Altranstädt

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Altranstädt is a village of Germany, in Prussian Saxony near Merseburg (q.v.), with (in 1900) 813 inhabitants. The village is historically famous for two treaties that were concluded there.

Contents 1 Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) 2 Treaty of Altranstädt (1707) 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Treaty of Altranstädt (1706)

The peace which Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony, was forced to ratify, on September 24, 1706, with Charles XII of Sweden. The former renounced the throne of Poland in favor of Stanislaus Leszczynski's treaty which Augustus declared null and void after Charles XII's defeat at Poltava (July 8, 1709).

[edit] Treaty of Altranstädt (1707)

This treaty was signed on August 31, 1707. Emperor Joseph I guaranteed to Charles XII religious tolerance and liberty of conscience for the Silesian protestants.

[edit] See also

• List of treaties

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Coordinates: 51°18′52″N, 12°10′35″E