Battle of Wisternitz

Part of the Thirty Years War

Date	August 5, 1619
Location	Dolní Věstonice (present-day Czech Republic)
Result	Bohemian victory

Belligerents

Bohemia

Holy Roman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Friedrich von Tiefenbach(Teuffenbach) Ladislav Velen ze Žerotína

Dampierre

Strength

3,500

8,000-12,000

Casualties and losses

700

6,000

Thirty Years' War

Pilsen Lomnice Sablat Wisternitz Humenné Bad Kreuznach Oppenheim Bacharach White Mountain Neu Titschein Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Fleurus Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn Dessau Bridge Lutter am Barenberge Stralsund Wolgast Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Bamberg Rain Wiesloch Alte Veste Fürth Lützen Oldendorf Steinau Konstanz 1st Breisach 1st Rheinfelden 1st Nördlingen Willstätt Les Avins Leuven Somme Wittstock 2nd Rheinfelden Fuenterrabía Vlotho 2nd Breisach Chemnitz Thionville Saint Omer Salses La Marfée Honnecourt 2nd Breitenfeld Klingenthal Rocroi Tuttlingen Freiburg Jüterbog Jankau Brno Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen Triebl Zusmarshausen Lens Prague

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The Battle of Wisternitz or Dolní Věstonice was fought on August 5, 1619 between a Moravian force under Friedrich von Tiefenbach (Teuffenbach)^[1] and an Austrian army under Dampierre. The battle was a Moravian victory. The battle is part of the Thirty Years' War.

Budweis (České Budějovice) was one of the three towns which remained loyal to the Austrian emperor when Bohemia revolted. After the Austrian victory at Sablat, the Bohemians were forced to raise the siege of České Budějovice. On 15 June 1619, Hohenlohe retreated to Soběslav where he awaited reinforcement by count Heinrich Matthias von Thurn.

After taking control of the strong places of southern Bohemia, emperor Ferdinand II. sent a force under Dampierre to Moravia, which had chosen the side of the Bohemian rebels. However, Dampierre was defeated at Dolní Věstonice (German: Wisternitz) by Moravian forces under von Tiefenbach (brother of Rudolf von Tiefenbach) and Ladislav Velen ze Žerotína in August 1619, which left Moravia in the Bohemian camp.

Notes

↑ Freiherr Friedrich von Teuffenbach (Tiefenbach) ousted imperial troops, did not follow up

References

William P. Guthrie. Battles of the Thirty Years War: From White Mountain to Nordlingen, 1618–1635. Greenwood Publishing Group. Westport, Connecticut. 2002. ISBN 0-313-32028-4
Radek Fukala. Sen o odplatě. Dramata třicetileté války. Nakladatelství Epocha. 2005. ISBN 80-86328-84-8

Coordinates: 48°53′46″N 16°38′55″E / 48.89611°N 16.64861°E / 48.89611; 16.64861

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