Battle of Wisternitz explained

Conflict:Battle of Wisternitz
Partof:the Thirty Years' War
Date:5 August 1619
Place:Dolní Věstonice (present-day Czech Republic)
Result:Bohemian victory
Combatant1:Bohemian Confederation
Combatant2:Holy Roman Empire
Commander1:Friedrich von Tiefenbach
Ladislav Velen ze Žerotína
Commander2:Henri de Dampierre
Strength1:3,500
Strength2:8,000–12,000
Casualties1:700
Casualties2:6,000

The Battle of Wisternitz or Dolní Věstonice was fought on 5 August 1619 between a Moravian force of the Bohemian Confederation under Friedrich von Tiefenbach (Teuffenbach)[1] and a Habsburg army under Henri de 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 King Ferdinand of House Habsburg when Bohemia revolted. After the Habsburg victory at Sablat, the Bohemians were forced to raise the siege of České Budějovice. On 15 June 1619, Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim retreated to Soběslav where he awaited reinforcement by Count Heinrich Matthias von Thurn.

After taking control of the strong places of southern Bohemia, Ferdinand 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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=mZxDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA35 Freiherr Friedrich von Teuffenbach (Tiefenbach) ousted imperial troops, did not follow up