This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Battle of Rathenow" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Battle of Rathenow
Part of Swedish-Brandenburg War
Date
15 June 1675
Location
Rathenow in Brandenburg
Result
Brandenburgian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Wangelin
Field Marshal Georg von Derfflinger General von Götze
Strength
500, of which 70 men sick[1]
8,000[2] of which 1,500–2,000 engaged[1]
Casualties and losses
200 killed[1] 270 captured
100 killed and mortally wounded[1]
v
t
e
Scanian War
Brandenburg
Rathenow
Nauen
Fehrbellin
Tribsees
Wolgast
Bremen-Verden
Gotland
Bornholm
Öland
Møn
Køge Bay
Halmstad
Lund
Malmö
Bohus
Landskrona
Marstrand
Conquest of Jemtland
Uddevalla
Warksow
Rügen
Stralsund
Great Sleigh Drive
v
t
e
Franco-Dutch War
Low Countries and Lower Rhine
Groenlo
Tolhuis
Groningen
Aardenburg
Coevorden
1st Maastricht
Naarden
Bonn
Seneffe
Grave
2nd Maastricht
Valenciennes
Cassel
Cambrai
Ghent
Ypres
Saint-Denis
Upper Rhine
Sinsheim
Entzheim
Mulhouse
Turckheim
Salzbach
Altenheim
Konzer Brücke
Trier
Philippsburg
Kochersberg
Freiburg
Rheinfelden
Ortenbach
France
Besançon
Noirmoutier
Southern Italy
1st Messina
North Germany and Scandinavia
Brandenburg
Rathenow
Nauen
Fehrbellin
Bremen-Verden
Gotland
Halmstad
Lund
Malmö
Landskrona
Marstrand
Conquest of Jemtland
Uddevalla
Warksow
Rügen
Stralsund
Great Sleigh Drive
Pyrenees
Maureillas
Espouilles
Americas
Dutch Raid on North America
1st Curaçao
New Netherland
Acadia
Martinique
Naval battles
Action of 12 March 1672
Solebay
First and Second Schooneveld
James River
Texel
Masulipatnam
Málaga
2nd Messina
Stromboli
Augusta
Bornholm
Öland
Palermo
Tobago
Møn
Køge Bay
Wissant
The Battle of Rathenow (German: Schlacht um Rathenow or Überfall von Rathenow) was the first engagement between the forces of Brandenburg-Prussia and Sweden in the Swedish-Brandenburg War (also called the Scanian War).
The battle took place on 15 June [O.S. 25 June] 1675 and ended with the capture of the town of Rathenow, the front of which had been occupied by Sweden, by the Brandenburg troops.
The Swedes, led by Colonel Wangelin, had about 500 men; the Brandenburg force, commanded by Field Marshal Georg von Derfflinger and General von Götze had some 1,500–2,000 men in the battle.
^ abcdSilfverstolpe, Carl. Historiskt Bibliotek (1875–1880), tredje delen. pp. 284–288. "Wangelin had 500 men, whereof 60 men sick. Derfflinger had 900–1,400 infantry (Götze 600–800 men, Canolski 300–600 men) and 8 companies of dragoons (about 600 men under Ückerman). Wangelin lost more than 28 officers and 162 privates in killed. Derfflinger lost Colonel Ückerman, 4 officers and about 100 men killed or mortally wounded."
^Christopher C. Clark. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006. p. 45
and 25 Related for: Battle of Rathenow information
Rathenow (German: [ˈʁaːtənoː] ) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, with a population of 24,063 (2020). The Protestant...
all the wars and battles in which Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia were militarily engaged in before the founding of the German Empire...
succeed in recapturing this strategically important location at the BattleofRathenow. This coup, which completely surprised the Swedes, meant that it was...
between Havelberg and the town of Brandenburg, were dispersed and ordered Derrflinger to take the central town ofRathenow in order to split them roughly...
The naval Battleof Texel or Battleof Kijkduin took place off the western coast of the island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the...
The Battleof Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between...
The Battleof Landskrona was fought between Denmark and Sweden on Ylleshed moor, outside the town of Landskrona, in the province of Scania in what is...
The Battleof Augusta, also known as the Battleof Agosta and the Battleof Etna, took place on 22 April 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War and was fought...
The Battleof Masulipatnam took place between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and English East India Company (EIC) during the Franco-Dutch War, in...
The Battleof Tolhuis or Crossing of the Rhine took place on 12 June 1672 during the Franco-Dutch War. The battle was fought between the army of Dutch...
The Battleof Turckheim took place during the Franco-Dutch War that occurred on 5 January 1675 at a site between the towns of Colmar and Turckheim in...
The Battleof Halmstad, also known as the Battle at Fyllebro, was fought on August 17, 1676, at Fyllebro, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of the...
The Battleof Warksow took place on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen on 8 January (O.S.)/18 January（N.S.）1678 during the Swedish-Brandenburg War. In the...
The Battleof Sinsheim took place on 16 June 1674, near Sinsheim in modern Baden-Württemberg, then in the Holy Roman Empire. Part of the 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch...
The Battleof Entzheim took place on 4 October 1674, during the 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War. It was fought near the town of Entzheim, south of Strasbourg...
naval Battleof Solebay took place on 28 May Old Style, 7 June New Style 1672 and was the first naval battleof the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The battle began...
The Battleof Altenheim took place on 1 August 1675 during the 1672-1678 Franco-Dutch War near Altenheim, in modern Baden-Württemberg. It was fought by...
The battleof Marstrand was a successful Dano-Norwegian siege of the harbor town of Marstrand, Sweden which took place between 6–23 July 1677, during...
The Battleof Seneffe took place on 11 August 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War, near Seneffe, then in the Spanish Netherlands, now present-day Belgium...
The Battlesof Schooneveld were two naval battlesof the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the Netherlands on 7 June and 14 June 1673 (New Style;...
The Battleof Salzbach, or Sasbach, took place on 27 July 1675 during the Franco-Dutch War, when an Imperial army under Raimondo Montecuccoli confronted...
The Battleof Palermo took place on 2 June 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, between a French force sent to support a revolt in the city of Messina against...
Global Information
Swedish Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia