Siege of Heidelberg (1622)

Siege of Heidelberg
Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
View of Heidelberg with the Heidelberg Castle on hill and the Old Bridge.
Date 23 July – 19 September 1622 Location Heidelberg, Electorate of the Palatinate (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 49°25′N 08°43′E / 49.417°N 8.717°E / 49.417; 8.717 Result Spanish-Imperial victory[1]
Belligerents
Electoral Palatinate Kingdom of England	Holy Roman Empire Catholic League Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gerard Herbert † Horace Vere John Burroughs	Count of Tilly Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Strength
Approx: 15,000–21,000	Approx: 22,000–30,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown: 8,000	Unknown: 5,000
Heidelberg class=notpageimage| Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg Heidelberg Heidelberg (Germany) Show map of Germany

The siege of Heidelberg or the Imperial-Spanish capture of Heildelberg took place from 23 July to 19 September 1622, at Heidelberg, Electorate of the Palatinate, between the Imperial-Spanish army led by Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly and Don Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba against the Anglo-Protestant forces of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, commanded by Sir Gerard Herbert and Sir Horace Vere during the Palatinate campaign, in the context of the Thirty Years' War.^[2] On 16 September the city of Heidelberg was taken by storm, and the Heidelberg Castle surrendered three days later to the Imperial and Spanish forces.^[3]