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
Fight at Herstaller Tor in Aschaffenburg, based on an original drawing by W.A. Beer.
The Austrian monument in the Austrian colony in Aschaffenburg commemorates the Austrians who fell here
The VIII Army Corps was a mixed corps of the army of the German Confederation, which was made up of contingents from Württemberg, Baden and Hesse. Until 1830 contingents from Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866)
…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 226 dead; 484 wounded, 1,759 missing soldiers and…
1st (Württ.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
2. (Bad.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
3rd (Hess.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
4th (Combined) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866