Bremen-Verden campaign

The Bremen-Verden Campaign (German: Bremen-Verdener Feldzug) was a conflict during the Northern Wars in Europe. From 15 September 1675 to 13 August 1676^[6] an anti-Swedish coalition comprising Brandenburg-Prussia, the neighbouring imperial princedoms of Lüneburg and Münster, and Denmark-Norway, conquered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden.

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Bremen-Verden Campaign
Part of the Scanian War and Franco-Dutch War
Duchies of Bremen and Verden in 1655 (1655 copperplate by Frederick de Wit)
Date 15 September 1675 – 13 August 1676 Location Duchies of Bremen and Verden Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Holy Roman Empire Prince-Bishopric of Münster Brandenburg-Prussia Principality of Lüneburg Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
Field Marshal Henrik Horn	Prince-Bishop von Galen (to end October) Duke George William (from end October)
Strength
November 1675 5,600 Swedes in Stade 800 Swedes in Carlsburg[1]	1675 4,000 Münster troops[2] 2,800–3,100 Brandenburg troops[3] 2,500 Danes[4] 3,000 Lüneburg troops 1676 12,000 men[5]

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Bremen-Verden, a remote outpost of Sweden's Baltic Sea empire, was the third Swedish imperial fief in North Germany granted under the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, alongside Swedish Pomerania and the Barony of Wismar. Following its conquest it remained in allied hands until the end of the war in 1679, but was then fully returned to Sweden in the wake of the Treaties of Nijmegen. For the major warring parties of Sweden, Brandenburg and Denmark, this theatre of war in northwest Germany was only of secondary significance.