The Battle of Königshügel, also known as the Battle of Ober-Selk was a battle in the Second Schleswig War where Austrian Major General Gondrecourt and his infantry brigade succeeded in occupying the area in front of the Danevirke near Ober-Selk and taking the strategically important village of Königshügel.
Die Erstürmung des Königsberges bei Ober-selk by Siegmund L'Allemand
Die Schlacht bei Oberselk by Fritz Allemand
View from Königshügel to Schleswig behind the Dannevirke
The Blackboard of the Memorial
The Second Schleswig War, also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian and Austrian forces crossed the border into the Danish fief Schleswig. Denmark fought troops of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire representing the German Confederation.
Image: Düppler Schanzen 1
Image: 1866 Camphausen Crossing to Alsen anagoria
Statue of Otto von Bismarck in Schleswig-Holstein
The fighting at Sankelmark in February 1864