Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626

Upper Austrian peasant war
Part of The Thirty Years' War

Model of Peasant rebels attacking the Peuerbach stronghold
DateMay – December 1626 (1626)
Location
Upper Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Upper Austrian Rebels Holy Roman Empire
Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Stefan Fadinger (DOW)
Christoph Zeller †
Achaz Wiellinger
Martin Aichinger 		 Adam Von Herberstorf
Gottfried zu Pappenheim
Strength
c. 40,000 40,000+
Casualties and losses
12,000+ 10,000+

The Upper Austrian peasant war (German: Oberösterreichischer Bauernkrieg) of 1626 was a rebellion led by farmers whose goal was to free Upper Austria from Bavarian rule. The motive (found in the Frankenburger Würfelspiel of 1625) was an escalation of the Bavarian Electorate's attempt to press the country into the Catholic faith at the time of the Thirty Years' War.

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