Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866)

Battle of Aschaffenburg
Part of Austro-Prussian War

Fight at Herstaller Tor in Aschaffenburg, based on an original drawing by W.A. Beer.
Date14 July 1866
Location49°58′47.417″N 9°9′50.724″E / 49.97983806°N 9.16409000°E / 49.97983806; 9.16409000
Result Prussian Victory
Belligerents
 Prussia  Austrian Empire
Hesse-Kassel
 Hesse-Darmstadt
Commanders and leaders
August Karl von Goeben
Ferdinand von Kummer
Erwin von Neipperg
Units involved
13th Division 4th Division, VIII Corps
Strength
16,600 7,900
Casualties and losses
27 dead; 144 wounded, 9 missing soldiers and prisoners[1]

226 dead; 484 wounded, 1,759 missing soldiers and prisoners

  • 25 officers 481 dead and wounded, 22 officers and 1,964 men captured[2]
  • 4 officers 14 men dead and wounded, 4 officers and 52 men captured
  • 3 officers 12 men dead and wounded, 5 prisoners
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866) is located in Germany
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866)
Location within Germany
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866) is located in Europe
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866)
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866) (Europe)

The Battle of Aschaffenburg, sometimes also called The Skirmishes Near Aschaffenburg, was a battle of the Austro-Prussian War on 14 July 1866 between pitting the armies of Prussia on the one hand and parts of the VIII Corps of the German Federal Army on the other side which primarily consisted of soldiers from the Austrian Empire, Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel.

  1. ^ Der Feldzug von 1866 in Deutschland. Redigiert vom der kriegsgeschichtlichen Abtheilung des Großen Generalstabs. Berlin 1867, S. 628 (scan Blatt 642) digitalisiert
  2. ^ v. Krieg: Kriegstagebuch des Regiments aus dem Feldzuge der Main-Armee 1866. Minden 1867