Battle of Pfeddersheim

For the battle of 1795, see Battle of Pfeddersheim (1795).

The Battle of Pfeddersheim (German: Schlacht bei Pfeddersheim) was a battle during the German Peasants' War that took place in June 1525 near Pfeddersheim. The peasants of the Palatinate region had previously joined the uprising in southwest Germany against high taxes and attacked, plundered, and devastated the estates of the nobility and the monasteries.

Battle of Pfeddersheim
Date23/24 June 1525
Location
near Pfeddersheim
Result victory to Prince Louis' troops
Belligerents
Armed peasant bands Troops under Prince Louis
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Elector Louis V
Strength
Troop strengths were roughly equal