Battle of Nördlingen (1645)

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This article is about the second Battle of Nördlingen fought in 1645 in Germany as part of the Thirty Years' War. See also Battle of Nördlingen (1634).

Battle of Nördlingen

Part of Thirty Years' War

Date	August 3, 1645
Location	Alerheim, near Nördlingen, Germany
Result	French victory

Combatants

France, Weimar

Holy Roman Empire

Commanders

Vicomte de Turenne
Duc d'Enghien

Franz, Freiherr von Mercy †
Johann von Werth

Strength

12,000

Casualties

5,000 dead or wounded

Thirty Years' War
Plzeň – Záblati – Dolní Věstonice – White Mountain – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The second Battle of Nördlingen (or Battle of Allerheim) was fought on August 3, 1645 between forces of the Holy Roman Empire and France. An Imperial army, led by Field Marshal Franz, Freiherr von Mercy, were encamped around the village of Alerheim near Nördlingen in Bavaria. It was attacked by a French army under the command of Louis de Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien and Marshal Henri, Vicomte de Turenne. The French won the battle after a bloody struggle in which both sides lost virtually the same number of troops. Von Mercy himself was killed and the Bavarians driven from the field, but the heavy casualties had so weakened the French that they were unable to press home their advantage. In the wake of the battle, the exhausted Bavarians began peace negotiations that led to the Truce of Ulm two years later.