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Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
On 5–6 September 1634, an Imperial-Spanish army defeated the Swedish-Weimar forces outside Nördlingen in Bavaria, a decisive turning point of the Thi…
Timeline
- c. 1634Nördlingen · BavariaBernhard of Saxe-Weimar and Gustaf Horn led roughly 26,000 Swedish-Weimar troops in besieging Nördlingen, trying to force the garrison to surrender and block Imperial reinforcements; the two sides faced off in the hills outside the town.
- 1634Outer positions of Nördlingen · BavariaFerdinand, King of Hungary (later Emperor Ferdinand III) and Cardinal-Infante arrived with about 33,000 Imperial-Spanish troops; on the first day they fought fiercely with the Swedes in the hills around Nördlingen, but the Swedish positions were essentially unbroken.
- 1634Battlefield of Nördlingen · BavariaOn the second day the Imperial-Spanish army stormed key high ground; the collapse of the Swedish right wing triggered a general rout. Gustaf Horn was captured and Bernhard withdrew with the remnants into Alsace; about 6,000 Swedes were killed and some 4,000 captured, while Imperial casualties were comparatively light, and Nördlingen fell into Imperial hands.
Sources
- The Thirty Years War — C. V. Wedgwood (1938)
- The Thirty Years War — Peter H. Wilson (2009)