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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3657089, member: 89314&quot;]Germany&nbsp; City of MAGDEBURG&nbsp;&nbsp; Uniface 1 Gulden Siege Klippe 1551</p><p><br /></p><p>The city of Magdeburg accepted the Reformation in 1524 and joined the Protestant Schmalkaldic League in 1531. After the Protestants lost the Schmalkaldic War (1546-1547) against the Catholic forces led by the Emperor, it refused to accept the 1548 Augsburg Interim decree. This decree ordered Protestants to readopt traditional Catholic beliefs and practices, including the seven Sacraments, although it allowed for Protestant clergymen the right to marry and for the laity to receive communion in both kinds (bread and wine). Magdeburg was then put under the Imperial ban and Duke Maurice of Saxony was charged with leading an expedition against the city; the siege began in 1550.&nbsp; Dukes Albrecht of Prussia and Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg sent troops to relieve the city but they were dispersed by Maurice. The city surrendered on favourable terms on 4 November 1551 after 414 days</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]982967[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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