Battle of the Alte Veste

Battle of Alte Veste
	Part of the siege of Nuremberg;; Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
	; A map of the Battle
Date	3–4 September 1632 (N.S.)
Location	Alte Veste, southwest of Nürnberg, Franconian Circle, Holy Roman Empire; (present-day Bavaria, Germany)
Result	Imperial victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire; Catholic League	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Albrecht von Wallenstein; Johann von Aldringen	Gustavus Adolphus; Wilhelm of Weimar; Bernard of Saxe-Weimar; Lennart Torstensson (POW); Johan Banér (WIA)
Strength
43,500 men	45,430 men • 30,011 infantry; • 15,419 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
900	2,500

The Battle of the Alte Veste or Battle of Fürth was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War in which Gustavus Adolphus' attacking forces were defeated by Wallenstein's entrenched troops. It was fought on 3 September 1632 (in the process of the siege of Nuremberg) between the Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and the Protestant forces of King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden during the period of Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years War.

The tactical victory by the Catholic forces allowed the Imperial army to quickly advance into Saxony, while the Swedish forces were forced into retreat.