Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Melchior von Hatzfeldt

Battles of Melchior von Hatzfeldt

German count, fieldmarshal, 1593 to 1658

Melchior von Hatzfeldt is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1636 and 1657: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,682 km apart end to end, 420 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4), Second Northern War (1).

Battle of WittstockBattle of VlothoSiege of DorstenBattle of TuttlingenSiege of KrakówBattle of WittstockBattle of VlothoSiege of DorstenBattle of TuttlingenSiege of KrakówBerlinViennaFrankfurtHamburgBudapestMunichPragueZürichDresdenStuttgart500 km50.572N, 13.451E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1636: 1 engagements1 in 16361638: 1 engagements1 in 16381641: 1 engagements1 in 16411643: 1 engagements1 in 16431657: 1 engagements1 in 165716361657
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wittstock, 1636Battle of Vlotho, 1638Siege of Dorsten, 1641Battle of Tuttlingen, 1643Siege of Kraków, 165716361657
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 October 1636Battle of WittstockWittstock/Dosse, GermanySwedish victory
17 October 1638Battle of VlothoVlotho, Germany269 km SWImperial victory
September 1641Siege of DorstenDorsten, Germany141 km SWImperial victory
24 November 1643Battle of TuttlingenTuttlingen, Germany430 km SImperial-Bavarian-Spanish victory
1 July 1657Siege of KrakówKraków, Poland842 km EPolish-Austrian 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.