Battle of Hemmingstedt

Battle of Hemmingstedt
	; Combat between Danish and Dithmarschen troops at the Battle of Hemmingstedt by Rasmus Christiansen
Date	17 February 1500
Location	Hemmingstedt
Result	Dithmarschen peasant victory
Belligerents
Peasantry of Dithmarschen	Kalmar Union Denmark;
Commanders and leaders
Wulf Isebrand	John, King of Denmark; Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein; Thomas Slentz †;
Strength
approx. 6,000 peasants	4,000 mercenaries (Great Guard); 2,000 armoured cavaliers; 1,000 artillerymen; 5,000 commoners;
Casualties and losses
60	7,000, thereof 360 nobles

The Battle of Hemmingstedt occurred on 17 February 1500, south of the village of Hemmingstedt near the present village of Epenwöhrden in the western part of present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was an attempt by King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick, who were co-dukes of Schleswig and Holstein to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, who had established a peasants' republic on the coast of the North Sea. John was, at the time, also king of the Kalmar Union.