What the records say
- When
- 23 Jun 1525 – 24 Jun 1525
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.64° N, 8.28° E
- Description
- 1525 conflict
Battle of Pfeddersheim
1525 battle in Europe
The Battle of Pfeddersheim was a battle during the German Peasants' War that took place in June 1525 near Pfeddersheim. The peasants of the Palatinate region had previously joined the uprising in southwest Germany against high taxes and attacked, plundered, and devastated the estates of the nobility and the monasteries.
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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 “German Peasants' War: Battle of Pfeddersheim – Peasants are defeated in the last significant action of the war, in which over 75,000 peasants have been killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Pfeddersheim besiegt Kurfürst Ludwig V. von der Pfalz die aufständischen Bauern im Pfälzischen Bauernkrieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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