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 I of Denmark; Thomas Slentz †;
Strength
approx. 6,000 peasants	4,000 mercenaries (Great Guard); 2,000 armoured cavaliers; 1,000 artillery-men; 5,000 commoners;
Casualties and losses
60	7,000, thereof 360 nobles

The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place 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.