Battle of Dessau Bridge

Battle of Dessau Bridge
	Part of the Thirty Years' War
	; Battle of Dessau Bridge, etching by F. Hogenberg's workshop
Date	25 April 1626
Location	Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau ; present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Result	Catholic victory
Belligerents
Denmark–Norway	Holy Roman Empire; Catholic League
Commanders and leaders
Ernst von Mansfeld; Christian William of Brandenburg	Albrecht von Wallenstein; Torquato Conti
Strength
12,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
4,000 dead, wounded, or captured	2,000
	Dessau Location within Saxony-Anhalt Dessau Dessau (Germany)

The Battle of Dessau Bridge (German: Schlacht bei Dessau) was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War between Danish Protestants and the Imperial German Catholic forces on the Elbe River outside Dessau, Germany on 25 April 1626.

This battle was an attempt by Ernst von Mansfeld to cross the Dessau bridge in order to invade the headquarters of the Imperial Army in Magdeburg, Germany. The Dessau bridge was the only land access between Magdeburg and Dresden, which made it difficult for the Danes to advance. The Count of Tilly wanted control of the bridge in order to prevent King Christian IV of Denmark from having access to Kassel and to protect the Lower Saxon Circle. The Imperial German forces of Albrecht von Wallenstein handily defeated the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld in this battle.

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