Siege of Kreuznach

Siege of Bad Kreuznach
Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
Old Nahe Bridge, Bad Kreuznach
Date 10 September 1620 Location Bad Kreuznach, Palatinate (present-day Germany) 49°51′N 7°52′E / 49.850°N 7.867°E / 49.850; 7.867 Result Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Palatinate
Commanders and leaders
Carlos Coloma	Unknown
Strength
5,000 infantry 300 cavalry 4 cannons[2]	~3 infantry companies ~1 company of cavalry[1]
Casualties and losses
None[1]	None[1]

The siege of Kreuznach or the Spanish capture of Kreuznach took place on 10 September 1620, at Kreuznach (renamed Bad Kreuznach in 1924) in the Palatinate, where the Army of Flanders, led by the Spanish Don Ambrosio Spinola, defeated the troops of Frederick V, Elector of the Palatinate, during the Palatinate campaign of the Thirty Years' War.^[1] The Army of Flanders was a multinational army in the service of the kings of Spain that was based in the Netherlands during the 16th to 18th centuries.^[3] Spinola's troops stormed Bad Kreuznach and its garrison surrendered. Later the town was freed on an oath not to rebel against the Holy Roman Empire.^[1][4]