The trigger for the dispute was the increase in sales tax on wine by one rappen per mass. In March 1612, peasant representatives from the Fricktal, the Hotzenwald, the Wehratal and from the Dinkelberg held a meeting in the Fricktal municipality of Mumpf. The result of the meeting was a letter of complaint to the Austrian authorities in Ensisheim (now Alsace). The peasants complained not only about what they saw as an unjustified tax increase, but also about increasing compulsory labor, economic problems due to bad harvests and the inaction of the authorities against "witches and fiends".
But the government ignored the complaints and demanded that the farmers submit. In July 1612, negotiations between government representatives and around 800 armed farmers took place near Mumpf, but they were unsuccessful. As a result, open rebellion broke out.
The forest towns refused to ally themselves with the peasants of the surrounding villages. The farmers hindered trade in Waldshut and Säckingen and dug the drinking water from Laufenburg. However, the necessary material for the siege of Rheinfelden was lacking, which is why the devastation of its surroundings was limited. The insurgents used violence against the Olsberg monastery and fired on Beuggen castle.
When the Austrian government sent troops to put down the uprising, the rebellious peasants turned to the Swiss Confederation for mediation. In September 1614, delegates from all Swiss towns went to Rheinfelden to mediate between the parties on a peaceful settlement of the conflict. After eight days, the government was able to push through the tax increase, but had to refrain from cracking down on the farmers. Their leaders got away with light sentences.
rappenkrieg, conflict, that, lasted, from, july, 1612, until, september, 1614, further, austrian, district, breisgau, involved, austrian, rulers, putting, down, peasant, uprising, uprising, occurred, what, swiss, canton, aargau, southern, portion, what, german. The Rappenkrieg was a conflict that lasted from July 1612 until September 1614 in the Further Austrian district of Breisgau It involved the Austrian rulers putting down a peasant uprising The uprising occurred in what is now the Swiss Canton of Aargau and in the southern portion of what is now the German State of Baden Wurttemberg It is not to be confused with the Rappenkrieg in Basel Stadt Switzerland 1591 1594 although it had similar causes Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory editThe trigger for the dispute was the increase in sales tax on wine by one rappen per mass In March 1612 peasant representatives from the Fricktal the Hotzenwald the Wehratal and from the Dinkelberg held a meeting in the Fricktal municipality of Mumpf The result of the meeting was a letter of complaint to the Austrian authorities in Ensisheim now Alsace The peasants complained not only about what they saw as an unjustified tax increase but also about increasing compulsory labor economic problems due to bad harvests and the inaction of the authorities against witches and fiends But the government ignored the complaints and demanded that the farmers submit In July 1612 negotiations between government representatives and around 800 armed farmers took place near Mumpf but they were unsuccessful As a result open rebellion broke out The forest towns refused to ally themselves with the peasants of the surrounding villages The farmers hindered trade in Waldshut and Sackingen and dug the drinking water from Laufenburg However the necessary material for the siege of Rheinfelden was lacking which is why the devastation of its surroundings was limited The insurgents used violence against the Olsberg monastery and fired on Beuggen castle When the Austrian government sent troops to put down the uprising the rebellious peasants turned to the Swiss Confederation for mediation In September 1614 delegates from all Swiss towns went to Rheinfelden to mediate between the parties on a peaceful settlement of the conflict After eight days the government was able to push through the tax increase but had to refrain from cracking down on the farmers Their leaders got away with light sentences See also editBattles of the Old Swiss ConfederacyReferences editThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bibliography editJoseph Bader Martin Haizmann Ein Bild aus dem neuen Bauernkriege in Badenia oder Das badische Land und Volk Band II 1862 p 1 15 Peter Steuer Der vorderosterreichische Rappenkrieg 1612 1614 in Zeitschrift fur die Geschichte des Oberrheins 128 NF 89 1980 p 119 165 External links editFricktal history in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland nbsp nbsp This German history article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rappenkrieg amp oldid 1161535237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
