Convention of Artlenburg
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The Convention of Artlenburg or Elbkonvention was the surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleon's army, signed at Artlenburg 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 Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier had already occupied the electorate's capital at Hanover on 4th June 1803, the remaining Hanoverian troops withdrew to the north bank of the Elbe, into the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, but was soon forced to sign its surrender.

Sources

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