established a peasants' republic on the coast of the North Sea.
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