Battle of Lechfeld

When

10 Aug 955

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.35° N, 10.92° E

Description

German war victory over Hungary in August, 955

Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe, 955

The Battle of Lechfeld, also known as the Second Battle of Lechfeld, was a series of military engagements over the course of three days from 10 to 12 August 955 in which the Kingdom of Germany, led by King Otto I the Great, defeated the Hungarian army led by Harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél and Súr. With the German victory, further major invasions by the Magyars into Western Europe were ended.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Lechfeld (10 August 955) sees a decisive victory for Otto I the Great, King of the Germans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Otto I. der Große, siegt über das Reiterheer der Magyaren in der Schlacht auf dem Lechfeld”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le roi de Germanie Otton le Grand défait les Magyars (Hongrois) à la bataille du Lechfeld près d'Augsbourg, avec l’armée des cinq duchés”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в битве на реке Лех германский король Оттон I Великий разгромил кочевников-венгров под руководством Булчу и Лехела”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Lechfeld en la que Otón I derrota a los magiares”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “约5万馬扎爾人入侵巴伐利亞和士瓦本，包围奥格斯堡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page