Battle of Kempen

Battle of Kempen
	Part of the Thirty Years' War
	; Battle of Kempen; engraving by Matthäus Merian
Date	17 January 1642
Location	Kempen, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Result	Franco-Hessian victory
Belligerents
France; Hesse-Kassel	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
de Guébriant ; von Eberstein	de Lamboy (POW) ; H. von Mercy (POW)
Strength
9,500 ; 23 guns	9,000 ; 6 guns
Casualties and losses
660 killed or wounded	c. 7,000 killed, wounded or captured

The Battle of Kempen, also known as Battle of the Kempen Heights, or Battle of Hückelsmay, took place on 17 January 1642 during the Thirty Years' War, outside Kempen, now part of North Rhine-Westphalia. A combined Franco-Hessian army, led by de Guébriant and von Eberstein respectively, defeated an Imperial force under General de Lamboy.

The Imperial army of around 9,000 men disintegrated, with the majority either captured or killed. Defeat at Kempen ended Imperial plans for an invasion of Champagne, and temporarily secured French-Hessian control of the Lower Rhine.

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