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Treaty of Osnabrück

Type Event Region Europe Time 1648

The treaty signed at Osnabrück on 24 October 1648 was another core document of the Peace of Westphalia, chiefly addressing relations between the Holy…

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  1. 1644–1648Osnabrück · GermanyAs the negotiating city of the Protestant side, Osnabrück was where Sweden and the north German Protestant princes negotiated with imperial representatives over territorial compensation, religious rights, and northern border issues.
  2. 1648Osnabrück · GermanyThe treaty extended the 1624 principle of the religious status quo to Calvinism, confirmed Swedish territorial holdings and imperial compensation arrangements, and stipulated a mechanism for equal confessional representation in the Imperial Diet.

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