Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Albrecht von Wallenstein

Battles of Albrecht von Wallenstein

Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

Albrecht von Wallenstein is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1626 and 1633: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), Switzerland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,058 km apart end to end, 212 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (5).

Relief of KonstanzBattle of Dessau BridgeBattle of WolgastSiege of NurembergBattle of FürthBattle of the Alte VesteBattle of Dessau BridgeBattle of WolgastSiege of NurembergBattle of FürthBattle of the Alte VesteBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km50.857N, 11.471E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1626: 1 engagements1628: 1 engagements1632: 3 engagements3 in 16321633: 1 engagements16261633
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dessau Bridge, 1626Battle of Wolgast, 1628Siege of Nuremberg, 1632Battle of Fürth, 1632Battle of the Alte Veste, 1632Relief of Konstanz, 163316261633
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 April 1626Battle of Dessau BridgeDessau-Roßlau, GermanyCatholic victory
2 September 1628Battle of WolgastWolgast, Germany267 km NImperial victory
1632Siege of NurembergNuremberg, Germany544 km SImperial victory
3 September 1632Battle of FürthFürth, Germany5 km WImperial victory
9 September 1632Battle of the Alte VesteNuremberg, Germany4 km SWImperial victory
1633Relief of KonstanzSwitzerland239 km SWPeace of Prague

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.