page_title: Geldern
section_title: 18th century
hierarchical_section_title: Geldern / History / 18th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Bombardement of the city Gelder, by troops of the King of Prusia Nederlands: Bombardeeringe der Stadt Gelder, door de Troupen des Konings van Pruysse
context_page_description: Geldern is a city in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the district of Cleves, which is part of the Düsseldorfadministrative region.
context_section_description: From 1701 until 1714 the War of the Spanish Succession took place. The city was under Prussian siege beginning February 1703, but only surrendered on 21 December. At the end of the war, at the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, the previously Spanish Upper Quarter of Guelders was divided between four powers: Austria, the United Provinces, Prussia and the Duchy of Jülich. With the larger part of the former Upper Quarter, Geldern fell to Prussia and became the seat of administration of Prussian Guelders. King Frederick II of Prussia visited Geldern in August 1740. He ordered the demolition of the city fortifications in 1764.
caption: Siege of Guelder in 1703
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