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The Siege of Godesberg, 18 November – 17 December 1583, was the first major siege of the Cologne War (1583–1589). Seeking to wrest control of an important fortification, Bavarian and mercenary soldiers surrounded the Godesberg ("Wotan's Mountain"), and the village then of the same name, now Bad Godesberg ("Wotan's Mountain Spa"), located at its foot.

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  • The Siege of Godesberg, 18 November – 17 December 1583, was the first major siege of the Cologne War (1583–1589). Seeking to wrest control of an important fortification, Bavarian and mercenary soldiers surrounded the Godesberg ("Wotan's Mountain"), and the village then of the same name, now Bad Godesberg ("Wotan's Mountain Spa"), located at its foot.
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  • Godesberg Siege – 1583
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  • 20px|alt=Black cross on a silver background, in a coat of armsErnest of Bavaria
  • Prince-Elector, Cologne 1578–1588 (Calvinist)
  • Prince-Elector, Cologne, 1583–1612 (Catholic)
  • 20px|alt=Coat of arms, two fields featuring blue and white rhombuses, the other two a yellow lion on black backgroundHouse of Wittelsbach
  • 20px|alt=Black cross on a silver background, in a coat of armsGebhard, Truchsess of Waldburg
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  • b.Ernst Weyden. Godesberg, das Siebengebirge, und ihre Umgebungen. Bonn: T. Habicht Verlag, 1864, p. 43.
  • c.Tanja Potthoff.Die Godesburg – Archäologie und Baugeschichte einer kurkölnischen Burg. Inaugural Dissertation, University of Munich, 2009, p. 15.
  • a.Engraving by Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590). Hogenberg and Georg Braun, Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1572–1617.
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  • Catholic victory
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  • Over 400 foot soldiers, 5 squadrons of cavalry
  • "... a strong force of Dutch" mercenaries (approx. 180 troops from the Netherlands)
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