The Convention of Artlenburg or Elbkonvention was the surrender of the

Electorate of Hanover The Electorate of Hanover (german: Kurfürstentum Hannover or simply ''Kurhannover'') was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany and taking its name from the capital city of Hanover. It was formally known as ...

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's army, signed at

Artlenburg Artlenburg is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land ...

on 5 July 1803 by ''Oberbefehlshaber'' Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn. It disbanded the Electorate of Hanover and instigated its occupation by French troops.

Context

After Napoleonic troops under lieutenant-general

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occupied the electorate's capital at Hanover on 4 June 1803, the remaining Hanoverian troops withdrew to the north bank of the

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, into the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, but were soon forced to surrender.

Sources

Hannover
in '' Meyers Konversations-Lexikon'', 4. Aufl. 1888–1890, Bd. 8, S. 136 f.
Wording of the Convention of Artlenburg
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