battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Fraustadt

Name: Battle of Fraustadt
Start: 1706-02-13
Location: Wschowa, Poland

Battle of Fraustadt was a battle fought on 13 February 1706 at Wschowa, in what is now Poland. It was part of Q10543737. The recorded result: Swedish victory. Recorded strength: 9,400 against 18,000 to 20,000.

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Fought13 February 1706

WhereWschowa, Poland51.800N, 16.317E

OutcomeSwedish victory

BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstElectorate of Saxony; Tsardom of Russia

Part ofQ10543737

Where it sits in Q10543737

7 placed engagements of Q10543737 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	13 February 1706
Place	Wschowa, Poland 51.800N, 16.317E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	9,400	18,000 to 20,000
Commanders	Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld Axel Sparre Alexander Hummerhielm	Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Głogów 1109, 21 km SW
Siege of Glogau 1945, 23 km SW
Siege of Glogau 1813, 23 km SW
Siege of Glogau 1806, 23 km SW
Battle of Punitz 1704, 35 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Praga 1705
After: Battle of Valkininkai 23 February 1706

Elsewhere in 1706

Battle of Fraustadt is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q694068, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fraustadt, revision 1370441065, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.