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Battle of Chemnitz
Part of the Thirty Years' War

Engraving of Chemnitz around 1650 by Matthäus Merian
Date14 April 1639
Location
Chemnitz (present-day Germany)
50°50′N 12°55′E / 50.833°N 12.917°E / 50.833; 12.917
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Battle of Chemnitz Sweden Battle of Chemnitz Holy Roman Empire
Battle of Chemnitz Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Sweden Johan Banér
Sweden Lennart Torstensson
Electorate of Saxony Rodolfo Marazzino
Holy Roman Empire Johann Christoph von Puchheim
Strength
20,000[1] 8,000[1]
Casualties and losses
500 killed or wounded[2]

2,000 men[2]

  • 500 killed or wounded[2]
  • 1,500 captured[2]
6 guns[2]
Battle of Chemnitz is located in Saxony
Battle of Chemnitz
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Location within Saxony
Battle of Chemnitz is located in Germany
Battle of Chemnitz
Battle of Chemnitz (Germany)

The Battle of Chemnitz (14 April 1639, Gregorian calendar) took place near the town of Chemnitz, in Electorate of Saxony, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Banér inflicted a crushing defeat on Rodolfo Giovanni Marazzino (or von Marzin) who commanded the Saxons and an Imperial detachment under Johann Christoph von Puchheim who was captured by the Swedes.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Watts 2014, pp. 252–253.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 64.
  3. ^ Wilson 2009, p. 614.
  4. ^ Wedgwood 1938, p. [page needed].

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