Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Lennart Torstensson

Battles of Lennart Torstensson

Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (1603-1651)

Lennart Torstensson is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1630 and 1645: 10 battles and 4 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Germany (9), Czech Republic (2), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,265 km apart end to end, 251 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (12), Torstenson War (1).

Assault on GreifenhagenSiege of NurembergBattle of FürthRelief of KonstanzBattle of ChemnitzAssault on ChristiansprisSiege of SnoghøjBattle of JüterbogSiege of Brno (1645)Battle of RainBattle of the Alte VesteBattle of WittstockBattle of BreitenfeldBattle of JankauBattle of RainBattle of the Alte VesteBattle of WittstockBattle of BreitenfeldBattle of JankauBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapestMunichPrague500 km51.593N, 12.892E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1630: 1 engagements1632: 4 engagements4 in 16321633: 1 engagements1636: 1 engagements1639: 1 engagements1642: 1 engagements1643: 1 engagements1644: 2 engagements1645: 2 engagements16301645
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Assault on Greifenhagen, 1630Battle of Rain, 1632Siege of Nuremberg, 1632Battle of Fürth, 1632Battle of the Alte Veste, 1632Relief of Konstanz, 1633Battle of Wittstock, 1636Battle of Chemnitz, 1639Battle of Breitenfeld, 1642Assault on Christianspris, 1643Siege of Snoghøj, 1644Battle of Jüterbog, 1644Battle of Jankau, 1645Siege of Brno (1645), 164516301645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 December 1630Assault on GreifenhagenPolandSwedish victory
1632Battle of RainRain, Germany567 km SWSwedish victory
1632Siege of NurembergNuremberg, Germany87 km NImperial victory
3 September 1632Battle of FürthFürth, Germany5 km WImperial victory
9 September 1632Battle of the Alte VesteNuremberg, Germany4 km SWImperial victory
1633Relief of KonstanzConstance, Switzerland239 km SWPeace of Prague
4 October 1636Battle of WittstockWittstock/Dosse, Germany655 km NSwedish victory
14 April 1639Battle of ChemnitzChemnitz, Germany261 km SSwedish victory
23 October 1642Battle of BreitenfeldBreitenfeld, Germany68 km NWSwedish victory
December 1643Assault on ChristiansprisChristianpris, Germany370 km NWSwedish victory
11 January 1644Siege of SnoghøjSnoghøj, Denmark129 km NSwedish victory
23 November 1644Battle of JüterbogJüterbog, Germany450 km SESwedish victory
6 March 1645Battle of JankauJankov, Czechia285 km SESwedish victory
3 May 1645Siege of Brno (1645)Brno, Czech Republic145 km EImperial 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, sv:Wiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.