When, on the frosty morning of 6 March 1645, the armies of the Swedish kingdom, with a lion on the coat of arms, and the Austrian Empire, with eagle on banners, the Peace of Westphalia was still three long years away. Numerous other battles were fought before and after the Battle of Jankov (Jankau) across the western and northern Europe. Nevertheless, the Battle of Jankov was considered a breaking point that definitely changed the power ratio between the warring parties and in consequence contributed to speeding up the peace negotiation, which concluded on 24 October 1648 with signing of a treaty setting the new spheres of influence across Europe.
A Battle That Helped End the Thirty Years’ War
When, on the frosty morning of 6 March 1645, the armies of the Swedish kingdom, with a lion on the coat of arms, and the Austrian Empire, with eagle on banners, the Peace of Westphalia was still three long years away. Numerous other battles were fought before and after the Battle of Jankov (Jankau) across the western and northern Europe. Nevertheless, the Battle of Jankov was considered a breaking point that definitely changed the power ratio between the warring parties and in consequence contributed to speeding up the peace negotiation, which concluded on 24 October 1648 with signing of a treaty setting the new spheres of influence across Europe. In order to understand the significance of the battle, we first need to discover, how this extensive war happened to include Bohemia among its battlefields.