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Battle of Höchst
1622 battle of the Thirty Years' War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the battle in 1622. For the battle in 1795, see Battle of Höchst (1795).
The Battle of Höchst (20 June 1622) was fought between a Catholic League army led by Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly and a Protestant army commanded by Christian the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, close to the town of Höchst, today a suburb of the city of Frankfurt am Main. The result was a one-sided Catholic League victory. The action occurred during the Thirty Years' War.
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Battle of Höchst | |||||||
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Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
![]() Battle near Höchst, engraving by Merian. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Electoral Palatinate | Spanish Empire | ||||||
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Strength | |||||||
17,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,000 | 100 |
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