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Battle of Pressburg

Battle of Pressburg was a battle fought in AD 907 at Bratislava, in what is now Slovakia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bratislava. It was part of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, which ran from AD 900 to 1000. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.

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Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger: Schlacht bei Pressburg (1850)
Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger: Schlacht bei Pressburg (1850). Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtAD 907
WhereBratislava, Slovakia48.152N, 17.109E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeHungarian victory
BelligerentsEast FranciaagainstPrincipality of Hungary
Part ofHungarian conquest of the Carpathian BasinAD 900 to 1000

Record

DateAD 907 (year precision)
PlaceBratislava, Slovakia
48.152N, 17.109E
KindBattle, medieval
Casualties and lossesHeavy, among other losses: Prince Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, Prince Sieghard, Archbishop Theotmar of Salzburg, 2 bishops, 3 abbots and 19 countsNot significant
Commanders
  • Louis the Child
  • Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
  • Dietmar I, Archbishop of Salzburg
  • Grand Prince of the Hungarians
  • Árpád
Battle of PressburgBattle of PressburgBattle of BlumenauBattle of the Theben PassSiege of HainburgBattle of MosonBattle on the MarchfeldBattle of BlumenauSiege of HainburgBattle of MosonBattle on the MarchfeldBudapestBrnoGrazGyőrZlínŽilinaZvolenVác100 km48.152N, 17.109E
Placed at Bratislava; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Pressburg
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Pressburg today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-09. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 159 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 123 to 453 m, 330 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 48% built-up, 41% tree cover, 7% water.

built-up: 48%tree cover: 41%water: 7%grassland: 4%built-up 48%tree cover 41%water 7%grassland 4%
west to east, 10.0 km128 to 260 mnorth to south, 10.0 km131 to 395 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Elsewhere in AD 907

Battle of Pressburg is one of 186 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 47 in present-day Slovakia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q697722, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pressburg, revision 1381600025, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.