Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626

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Upper Austrian peasant war
Part of The Thirty Years' War
Model of Peasant rebels attacking the Peuerbach stronghold
Date May – December 1626; 399 years ago (1626) Location Upper Austria, Holy Roman Empire Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Austrian Rebels	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Stefan Fadinger † Christoph Zeller †	Adam Von Herberstorff
Strength
c. 40,000	40,000+
Casualties and losses
12,000+[1]	10,000+

The Upper Austrian peasant war (German: Oberösterreichischer Bauernkrieg) of 1626 was a rebellion led by farmers whose goal was to free Upper Austria from Bavarian rule. The motive (found in the Frankenburger Würfelspiel of 1625) was an escalation of the Bavarian Electorate's attempt to press the country into the Catholic faith at the time of the Thirty Years' War.