Battle of Totenhöhe
| Battle of Totenhöhe | |||||||
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| Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Swedish Empire Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel |
Holy Roman Empire Hesse-Darmstadt[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4,000 Hessians 2,000 Swedes |
2 regiments 800 cavalry[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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500 killed 800 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Totenhöhe took place on 20 November 1646 during the Thirty Years' War, in the northwestern part of the town of Totenhöhe in Upper Hesse between Imperial and Hesse-Darmstadt troops on one side, and a Hesse-Kassel-Swedish army on the other. The battle ended in victory for Hesse-Kassel and Sweden.
References
- ^ Helmut Wissemann: Chronik Frankenberg. Band 1: Von ihren Anfängen bis 1900. Kahm, Frankenberg (Eder) 1996.
- ^ Helmut Wirwahn: Das Amt Frankenberg im 30-jährigen Krieg. (Frankenberger Hefte Nr. 3). 1994
- ^ LightFrank-Lothar Kroll: Geschichte Hessens. (Beck’sche Reihe: Wissen, Band 2607). C. H. Beck, München 2006