What the records say
- When
- 798
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.07° N, 10.23° E
- Description
- 798 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Bornhöved (798)
Or the first battle of Bornhöved, in 798
In the Battle of Bornhöved or, possibly *Vir·Gento·Vedo, on the field of Sventanafeld near the village of Bornhöved near Neumünster in 798 the Obodrites, led by Drożko, allied with the Franks, defeated the Nordalbingian Saxons.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Bornhöved: King Charlemagne forms an alliance with the Obodrites”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Саксы убили многих чиновников Карла I и его посла в Дании”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page