Battle of Stadtlohn

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Battle of Stadtlohn
Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Stadtlohn, oil painting by Peter Snayers
Date 6 August 1623 Location Stadtlohn, Prince-Bishopric of Münster (present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°01′11″N 6°56′48″E / 52.01972°N 6.94667°E / 52.01972; 6.94667 Result Catholic victory End of the Bohemian-Palatinate War (1618–1623)
Belligerents
Electoral Palatinate	Holy Roman Empire Catholic League
Commanders and leaders
Christian of Brunswick Hermann Styrum Dodo zu Knyphausen	Count of Tilly Graf Anholt
Strength
15,000	5,000+ cavalry 15,000+ infantry 14 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
6,000 dead 4,000 captured	1,000 dead or wounded
Stadtlohn class=notpageimage| Location within North Rhine-Westphalia Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia Stadtlohn Stadtlohn (Germany) Show map of Germany

The Battle of Stadtlohn was fought on 6 August 1623 between the armies of the Electoral Palatinate and of the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War. The League's forces were led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, the Protestants by Christian of Brunswick. The battle resulted in a resounding Catholic victory that largely ended the military resistance of the Palatinate forces and thus marked the end of the first phase of the Thirty Years' War.