Battle of Wimpfen

Battle of Wimpfen
	Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
	; Battle of Wimpfen, painting by S. Vrancx; showing the magazine explosion
Date	6 May 1622
Location	Wimpfen, Swabian Circle, Holy Roman Empire; present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany49°11′50″N 9°10′20″E
Result	Catholic victory
Belligerents
Margraviate of Baden; Electoral Palatinate	Holy Roman Empire; Catholic League; Spain
Commanders and leaders
Georg Friedrich von Baden	Count of Tilly; Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Strength
12,700 Two 60-pounder guns, one 70-pounder, 20 of a mixture of 3-, 5-, 6-, and 8-pounders, 6 "newly cast' guns, and 9 half culverins	Approx: 15,650+ 8,700 infantry, 900 cavalry, seven 12 pounders, and 1 half culverin with Tilly. 5,200 infantry, 850 cavalry, and five 8-pounders with Spanish.
Casualties and losses
3,000+	1,800+
	Wimpfen Location within Neckar region Wimpfen Wimpfen (Baden-Württemberg) Wimpfen Wimpfen (Germany)

The Battle of Wimpfen took place during the Palatinate campaign period of the Thirty Years' War on 6 May 1622 near Wimpfen.

The combined forces of the Catholic League and the Spanish Empire under Marshal Tilly and Gonzalo de Córdoba defeated the Protestant forces of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden.

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