With the help of Tilly, Wartenberg took possession of his see (12 March 1628), which had been occupied by Danish soldiers.
The Catholic Prince-Bishop Franz Wilhelm, Count of Wartenberg then imposed the Counter-Reformation onto the city with many Lutheran burgher families being exiled.
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