What the records say
- When
- 2 May 1645
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.40° N, 9.83° E
- Description
- 1645 battle of the Thirty Years War
Battle of Herbsthausen
1645 battle of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Herbsthausen, 5 May 1645, took place during the Thirty Years' War, near Bad Mergentheim, in Baden-Württemberg. A French army led by Turenne was surprised and comprehensively defeated by a Bavarian force under Franz von Mercy.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Thirty Years' War – Battle of Herbsthausen (or Mergentheim): The Bavarian army, led by Franz von Mercy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der französische Feldherr Turenne verliert mit seinen Truppen im Dreißigjährigen Krieg die Schlacht bei Herbsthausen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite de Turenne à la bataille de Marienthal (Bad Mergentheim)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Мергентхайме”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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