Battle of Höchst

Battle of Höchst
	Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
	; Battle near Höchst, engraving by Merian.
Date	20 June 1622
Location	Höchst, Archbishopric of Mainz; (today a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Result	Catholic victory
Belligerents
Electoral Palatinate	Holy Roman Empire; Catholic League; Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Christian of Brunswick;	Count of Tilly; Tommaso Caracciolo;
Strength
17,000	26,000
Casualties and losses
2,000	100
	Höchst Location within Frankfurt am Main Höchst Höchst (Hesse) Höchst Höchst (Germany)

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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