The War of 1864

On 21 December, 1863, the Moravians received an order from the government in Copenhagen, instructing them to set up a field hospital in the church. The field hospital was cleared of Danish soldiers on 6 February 1864 - at that point the Danish army were at Dybbol - and the town was soon characterised by the presence of Prussian troops, both those hat were billeted in the town and those marching through. In March 1864 there were 2000 Austrian and Prussian troops staying in the town. After the storming of Dybbol and the Danish army's evacuation of Als, the Prussian forces held a thanksgiving service in Christiansfeld, attended by Prince Friedrich Carl, son of the Prussian emperor.
Negotiations for a ceasefire between Denmark and AustriaPrussia took place on the night of 17, July 1864 at the Moravian Hotel in room no. 10. It was here that the Danish colonel Heinrich August Theodor Kaufmann negotiated with the Prussian envoy Lieutenant-Colonel Gustav von Stiehle. These negotiations resulted in the "Christiansfeld Convention", which led to a ceasefire on 20 July, 1864.
In the "Empire Room" of the Moravian hotel, there is a wall commemorating this event and illustrating the background for the "Convention".