In my experience as a historian of this topic, whenever a German town sent a letter to its sovereign during the Thirty Years War, it was not to welcome a garrison but along this line 'that this town has no opportunity to take in any garrison'. [DRA TKUA, Stade stad: Breve, til dels med bilag, fra borgmestre og råd samt individuelle borgere i Stade til danske konger og andre 1545 - 1639, council of Stade to Christian IV, September 1626.] #History #ThirtyYearsWar