Battle of Dermbach

Battle of Dermbach
Part of Austro-Prussian War

Cäsar Rüstow in the Battle of Dermbach
Date4 July 1866
Location50°41′57.8357″N 10°11′29.2596″E / 50.699398806°N 10.191461000°E / 50.699398806; 10.191461000
Result Prussian Victory
Territorial
changes
Prussian capture of Dermbach
Belligerents
 Prussia  Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
August von Goeben
Cäsar Rüstow
Eduard von Falckenstein
Prince Karl of Bavaria
Units involved
13th Division 3rd Division
4th Division
Strength
Unknown, around 5,000 soldiers 15,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
48 killed
274 wounded
22 missing and captured[1]
62 killed
364 wounded
106 missing or captured[1]
Battle of Dermbach is located in Thuringia
Battle of Dermbach
Location within Thuringia
Battle of Dermbach is located in Germany
Battle of Dermbach
Battle of Dermbach (Germany)

The Battle of Dermbach was the first clash between Prussian and Bavarian troops in the Austro-Prussian War near Dermbach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in modern-day Thuringia on 4 July 1866.

On the Prussian side, the 13th Division under Lieutenant General von Goeben was deployed which faced parts of the 3rd and 4th Bavarian infantry divisions with a total strength of approx. 15,000 men. The Commander-in-Chief on the Bavarian side was Prince Karl.

  1. ^ a b Österreichs Kämpfe im Jahre 1866. Die Kriegsereignisse in Westdeutschland im Jahre 1866. Vom k. k. Generalstab. Bureau für Kriegsgeschichte, 5. Band: Wien 1869; S. 32 und 37 (Digitalisat, retrieved 1 October 2017)