Siege of Jasna Góra

Siege of Jasna Góra
	Part of the Northern War of 1655–1660
	; The Siege of Clari Montis (Jasna Góra) in 1655. Franciszek Kondratowicz, XIX century
Date	18 November – 27 December 1655
Location	Częstochowa, Kraków Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Result	Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Burchard von Lühnen	Augustyn Kordecki ; Stanisław Warszycki
Strength
3,200	310
Casualties and losses
300 killed and wounded	12 killed and wounded

50°48′45″N 19°05′51″E / 50.812569°N 19.097371°E / 50.812569; 19.097371

The siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the battle of Częstochowa, Polish: Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' – as the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.