Global Information Lookup Global Information

Battle of Kissingen information


Battle of Kissingen
Part of the Austro-Prussian War

Battle of Kissingen
Date10 July 1866
Location
Bad Kissingen, Bavaria
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Battle of Kissingen Prussia Battle of Kissingen Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Eduard von Falckenstein
August von Goeben
Edwin von Manteuffel
Gustav von Beyer
Karl von Bayern
Oskar von Zoller 
Strength
16 battalions
9 squadrons
18,000
31 cannons
14 battalions
28 squadrons
15,000
36 cannons
Casualties and losses
1589 killed
2345 wounded
780 missing or captured[1]
899 killed
1256 wounded
587 missing and captured[2]

The Battle of Kissingen was a battle between Bavarian and Prussian troops on 10 July 1866 during the Austrian-Prussian War in and around the town of Kissingen (today: Bad Kissingen) in Bavaria. It was part of the campaign of the Main and ended with a victory of the Prussians.

  1. ^ Österreichs Kämpfe im Jahre 1866. Nach Feldacten bearbeitet durch das k.k. Generalstabs-Bureau für Kriegsgeschichte. Fünfter Band (Vol. 5), Vienna 1869, chapter: Die Kriegsereignisse in Westdeutschland im Jahre 1866, III. Abschnitt, p. 75 and 81 (scan p. 249 and 255) digitalised
  2. ^ Antheil der königlich bayerischen Armee am Kriege des Jahres 1866. Bearbeitet vom Generalquartiermeister-Stabe. Mit 3 Beilagen und 6 Plänen Munich 1868. p. 130 and 139 (scan p. 144 and 153) digitalised

and 22 Related for: Battle of Kissingen information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8839 seconds.)

Battle of Kissingen

Last Update:

The Battle of Kissingen was a battle between Bavarian and Prussian troops on 10 July 1866 during the Austrian-Prussian War in and around the town of Kissingen...

Word Count : 1409

Bad Kissingen

Last Update:

Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön...

Word Count : 2031

Kingdom of Bavaria

Last Update:

Bavarian Army was defeated in Lower Franconia at the Battle of Kissingen (10 July 1866). Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria took command, but the Bavarians were decisively...

Word Count : 4572

Eduard Schlagintweit

Last Update:

Spanish-Moroccan War. He was killed in the Austro-Prussian War, at the Battle of Kissingen on 10 July, 1866 Chisholm 1911. Attribution Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)...

Word Count : 73

List of wars and battles involving Prussia

Last Update:

Jena-Auerstedt. This article lists all the wars and battles in which Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia were militarily engaged in, covering the...

Word Count : 1407

Oskar von Zoller

Last Update:

known for serving at the Battle of Kissingen during the Austro-Prussian War, being killed during the fighting. He was the son of Lieutenant general Friedrich...

Word Count : 587

Johann Baptist Stephan

Last Update:

given command of the mobile 1st Infantry Division and took part with it in the Battle of Kissingen on July 10, 1866, and at the Battle of Helmstadt on...

Word Count : 878

Campaign of the Main

Last Update:

quickly across the mountains of the Rhön and beat the Bavarians in the battle of Kissingen and Hammelburg on 10 July. Now the Bavarians retreated to Würzburg...

Word Count : 1032

Ferdinand von Kummer

Last Update:

promoted to second lieutenant in mid-September of the next year. In 1848 he took part in several battles against Polish insurgents as a captain and general...

Word Count : 744

Siegmund von Pranckh

Last Update:

the Battle of Kissingen and the storming of Nüdlingen. After the war, Ludwig II chose Pranckh as new Minister of War, disregarding the advice of all the...

Word Count : 391

Gustav Friedrich von Beyer

Last Update:

minister of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Beyer was the son of a Prussian government official (Privy Councilor). He was also the older brother of the future...

Word Count : 485

Battle of Tauberbischofsheim

Last Update:

After the Prussian Mainarmee (German for: army of the river Main) had beaten the Bavarians at Kissingen, the Bavarian army retreated to Würzburg. The Prussians...

Word Count : 446

Battle of Frohnhofen

Last Update:

troops . After the battle near Dermbach , the Bavarians withdrew and were pushed to the southeast in battles near Hammelburg and Kissingen on 10 July. Falckenstein...

Word Count : 2315

House of Henneberg

Last Update:

near Bad Kissingen before 1245, was a German minnesinger, crusader and founder of Frauenroth Abbey. Herman I, Count of Henneberg Catherine of Henneberg...

Word Count : 1049

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Last Update:

with the support of others. On medical advice, she went to Bad Kissingen for a cure. Elisabeth recovered quickly at the spa, but instead of returning home...

Word Count : 11645

Bavarian Army

Last Update:

with the western forces of the Confederation under Prince Alexander of Hesse, so the Bavarian troops withdrew to Bad Kissingen. After fierce fighting,...

Word Count : 2809

Otto von Bismarck

Last Update:

honour was the one at Bad Kissingen erected in 1877. Numerous statues and memorials dot the cities, towns, and countryside of Germany, including the famous...

Word Count : 19914

Henry Kissinger

Last Update:

spa town of Bad Kissingen. In his childhood, Kissinger enjoyed playing soccer. He played for the youth team of SpVgg Fürth, which was one of the nation's...

Word Count : 25857

List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Last Update:

viruses” "Treatment of battle injuries and fractures" "Work on cancer" "Work on acetylene anesthesia" "Foundation of the field of vitamin research, especially...

Word Count : 16409

Military history of Jewish Americans

Last Update:

adopted in 1817 by his great-great-grandfather Meyer Löb, after the city of Bad Kissingen. In 1938, fleeing Nazi persecution, his family moved to New York. He...

Word Count : 9071

County of Nassau

Last Update:

County of Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later part of the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, the male line of which...

Word Count : 1256

14th Cavalry Regiment

Last Update:

Regiment and served until 1972 as such on "Freedoms Frontier" at Fulda, Bad Kissingen and Bad Hersfeld, Germany, performing reconnaissance and border duties...

Word Count : 1904

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net