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Siege of Jasna Góra

1655 in Europe1655 in the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthBattles of the Deluge (history)Conflicts in 1655History of Częstochowa
History of Lesser PolandSecond Northern WarSieges involving PolandSieges involving SwedenThe Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland
Siege of Clari Montis (Jasna Góra) in 1655
Siege of Clari Montis (Jasna Góra) in 1655

The siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the Battle of Częstochowa, Polish: Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' – as the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.

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Siege of Jasna Góra
Wirtschaftshof, Częstochowa Podjasnogórska (Podjasnogórska)

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Siege of Clari Montis (Jasna Góra) in 1655
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