page_title: Battle of Fürth
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Fürth / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Franconian Switzerland between Nürnberg, Forchheim, Bamberg and Bayreuth (Franconia)
context_page_description: The Battle of Fürth was fought on September 3, 1632 between the Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and the Protestant forces of King Gustavus II of Sweden during the period of Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years War.
  The tactical victory by the Catholic forces allowed the Imperial army to quickly advance into Saxony, while the Swedish forces were forced into retreat.
context_section_description: The town of Fürth is situated to the east and south of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which join to form the Regnitz to the northwest of the town center.  The ford across the Regnitz, the reason for the  original founding of the settlement, is the feature which gave Fürth its strategic importance as an access point to Nuremberg during the Protestant champion's, King Gustav Adolph of Sweden, campaign through Bavaria.
  In spring of 1632, Gustav Adolph had handed the Habsburg Emperor, Ferdinand II, a major defeat at Rain, where the head of the Catholic army, General Tilly, had fallen.  Subsequently, he had taken the Free Imperial City of Augsburg without struggle, and on May 17, had marched into Munich unmolested.  He subsequently occupied Nuremberg, encamping his army outside of the city.
caption: Map showing Regnitz river and Fürth: bottom left
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