Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Johan Banér

Battles of Johan Banér

Swedish Field Marshal (1596-1641)

Johan Banér is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1632 and 1641: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), Switzerland (1), Czech Republic (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,290 km apart end to end, 215 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (7).

Relief of KonstanzBattle of PreßnitzSiege of LandsbergBattle of RainBattle of FürthBattle of the Alte VesteBattle of WittstockBattle of ChemnitzBattle of RainBattle of FürthBattle of the Alte VesteBattle of WittstockBattle of ChemnitzBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBudapestMunichPragueZürichDresden500 km50.413N, 12.213E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1632: 3 engagements3 in 16321633: 1 engagements1636: 1 engagements1639: 1 engagements1641: 1 engagements16321641
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rain, 1632Battle of Fürth, 1632Battle of the Alte Veste, 1632Relief of Konstanz, 1633Battle of Wittstock, 1636Battle of Chemnitz, 1639Battle of Preßnitz, 164116321641
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1632Battle of RainRain, GermanySwedish victory
3 September 1632Battle of FürthFürth, Germany88 km NImperial victory
9 September 1632Battle of the Alte VesteNuremberg, Germany4 km SWImperial victory
1633Relief of KonstanzSwitzerland239 km SWPeace of Prague
4 October 1636Battle of WittstockWittstock/Dosse, Germany655 km NSwedish victory
14 April 1639Battle of ChemnitzChemnitz, Germany261 km SSwedish victory
27 March 1641Battle of PreßnitzPřísečnice, Czech Republic43 km SImperial victory
date unknownSiege of LandsbergGorzów Wielkopolski, PolandSwedish victory

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, anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.