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Battle of Hohenfriedberg

Battle of Hohenfriedberg was a battle fought on 4 June 1745 at Dobromierz, in what is now Poland. It was part of Second Silesian War, which ran from 1744 to 1745. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 59,000; 192 guns against 59,000 to 62,500.

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Hohenfriedeberg, Battle of Hohenfriedeberg, Attack of Prussian Infantry, June 4th, 1745 - shown "Potsdam Giants" Grenadier Guards Batallion (1806: No. 6)
Hohenfriedeberg, Battle of Hohenfriedeberg, Attack of Prussian Infantry, June 4th, 1745 - shown "Potsdam Giants" Grenadier Guards Batallion (1806: No. 6). Carl Röchling, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought4 June 1745
WhereDobromierz, Poland50.959N, 16.294E
OutcomePrussian victory
BelligerentsPrussiaagainstHabsburg Monarchy; Electorate of Saxony
Part ofSecond Silesian War1744 to 1745

Record

Date4 June 1745
PlaceDobromierz, Poland
50.959N, 16.294E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength59,000; 192 guns59,000 to 62,500
Casualties and losses4,7378,400 dead or wounded,; 2,000 captured; almost 5,500; 4,900; Another estimate: 13,176; 10,332; 2,844; 63 guns; 34; 29
Commanders
Battle of HohenfriedbergBattle of HohenfriedbergSiege of SchweidnitzBattle of LegnicaBattle of BurkersdorfBattle of KatzbachBattle of LandeshutBattle of LegnicaBattle of KatzbachPragueGliwiceOstravaZielona GóraPardubiceCottbusOpoleHradec Králové100 km50.959N, 16.294E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Hohenfriedberg
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Hohenfriedberg today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 236 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 361 m, 361 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 74% cropland, 11% tree cover, 8% grassland.

cropland: 74%tree cover: 11%grassland: 8%built-up: 5%cropland 74%tree cover 11%grassland 8%built-up 5%
west to east, 10.0 km212 to 271 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 289 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1745

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: PR ARMYDefender: AUS & SAX ARMY
Strength50,00066,000
Casualties4,737 (9.5%)13,176 (20.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1093
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width4.8 km5.5 km
Attacker advanced1.8 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 59), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Hohenfriedberg 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 Q688448, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hohenfriedberg, revision 1382485620, 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.