Hussitenkriege#
Hussite Wars: After the execution of Jan Hus on July 6, 1415 in Constance a revolutionary movement formed in Bohemia, partly inspired by social concerns and nationalist ideas and directed against King Sigismund. As his son-in-law, Duke Albrecht V of Austria, had participated in military campaigns in Bohemia and Moravia from 1420 on, Hussite troops invaded Austria 1425-1431 and devastated those parts of the country that lay north of the River Danube (Retz, Zwettl, Altenburg). As a consequence of the Hussite wars the Austrian national defence system was reorganised on the basis of districts.
Literature#
S. Petrin, Die Hussitenkriege in Niederoesterreich, 21994.