one of the territory's fortified gates; neither side could gain a decisive advantage until a single crusading knight forced his armored war horse all the way to the rear of the peasant troop, thus opening a path for the other crusaders. The peasants were then quickly overwhelmed. The rest of the Stedingers had taken a position by Altenesch under Detmar tom Diek and Tammo von Huntrop, where they too were defeated after heavy resistance. As it was recorded in the Saxon Chronicle of Reppichau: "Thus the Stedingers met their end; because they had carried on for more than thirty-three years with great violence and injustice, our Lord God struck them down with His own violence." Modern There are many people named Steding living today throughout northern Germany. In the Hameln region (on the south of the river Weser) there are Steding families, a Steding Shoe Store in Hessisch-Oldendorf, and a Steding Metzgerei (Butcher / Deli) in the old town of Hameln. The Steding families have moved throughout Germany. There are also Steding families living in the United States, most originally from this same region south of the river Weser (Hessisch-Oldendorf, Fuhlen). Literature Klaus Dede: Stedingen Ein Land, das nicht sein durfte. Fischerhude (1976). Gustav Schöne (Ed.): Die Repgauische Chronik. Das Buch der Könige, (1859). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/dvii.html#page103 Sources and references (not yet integrated) Die Stedinger Information [German language only] Further Stedinger Information [German language only] Link to Region - 10km away from Hameln (the Pied Piper) where there are many Steding families living See also Eala Frya Fresena References Geography of Lower Saxony