Guta rakasimbiswa reRheinberg, iro rakanga rava muridzi weElectorate yeCologne, rakanga rachengetedzwa nemaSpanish kwemakore manomwe mushure mekunge nzvimbo yacho yapedzisira yatorwa naPeter Ernst I von Mansfeld musi wa3 Kukadzi 1590 mushure mekukombwa kwemakore mana. Pakati pa1597, hurumende yeThe Hague ine mari yakavandudzwa yakarayira hondo itsva yaMaurice weOrange, mutungamiriri wemauto echiDutch neechiNgezi, kuti adzinge vaSpanish muTwente apo vakanga vakabatikana nekukombwa kweAmiens
. Vavariro yaMaurice yakanga iri yokufamba nomurwizi rweRhine ndokutora mataundi eRheinberg neMeurs nomurwizi rwacho, uye ipapo kuenda zvakananga kumabvazuva kweNetherlands, uko Grol neOldenzaal dzaiva maguta akasimba zvikuru. Kukundwa kweRheinberg kwaikosha kuGelderland sezvo kwaizowedzera kusurukirwa kwenzvimbo dzeSpanish mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeOverijssel.