The Segeberg Snapcocks – a historic failure, or: From the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in history
For five centuries, Schleswig-Holstein's arguably most powerful castle stood enthroned on the Segeberg Kalkberg until it fell victim to the Thirty Years' War in 1644. The circumstances of its destruction are as fascinating as the involvement of the so-called "Segeberg Schnapphähne" (Segeberg Snappers) in it remains unknown today. Historian Nils Hinrichsen's lecture traces the dramatic events surrounding the peasant guerrilla fighters, their failure, and the dire consequences—also through numerous visual reconstructions—and ultimately addresses the question: What would the town of Bad Segeberg look like today if the irregular troops of bailiff Caspar von Buchwald had been more successful against the Swedish occupiers in 1644/45?
