A self-confident Soest from 1444 to 1449 freed itself from the Bishop of Cologne, who controlled Westphalia (the so-called "Soester Fehde"). Being no longer capital of Westphalia, the city aligned itself with the Duke of Cleves. This was a Pyrrhic victory, however; the city had shown itself strong enough to defy the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, but lost much of its trade: the "freed" town was two-thirds surrounded by territories with other rulers. When the last Duke of Cleves died in 1609 that dukedom was taken by Brandenburg and after a short siege Soest was added into it. During and after the Thirty Years' War, Soest lossed a lot of people and influence; at the lowest point in 1756 it had only 3,600 citizens.
ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ l f k ɑ n f ɪ d ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY s oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ iː d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s ɛ l f WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ ʃ ə p WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k ə l oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY h uː WORD_BOUNDARY k ə n t ɹ oʊ l d WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ s t f eɪ l iə WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s oʊ k ɔ l d WORD_BOUNDARY s oʊ s t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f eɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY b iː ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY n oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY l ɑ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY k æ p ɪ t ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ s t f eɪ l iə WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ t i WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ l aɪ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s ɛ l f WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d uː k WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k l iː v z WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY p ɪ ɹ h ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY v ɪ k t ə ɹ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY h aʊ ɛ v ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ t i WORD_BOUNDARY h æ d WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s ɛ l f WORD_BOUNDARY s t ɹ ɔ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ʌ f WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ f aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p aʊ ə ɹ f ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ t̠ʃ b ɪ ʃ ə p WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k ə l oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY b ʌ t WORD_BOUNDARY l ɔ s t WORD_BOUNDARY m ʌ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s WORD_BOUNDARY t ɹ eɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ iː d WORD_BOUNDARY t aʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY t uː θ ɜː d z WORD_BOUNDARY s ə ɹ ɹ aʊ n d ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ ɹ ɪ t ɔ ɹ i z WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ ð ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ uː l ə ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ n WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY l æ s t WORD_BOUNDARY d uː k WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k l iː v z WORD_BOUNDARY d aɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ k s h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ð æ t WORD_BOUNDARY d uː k d ə m WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY t eɪ k ə n WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY b ɹ æ n d ə n b ɜː ɡ WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY æ f t ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɔ ɹ t WORD_BOUNDARY s iː d̠ʒ WORD_BOUNDARY s oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY æ d ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n t ʊ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY d ʊ ɹ ɹ ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY æ f t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɜː t i WORD_BOUNDARY j ɪ ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY w ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY s oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY l ɔ s t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY l ɑ t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY p iː p ə l WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n f l uː ə n s WORD_BOUNDARY æ t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY l oʊ ɪ s t WORD_BOUNDARY p ɔɪ n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ v ə n h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɪ f t i WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY h æ d WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ n l i WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɹ iː WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ k s h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ t ɪ z ə n z WORD_BOUNDARY