Editing Plzeň (section)

===17th century===
[[File:Plzen 1602 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Engraving of Plzeň from 1602]]
Emperor [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]] made Plzeň his seat from 1599 to 1600. During the [[Thirty Years' War]] the town was taken by [[Peter Ernst, Count of Mansfeld|Mansfeld]] in 1618 after the [[Siege of Plzeň]] and it was not recaptured by Imperial troops until 1621. [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|Wallenstein]] made it his winter quarters in 1633. Accused of treason and losing the support of his army, he fled the town on 23 February 1634 to [[Cheb|Eger/Cheb]] where he was assassinated two days later. The town was increasingly threatened by the [[Swedish Empire|Swedes]] in the last years of the war. The city commander [[Jan van der Croon]] strengthened the fortifications of Plzeň from 1645 to 1649. Swedish troops passed the town in 1645 and 1648 without attacking it. The town and region have been staunchly Catholic despite the Hussite Wars.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mikovec|first=Ferdinand Břetislav|author-link=Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec|date=1860|title=Malerisch-historische Skizzen aus Böhmen|language=de|volume=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_s92r60yIAC&pg=PA352|publisher=Hölzel|place=Vienna/Olomouc|pages=352–355}}</ref>

From the end of the 17th century, the architecture of Plzeň has been influenced by the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style.