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contested ground, 12 engagements

Kehl: contested ground

The ground around Kehl was fought over 12 times between AD 357 and 1944: 7 battles and 5 sieges, in 8 different wars. All 12 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Battle of HausbergenBattle of Strasbourg BridgeSiege of KehlSiege of KehlSiege of KehlBattle of KehlSecond Battle of KehlSiege of KehlBattle of La SuffelSiege of StrasbourgLiberation of StrasbourgBattle of StrasbourgBattle of StrasbourgMunichZürichStuttgartNürnbergLuxembourgMannheimBaselSaarbrücken200 km48.584N, 7.770E
12 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Battle of Strasbourg, AD 357Battle of Hausbergen, 1262Battle of Strasbourg Bridge, 1634Siege of Kehl, 1678Siege of Kehl, 1703Siege of Kehl, 1733Battle of Kehl, 1796Second Battle of Kehl, 1796Siege of Kehl, 1797Battle of La Suffel, 1815Siege of Strasbourg, 1870Liberation of Strasbourg, 1944AD 3571944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
July AD 357Battle of StrasbourgArgentoratum
8 March 1262Battle of HausbergenStrasbourg
28 September 1634Battle of Strasbourg BridgeWillstättThirty Years' War
1678Siege of KehlKehl
20 February 1703Siege of KehlKehlWar of the Spanish Succession
14 October 1733Siege of KehlKehlWar of the Polish Succession
23 June 1796Battle of KehlKehlWar of the First Coalition
18 September 1796Second Battle of KehlKehlFrench Revolutionary Wars
9 January 1797Siege of KehlKehlWar of the First Coalition
28 June 1815Battle of La SuffelSouffelweyersheimNapoleonic Wars
16 August 1870Siege of StrasbourgStrasbourgFranco-Prussian War
23 November 1944Liberation of StrasbourgStrasbourgWorld War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.