Battle of Lipany

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History of the Central Bohemian RegionProkop the Great

The Battle of Lipany (in Czech: Bitva u Lipan), also called the Battle of Český Brod, was fought at Lipany 40 km east of Prague on 30 May 1434 and virtually ended the Hussite Wars. An army of Moderate Hussite (or Calixtine) nobility and Catholics, called the Bohemian League, defeated the radical Taborites and Orphans (or Sirotci) led by Prokop the Great, the overall commander, and by Jan Čapek of Sány, the cavalry commander.

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Battle of Lipany
Ovocná stezka, okres Kolín

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Ovocná stezka
281 06 okres Kolín
Central Bohemia, Czechia
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