Major conflict1634

Battle of Nordlingen (1634)

Nordlingen · Swabia

Estimated casualties

12K – 18Kestimated dead

Swedish-German losses ~12,000-14,000 (incl. ~4,000 prisoners); Imperial-Spanish ~1,200-3,500. Combined ~12,000-17,500.

SOURCEWikipedia / Wilson, Europe's Tragedy

On 5-6 September 1634 a combined Imperial-Spanish army crushed the Swedish-German Protestant army at Nordlingen, ending Swedish dominance in southern Germany and prompting France's open entry into the Thirty Years' War.

Belligerents2

  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Sweden

ON THE MAPHoly Roman EmpireSwedish Empire

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Nordlingen (1634)
  2. Peter H. Wilson, Europe's Tragedy
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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48.85°N · 10.49°E · 1634WARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / BATTLE-OF-NORDLINGEN-1634

Cite as: Battle of Nordlingen (1634) (1634). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-nordlingen-1634 · Sources & methodology