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Battle of Saint Gotthard

Battle of Saint Gotthard was a battle fought on 1 August 1664 at Szentgotthárd, in what is now Hungary. It was part of the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664, which ran from 1663 to 1664. The recorded result: Imperial–French victory.

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The Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)
The Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664). Károly Mühlbeck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 August 1664
WhereSzentgotthárd, Hungary46.942N, 16.217E
OutcomeImperial–French victory
BelligerentsHoly Roman Empire; Habsburg monarchy; League of the Rhine; Kingdom of FranceagainstOttoman Empire; Crimean Khanate
Casualties and losses2,000and8,000–10,000; 14,000–22,000
Part ofAustro-Turkish War of 1663–16641663 to 1664

Where it sits in the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664

Battle of Köbölkút, 1663First Battle of Zrínyiújvár, 1663Siege of Érsekújvár, 1663Battle at Jurjeve Stijene, 1663Second Battle of Zrínyiújvár, 1663Battle of Várad, 1664Siege of Léva, 1664Battle of Saint Gotthard, 166416631664Battle of Saint Gotthard, 1664
8 placed engagements of the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 August 1664
PlaceSzentgotthárd, Hungary
46.942N, 16.217E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength~26,000–28,000, 30,000 or 40,000~50,000–60,000 (30,000 remained unengaged); Total: 150,000; ~60,000 janissaries, and sipahi; 60,000–90,000 irregular
Casualties and losses2,0008,000–10,000; 14,000–22,000
Commanders
Battle of Saint GotthardBattle of Saint GotthardSiege of GünsBattle of FriedauSiege of MarburgBattle of the SaveBattle of LetenyeSiege of GünsBattle of FriedauSiege of MarburgBattle of the SaveBattle of LetenyeZagrebBratislavaLjubljanaGrazPécsGyőrKlagenfurtSzékesfehérvár100 km46.942N, 16.217E
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 Saint Gotthard
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Saint Gotthard today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-09. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 227 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 215 to 377 m, 162 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 54% tree cover, 30% cropland, 14% grassland.

tree cover: 54%cropland: 30%grassland: 14%tree cover 54%cropland 30%grassland 14%
west to east, 10.0 km225 to 265 mnorth to south, 10.0 km226 to 342 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.

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Elsewhere in 1664

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: TURK ARMYDefender: IMP ALLIED ARMY
Strength60,00030,000
Casualties8,000 (13.3%)2,000 (6.7%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1049
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width3.8 km4.1 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 31), 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 Saint Gotthard is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 121 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q170113, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664), revision 1383384874, 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.