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Battle of Eckmühl

Battle of Eckmühl was a battle fought in 1809 at Munich, in what is now Germany. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Munich. It was part of the War of the Fifth Coalition. The recorded result: French victory.

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Eckmuhl_April_21.jpg, Map of the situation at the Battle of Eckmuhl as of Midnight April 21-22, 1809
Eckmuhl_April_21.jpg, Map of the situation at the Battle of Eckmuhl as of Midnight April 21-22, 1809. History Department, USMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1809
WhereMunich, Germany48.138N, 11.575E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFirst French Empire; Bavaria; WürttembergagainstAustrian Empire
Part ofWar of the Fifth Coalition1809

Where it sits in the War of the Fifth Coalition

Battle of Hollabrunn, 1809Battle of Sacile, 1809Battle of Teugen-Hausen, 1809Battle of Abensberg, 1809Battle of Landshut, 1809Battle of Eckmühl, 1809Battle of Caldiero, 1809Battle of Ebelsberg, 1809Battle of Piave River, 1809Battle of Wörgl, 1809Battle of Tarvis, 1809Battle of Linz-Urfahr, 1809Battle of Aspern-Essling, 1809Battle of Sankt Michael, 1809First Battle of Bergisel, 1809Second Battle of Bergisel, 1809Battle of Raab, 1809Battle of Graz, 1809Battle of Wagram, 1809Combat of Korneuburg, 1809Battle of Gefrees, 1809Combat of Stockerau, 1809Battle of Znaim, 1809Combat of Schöngrabern, 1809Battle of Halberstadt, 1809Battle of Ölper, 1809Third Battle of Bergisel, 1809Battles of Bergisel, 1809Action of 18 November 1809, 1809Walcheren Campaign, 1809Battle of Grand Port, 1810Battle of Tamatave, 181118091811Battle of Eckmühl, 1809
32 placed engagements of the War of the Fifth Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1809 (year precision)
PlaceMunich, Germany
48.138N, 11.575E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
StrengthSchierling: 18,000
Commanders
Battle of EckmühlBattle of EckmühlBattle of HohenlindenBattle of FriedbergBattle of GammelsdorfBattle of LechfeldBattle of AmpfingBattle of FriedbergBattle of GammelsdorfBattle of LechfeldStuttgartSalzburgRegensburgIngolstadtInnsbruckRosenheimVaduzSaint Gallen100 km48.138N, 11.575E
Placed at Munich; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Eckmühl
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Eckmühl today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-25. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 519 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 490 to 573 m, 84 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 69% built-up, 27% tree cover, 2% grassland.

built-up: 69%tree cover: 27%grassland: 2%built-up 69%tree cover 27%grassland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km508 to 543 mnorth to south, 10.0 km508 to 556 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: FR ARMY
Strength74,00066,000
Casualties12,000 (16.2%)6,000 (9.1%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1048
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width18 km18 km
Attacker advanced-1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 124), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Eckmühl is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q700860, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Eckmühl, revision 1370109983, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.