Battle of Wittstock

When

4 Oct 1636

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

53.16° N, 12.49° E

Description

battle (1636) during the Thirty Years' War in which a Swedish-allied army decisively defeated a combined Imperial-Saxon army

1636 battle of the Thirty Years' War

The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 4 October 1636, near Wittstock in northern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. A Swedish army commanded jointly by Johan Banér and Alexander Leslie won a decisive victory against a combined Imperial–Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and John George I, Elector of Saxony.

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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 “October 4 (September 24 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Wittstock: A Swedish-allied army defeats a combined Imperial-Saxon army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am 4. Oktober besiegen 16.000 Schweden unter Feldmarschall Johan Banér das vereinte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire du suédois Baner sur les Austro-Saxons à la bataille de Wittstock en Brandebourg ; les électeurs de Saxe et de Brandebourg restent fidèles à l'empereur”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Виттштоке”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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