Battle of Nördlingen (1645)

Battle of Nördlingen
Part of the Thirty Years' War

The Battle of Nördlingen by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon
Date3 August 1645
Location
Alerheim, near Nördlingen, Germany
Result French–Hessian victory
Belligerents
 France
Hesse-Kassel		  Bavaria
Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
d'Enghien
Turenne
Johann Geyso
de Gramont (POW)		 Franz von Mercy †
Johann von Werth
Johann von Reuschenberg
von Geleen (POW)
Strength
17,000 men, 27 guns 16,000 men, 28 guns
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed or wounded 2,500 killed or wounded, 1,500 captured ,12 guns

The Battle of Nördlingen (1645) took place on 3 August 1645 in the later stages of the Thirty Years' War, southeast of Nördlingen near the village of Alerheim. A combined Franco-Hessian army led by d'Enghien and Turenne defeated a Bavarian force led by Franz von Mercy.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties, with Mercy himself among the dead, but the result had very little strategic impact on the war.


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