Battle at Tauberbischofsheim

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Skirmishes at Tauberbischofsheim
Battlefield of Bischofsheim and Werbach
Battlefield of Bischofsheim and Werbach
date July 24, 1866
place Bischofsheim , Baden
output Victory of Prussia
consequences Armistice in Würzburg on July 30, 1866
Parties to the conflict

Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia Prussia

WurttembergKingdom of Württemberg Württemberg Baden Hesse Austria Nassau
to batheGrand Duchy of Baden 
Grand Duchy of HesseGrand Duchy of Hesse 
Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria 
Duchy of NassauDuchy of Nassau 

Commander

Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia Edwin von Manteuffel

Grand Duchy of HesseGrand Duchy of Hesse Alexander of Hessen-Darmstadt

Troop strength
60,000 soldiers VIII Federal Corps (42,000 soldiers)
losses

16 dead
107 wounded
3 missing / captured
126 total

62 dead
455 wounded
192 missing / captured
709 in total

The battle near Tauberbischofsheim took place during the German War as part of the Main Campaign on July 24, 1866 between Prussia and the German Federal Army .

history

initial situation

After his invasion of Frankfurt , the commander of the Prussian Main Army Vogel von Falckenstein was recalled and replaced by Edwin von Manteuffel . In addition, the army was reinforced to 60,000 men. After crossing the Odenwald , there were battles with Baden, Hessian and Württemberg units of the VIII Corps of the Federal Army at Hundheim , Werbach and Tauberbischofsheim until July 24th .

The 8th Federal Corps, consisting of four divisions under the command of Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt, was divided into the following locations on the day of the battle:

  1. (Württemberg) division near Tauberbischofsheim,
  2. ( Baden ) division near Werbach ,
  3. (Grand Ducal Hessian) division at Großrinderfeld and
  4. (Austrian- Nassau ) division near Grünsfeld - Paimar .

Skirmish

Staff of the Kgl. Württ. Field division near Tauberbischofsheim
Württemberg artillery in action near Tauberbischofsheim on July 24, 1866 on the east bank of the Tauber (based on a drawing by Friedrich Kaiser )

During the actual battle on July 24, 1866 (three weeks after the decisive battle of Königgrätz ) in Tauberbischofsheim, the Prussian 13th Division under the command of General von Goeben and the Württemberg 1st Division under the command of Lieutenant General Oskar von Hardegg and Major General Eduard met von Kallee as Chief of the General Staff. The Prussians were able to push back the Württemberg people thanks to their superior firepower. The total losses on the part of the Prussians were put at 126, including 16 dead, those of the VIII Federal Corps at 709, including 62 dead.

After the battle, the 8th Bundeskorps was thrown back behind the Tauber and united with the Bavarian troops advancing from Würzburg . An armistice was agreed in Würzburg on July 30, 1866.

Ordre de Bataille of the VIII Federal Army Corps in a contemporary representation:

Ordre de Bataille of the Prussian Main Army in a contemporary representation:

Württemberg war memorial

King Karl I of Württemberg had a monument erected over a mass grave of those who had fallen in Württemberg, on which all of the Württemberg soldiers who died in this battle were named. It was inaugurated on the first anniversary of the battle, July 24, 1867.

literature

  • Eberhard Birk : “The salvation of my precious Württemberg rests on you!”. The battle at Tauberbischofsheim on July 24, 1866 reflected in the Württemberg military history of the 19th century. Hartmann, Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-945861-31-8 .
  • Gotthold Börner: Winnenden in legend and history. (1923), new edition Verlag W. Halder, Winnenden 1999, ISBN 3-00-004918-5 . (Chapter 98. Prisoner of war near Tauberbischofsheim. Memories of the late old shoemaker Groß from the 66 campaign.)
  • Jens Florian Ebert: The German War of 1866. The deployment of the royal Württemberg field division 150 years ago with special consideration of the battle of Tauberbischofsheim on July 24th, 1866 and the soldiers who fell from today's Tuttlingen district and the districts adjacent to them 139 ( in it above the battle at Tauberbischofsheim on July 24, 1866 in detail pp. 139-147 ). In: Tuttlinger Heimatblätter. NF 79 (2016) pp. 125-165.
  • Heinz Helmert, Hans-Jürgen Usczeck: Prussian-German Wars from 1864 to 1871. Military course. 6th revised edition. Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic , Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-327-00222-3 .
  • Hans-Joachim Harder: Military history handbook Baden-Württemberg. Ed. By the Military History Research Office , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009856-X , pp. 69–70, 105–106, 357.
  • Julius Berberich : History of the city of Tauberbischofsheim and the district . M. Zöller's Buchhandlung und Buchdruckerei, Tauberbischofsheim 1895 (facsimile printing: Fränkische Nachrichten Druck- und Verlags-GmbH, Tauberbischofsheim 1984), X. The battle of Tauberbischofsheim 1866. pp. 161–174.
  • War History Department of the Great General Staff (Ed.): The campaign of 1866 in Germany. Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Berlin 1867.
  • Plan of the battlefield of Tauber-Bischofsheim and Werbach (cartographic material from July 24, 1866).

Web links

Commons : Battle near Tauberbischofsheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. a b Austria's battles in 1866. Based on field files edited by the Imperial and Royal General Staff Bureau for War History. Fifth volume . Vienna 1869, Chapter: The war events in West Germany in 1866, III. Section , p. 141 (scan p. 315) digitalised
  2. already on 22 July 1866 Prussia and Austria had a truce agreed to a truce to negotiate, which was then completed on July 26,

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 34.2 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 15.3"  E