What the records say
- When
- Mar 939
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.66° N, 6.45° E
- Description
- 939 AD battle within the Kingdom of Germany
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Birten
939 AD battle within the Kingdom of Germany
The Battle of Birten was a 10th-century battle important to East Frankish (German) king Otto I's effort to secure his power in the early years of his reign. The battle took place in March 939 on the left bank of the Rhine at Birten, near the town of Xanten, which now lays in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Birten nahe Xanten schlägt König Otto I. ein Heer der Aufständischen unter seinem Bruder Heinrich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page