Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Arvid Wittenberg

Battles of Arvid Wittenberg

Field Marshal of Sweden (1606-1657)

Arvid Wittenberg is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1656: 5 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Poland (4), Czech Republic (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,233 km apart end to end, 279 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (5), Second Northern War (3), Deluge (1).

Siege of Brno (1645)Siege of EgerBattle of ŻarnówSiege of WarsawBattle of BreitenfeldBattle of JankauBattle of PragueBattle of UjścieSiege of KrakówBattle of BreitenfeldBattle of JankauBattle of PragueBattle of UjścieSiege of KrakówBerlinViennaHamburgWarsawBudapestMunichDresdenŁódźNürnbergKatowice200 km50.485N, 16.696E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1645: 2 engagements1647: 1 engagements1648: 1 engagements1655: 3 engagements3 in 16551656: 1 engagements16421656
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Breitenfeld, 1642Battle of Jankau, 1645Siege of Brno (1645), 1645Siege of Eger, 1647Battle of Prague, 1648Battle of Ujście, 1655Siege of Kraków, 1655Battle of Żarnów, 1655Siege of Warsaw, 165616421656
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 October 1642Battle of BreitenfeldBreitenfeld, GermanySwedish victory
6 March 1645Battle of JankauJankov, Czechia251 km SESwedish victory
3 May 1645Siege of Brno (1645)Brno, Czech Republic145 km EImperial victory
14 June 1647Siege of EgerEger, Hungary312 km SESwedish victory
1648Battle of PraguePrague, Czech Republic498 km NWIndecisive; Sack of left-bank part of Prague (incl. the...
1655Battle of UjścieUjście, Poland368 km NESwedish victory
1655Siege of KrakówKraków, Poland401 km SESwedish victory
1655Battle of ŻarnówŻarnów, Poland133 km NSwedish victory
1656Siege of WarsawWarsaw, Poland124 km NEPolish-Lithuanian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Matthäus Merian the younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.