Battle of Nördlingen (1645)

Battle of Nördlingen
	Part of the Thirty Years' War
	; The Battle of Nördlingen by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon
Date	3 August 1645
Location	Alerheim, near Nördlingen (present-day Germany)
Result	French–Hessian victory
Belligerents
France; Hesse-Kassel	Bavaria; Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Duc d'Enghien; Vicomte de Turenne ; Johann Geyso; Duc de Gramont (POW)	Franz von Mercy †; Johann von Werth; Johann von Reuschenberg; Freiherr von Geleen (POW)
Strength
17,000 men; 27 guns 7,800 infantry; 9.200 cavalry;	16,000 men; 28 guns 8,800 infantry; 7,200 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
4,000	4,000 2,500 killed and wounded; 1,500 captured; 12 guns

The second Battle of Nördlingen (or Battle of Allerheim) was fought on 3 August 1645 southeast of Nördlingen near the village of Alerheim. France and its Protestant German allies defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and its Bavarian ally.