Battle of the Alte Veste

Battle of Alte Veste
	Part of the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
	; Plan of Wallenstein's camp, made in 1634. West is up.
Date	3–4 September 1632 (N.S.)
Location	Alte Veste, southwest of Nürnberg, Franconian Circle, Holy Roman Empire; (present-day Bavaria, Germany)
Result	Imperial victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire; Catholic League	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Albrecht von Wallenstein; Johann von Aldringen	Gustavus Adolphus; Wilhelm of Weimar; Bernard of Saxe-Weimar; Lennart Torstensson (POW)
Strength
43,500 men	44,600 men; 30,011 infantry in 37 regiments and 306 companies; 15,419 cavalry in 39 regiments and 263+ companies
Casualties and losses
900	2,500
	Alte Veste, Zirndorf Location within Bavaria Alte Veste, Zirndorf Alte Veste, Zirndorf (Germany)

The Battle of the Alte Veste was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War in which Gustavus Adolphus' attacking forces were defeated by Wallenstein's entrenched troops.

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